Daichan Menu
Daichan, a Japanese restaurant located in Studio City, CA, offers a wide range of delicious dishes with vegan and vegetarian options. Customers rave about their Garlic Octopus, Katsu Curry, Tempura Udon, and other Japanese Soul Food dishes. The cozy ambiance, friendly service, and authentic Japanese decor create a welcoming atmosphere. The menu features a variety of traditional Japanese comfort foods, including house udon, sashimi, and Ten-Zaru Soba. Prices are reasonable, and the portions are satisfying. Reservations are recommended to avoid long wait times. Overall, Daichan is a must-visit for those craving flavorful Japanese cuisine in a homey setting.
Soup
Miso Soup
Contains tofu, wakame seaweed, green onions
Fish Soup
Contains tofu, wakame seaweed, harusame glass noodles, vegetables, green onion
Seafood Soup
Contains salmon, white fish, clams, mussels, scallops, shrimp, fish cake, squid, tofu, seaweed, vegetables (ingredients subject to change with availability)
Green Salad
Contains lettuce, cucumber; with grated onion soy sauce based dressing
Seaweed Salad
Contains lettuce, cucumber, wakame and konbu seaweed; with grated onion soy sauce based dressing
Seafood Salad (Sashimi)
Contains tuna, salmon, yellowtail, albacore, lettuce, cucumber, wakame and konbu seaweed; with grated onion soy sauce based dressing
Salmon Skin Salad
Contains fried salmon skin, lettuce, cucumber, wakame and konbu seaweed; with grated onion soy sauce based dressing
Salad
Appetizers & Sides
Organic Edamame
Sesame Spinach
w/ sweet sesame sauce
Sesame Seaweed
w/ sweet sesame sauce
Cold Tofu
Contains bonito, green onion, ginger
Cucumber Miso
w/ sweet miso sauce
Cucumber Bonito
Sunomono
Fried Seaweed Tofu (Agedashi Tofu)
Eggplant Miso
Sauteed eggplant w/ sweet miso sauce
Pan Fried Shishito
w/ ponzu dipping sauce
Plain Natto
Fermented soybeans w/ raw quail egg, green onions
Avocado Natto
Fermented soybeans w/ avocado, raw quail egg, green onions
Tuna Natto
Fermented soybeans w/ tuna sashimi, raw quail egg, green onions
Tofu Pot
Small hotpot containing tofu, konbu seaweed, green onions, napa cabbage; with plum ponzu dipping sauce
Stir-Fried Vegetables
With chicken upon request
Tsukune Tofu
Contains chicken meatballs & tofu cubes; cooked in sweet ginger soy sauce
Garlic Baby Squid
Sauteed with sweet garlic soy sauce
Chicken Gyoza (pcs)
Pan-fried or Steamed
Vegetable Gyoza (pcs)
Okra Tempura (pcs)
Purple Potato Tempura (pcs)
Shishito Tempura (pcs)
Shrimp & Vegetable Tempura
pcs Shrimp, carrot, green beans, sweet potato
Vegetable Tempura
Deep-Fried Calamari Legs
With sweet garlic soy sauce
Stuffed Lotus Root
Contains ground chicken, vegetables; with sweet ginger soy sauce
Stuffed Pumpkin (Kabocha)
Contains ground chicken, vegetables; with sweet ginger soy sauce
Croquette (pcs)
Breaded deep-fried croquettes; Contains potato, onion, corn, ground beef
Garlic Serrano Chicken
Garlic and Serrano pepper battered deep-fried boneless chicken pieces
White Rice
Brown Rice
Hijiki Rice
Salmon (pcs)
Tuna (pcs)
Yellowtail (pcs)
Scallop
Sashimi Platter
pcs each of Tuna, Salmon, Yellowtail
Albacore Tataki (pcs)
Served w/ green onion, garlic, spicy ponzu dipping sauce
Tuna Tataki (pcs)
Served w/ green onion, garlic, spicy ponzu dipping sauce
Yellowtail Tataki (pcs)
Served w/ green onion, garlic, spicy ponzu dipping sauce
Aji (Mackerel) Tataki
Served w/ green onion, spicy ponzu dipping sauce
Lomi Lomi Salmon
Contains cucumber, tomato, green onion, diced salmon sashimi; served w/ sweet & spicy ponzu
Sashimi & Tataki
Sushi Rolls
Cucumber Roll (pcs)
Avocado Roll (pcs)
California Roll (pcs)
Contains cucumber, avocado, imitation crab
Hawaiian Roll (pcs)
Contains spam, cucumber
Shogun Roll (pcs)
Contains shrimp tempura, cucumber
Vegetable Roll (pcs)
Contains avocado, carrots, cucumber
Poki Roll (pcs)
Contains tuna poki
Eel Roll (pcs)
Contains eel, cucumber
Salmon Roll (pcs)
Tuna Roll (pcs)
Yellowtail Roll (pcs)
Scallop Roll (pcs)
Inari (pcs)
Crunchy Spicy Tuna (pcs)
Bite-size rice patties with diced tuna sashimi, mixed with spicy mayo, topped with tempura flakes
Daichan Sashimi Bowl (pc Each)
Contains pcs each of tuna, salmon, yellow tail, seared albacore. Served on sushi rice w/ lettuce, seaweed, shredded tamago, and sushi ginger.
Daichan Sashimi Bowl (pcs Each)
Contains pcs each of tuna, salmon, yellow tail, seared albacore. Served on sushi rice w/ lettuce, seaweed, shredded tamago, and sushi ginger.
Negitoro Bowl
Minced toro with green onions. Served on sushi rice w/ lettuce, seaweed, and sushi ginger.
Ikura Bowl (Salmon Roe)
Salmon Sashimi and ikura. Served on sushi rice w/ lettuce, seaweed, shredded tamago, and sushi ginger.
Diced Sushi Bowl
Diced tuna, salmon, yellowtail sashimi with avocado and ikura. Served on sushi rice w/lettuce, seaweed, and sushi ginger.
Daimyo Chirashi
Contains tuna, salmon, yellowtail, scallop, albacore, aji (mackerel), unagi (eel), ikura. Served on sushi rice w/ lettuce, seaweed, shredded tamago, and sushi ginger.
Brown Rice Substitution
Hijiki Rice Substitution
Sushi Bowls
Poki Bowls
Tuna Poki Bowl
Diced tuna sashimi mixed with konbu & wakame seaweed, green onions, spicy sesame oil soy sauce; served over steamed white rice w/ lettuce and red ginger.
Salmon Poki Bowl
Diced salmon sashimi mixed with konbu & wakame seaweed, green onions, spicy sesame oil soy sauce; served over steamed white rice w/ lettuce and red ginger.
Albacore Poki Bowl
Diced albacore mixed with konbu & wakame seaweed, green onions, spicy sesame oil soy sauce; served over steamed white rice w/ lettuce and red ginger.
Yellowtail Poki Bowl
Diced yellowtail sashimi mixed with konbu & wakame seaweed, green onions, spicy sesame oil soy sauce; served over steamed white rice w/ lettuce and red ginger.
Scallop Poki Bowl
Diced scallop sashimi mixed with konbu & wakame seaweed, green onions, spicy sesame oil soy sauce; served over steamed white rice w/ lettuce and red ginger.
Toro Poki Bowl
Diced toro sashimi mixed with konbu & wakame seaweed, green onions, spicy sesame oil soy sauce; served over steamed white rice w/ lettuce and red ginger.
Mix Poki Bowl
Diced tuna, salmon, and yellowtail sashimi mixed with konbu & wakame seaweed, green onions, spicy sesame oil soy sauce; served over steamed white rice w/ lettuce and red ginger.
Unsui Addition
Add tofu & edamame to any poki bowl listed above.
Brown Rice Substitution
Hijiki Rice Substitution
Sushi Rice Substitution
Protein Bowl
Contains tofu, edamame, egg, vegetables; cooked in sweet ginger soy sauce. Served over steamed rice w/ red ginger.
California Bowl
Contains avocado, imitation crab w/ mayo, lettuce, shredded tamago, seaweed; Served over sushi rice w/ sushi ginger.
Tempura Bowl
Shrimp & Vegetable tempura with tempura sauce glaze. Served over steamed rice w/ red ginger.
Sukiyaki Bowl
Contains beef, tofu, harusame, vegetables, egg. Served over steamed rice w/ red ginger.
Chicken Poki Bowl
Chopped chicken mixed with konbu & wakame seaweed, green onions, spicy sesame oil soy sauce; served over steamed white rice w/ lettuce and red ginger.
Vegetarian Poki Bowl
Tofu, bean sprouts, and cucumber mixed with konbu & wakame seaweed, green onions, spicy sesame oil soy sauce; served over steamed white rice w/ lettuce and red ginger.
Vegetarian Sushi Bowl
Contains shiitake mushrooms, cucumber, fried gobo & lotus root, and mirin & shiitake broth simmered gobo root, daikon radish, tofu, konjaku yam cake, carrot, edamame. Served over shiso plum vinegar infused brown sushi rice w/ kobu & wakame seaweed and sushi ginger.
Chicken Katsu Don
Breaded deep-fried chicken cutlet simmered in sweet ginger soy sauce w/ vegetables and egg. Served over steamed rice w/ red ginger.
Pork Katsu Don
Breaded deep-fried pork cutlet simmered in sweet ginger soy sauce w/ vegetables and egg. Served over steamed rice w/ red ginger.
Tofu Katsu Don
Breaded deep-fried tofu simmered in sweet ginger soy sauce w/ vegetables and egg. Served over steamed rice w/ red ginger.
Teriyaki Chicken Bowl
Served over steamed rice w/ red ginger and steamed cabbage.
Teriyaki Beef Bowl
Served over steamed rice w/ red ginger and steamed cabbage.
Tsukune Chicken Bowl
Steamed minced vegetables, ground chicken, and egg. Topped with teriyaki sauce. Served over steamed rice w/ red ginger.
Tsukune Salmon Bowl
Steamed vegetables, salmon, and egg. Topped with teriyaki sauce. Served over steamed rice w/ red ginger.
Unagi Bowl
Fresh water eel. Served over steamed rice w/ red ginger, shredded tamago, and eel sauce.
Salmon Soup Rice
Seaweed-fish stock broth with vegetables and seaweed. Served with steamed rice, cooked salmon, and sushi ginger.
Brown Rice Substitution
Hijiki Rice Substitution
Rice Bowls
Seafood Plates
Steam Fish (Asian Catfish)
With Sesame-ginger sauce. Served with steamed rice, a piece of fruit, pasta salad, carrots & shredded cabbage.
Salmon Steak
With grated daikon radish, ginger, and soy sauce. Served with steamed rice, a piece of fruit, pasta salad, carrots & shredded cabbage.
Kawachi Salmon
Salmon steak topped with cabbage, ginger, and lettuce, in light ponzu. Served with steamed rice, a piece of fruit, pasta salad, carrots & shredded cabbage.
Tuna Katsu
Breaded deep fried tuna steak w/ cabbage, lettuce, green onion, mayo dressing. Served with steamed rice, a piece of fruit, pasta salad, carrots & shredded cabbage.
Hot Pot
Fish-seaweed stock broth hotpot. Contains salmon, white fish, clams, mussels, scallops, shrimp, fish cake, squid, tofu, seaweed, vegetable, chicken, harusame glass noodles, and shiitake mushrooms. Served w/ spicy ponzu dipping sauce & steamed rice.
Mackerel (Saba)
[Choice of either Broiled or Nitsuke]. Served with steamed rice, a piece of fruit, pasta salad, carrots & shredded cabbage.
Halibut
[Choice of either Broiled, Nitsuke, or Garlic Butter]. Served with steamed rice, a piece of fruit, pasta salad, carrots & shredded cabbage.
Black Cod (Butterfish)
[Choice of either Nitsuke (w/ tofu) or Sweet Miso (w/ tofu)]. Served with steamed rice, a piece of fruit, pasta salad, carrots & shredded cabbage.
Yellowtail
[Choice of either Broiled or Nitsuke]. Served with steamed rice, a piece of fruit, pasta salad, carrots & shredded cabbage.
Chilean Seabass
[Choice of either 'Sweet Miso (w/ tofu)' or 'Steamed Vegetables and Egg w/ soy sauce']. Served with steamed rice, a piece of fruit, pasta salad, carrots & shredded cabbage.
Brown Rice Substitution
Hijiki Rice Substitution
Curry Udon
Fish-seaweed stock broth udon soup w/ chicken curry sauce and green onions.
House Udon
Fish-seaweed stock broth udon soup w/ chicken, vegetables, egg, and green onions.
Nabeyaki Udon
Fish-seaweed stock broth udon soup w/ chicken, vegetables, egg, fish cake, shiitake mushroom, seaweed, and green onions. Topped with shrimp tempura.
Tempura Udon
Fish-seaweed stock broth udon soup w/ shrimp & vegetable tempura and green onions.
Yakisoba (Ankake Style)
Pan-fried noodles served w/ house special chicken-vegetable gravy and red ginger.
Zaru Soba
Cold buckwheat noodles. Served with dipping sauce, green onions, nori seaweed, and wasabi.
Ten-Zaru Soba
Cold buckwheat noodles with shrimp & vegetable tempura. Served with dipping sauce, green onions, nori seaweed, and wasabi.
Cold Ramen (Hiyashi Chuuka)
Cold ramen noodles topped with bean sprouts, corn, cucumber, egg, lettuce, ham, and seaweed. Served with sesame oil soy sauce, and spicy mustard.
Cold Kakiage Udon Or Soba
Cold Udon or Soba with squid-vegetable kakiage tempura. Served with sauce and nori seaweed.
Tuna Poki Soba
Cold buckwheat noodle topped with tuna poki (seaweed, green onions, sesame oil, spicy ponzu).
Vegetarian Poki Soba
Cold buckwheat noodle topped with vegetarian poki (seaweed, green onions, tofu, cucumber, bean sprouts, sesame oil, spicy ponzu).
Noodles
Plates
Karaage Plate
Japanese-style deep-fried chicken with sweet sesame soy sauce dipping sauce. Served with steamed rice, a piece of fruit, pasta salad, carrots & shredded cabbage.
Tempura Plate
Shrimp & Vegetable Tempura. Served with steamed rice, a piece of fruit, pasta salad, carrots & shredded cabbage.
Chicken Katsu Plate
Breaded deep-fried chicken cutlet. Served with steamed rice, a piece of fruit, pasta salad, carrots & shredded cabbage.
Pork Katsu Plate
Breaded deep-fried pork cutlet. Served with steamed rice, a piece of fruit, pasta salad, carrots & shredded cabbage.
Tofu Katsu Plate
Breaded deep-fried tofu. Served with steamed rice, a piece of fruit, pasta salad, carrots & shredded cabbage.
Chicken Katsu Curry
Breaded deep-fried chicken cutlet with chicken curry and red ginger. Served with steamed rice, a piece of fruit, pasta salad, carrots & shredded cabbage.
Pork Katsu Curry
Breaded deep-fried pork cutlet with chicken curry and red ginger. Served with steamed rice, a piece of fruit, pasta salad, carrots & shredded cabbage.
Tofu Katsu Curry
Breaded deep-fried tofu with chicken curry and red ginger. Served with steamed rice, a piece of fruit, pasta salad, carrots & shredded cabbage.
Samurai Chicken Plate
[Choice of Pan-Fried OR Deep-Fried] w/ vegetables. Served with sweet-spicy sesame soy sauce. Served with steamed rice, a piece of fruit, pasta salad, carrots & shredded cabbage.
Samurai Tofu Plate
[Choice of Pan-Fried OR Deep-Fried] w/ vegetables. Served with sweet-spicy sesame soy sauce. Served with steamed rice, a piece of fruit, pasta salad, carrots & shredded cabbage.
Samurai Seafood Plate
[Choice of Pan-Fried OR Deep-Fried] w/ vegetables. Served with sweet-spicy sesame soy sauce. Served with steamed rice, a piece of fruit, pasta salad, carrots & shredded cabbage.
Kawachi Chicken
Chopped pan-fried chicken topped with cabbage, ginger, and lettuce, in light ponzu. Served with steamed rice, a piece of fruit, pasta salad, carrots & shredded cabbage.
Hawaiian Garlic Chicken
[Choice of Pan-Fried OR Deep-Fried] Served with sweet garlic soy sauce. Served with steamed rice, a piece of fruit, pasta salad, carrots & shredded cabbage.
Spicy Chicken Plate
Chopped pan-fried chicken served with garlic, leeks, green onions, sesame seeds, mixed with spicy sesame soy sauce. Served with steamed rice, a piece of fruit, pasta salad, carrots & shredded cabbage.
Chicken Long Rice
Chicken simmered in fish-seaweed stock broth with vegetables and harusame glass noodles. Served with steamed rice, a piece of fruit, pasta salad, carrots & shredded cabbage.
Beef Long Rice
Slices of beef simmered in fish-seaweed stock broth with vegetables and harusame glass noodles. Served with steamed rice, a piece of fruit, pasta salad, carrots & shredded cabbage.
Kalbi Beef Plate
Marinated beef short ribs with kimchee. Served with steamed rice, a piece of fruit, pasta salad, carrots & shredded cabbage.
Daichan Combination W/ Chicken
Teriyaki chicken and shrimp & vegetable tempura. Served with steamed rice, a piece of fruit, pasta salad, carrots & shredded cabbage.
Daichan Combination W/ Beef
Teriyaki beef and shrimp & vegetable tempura. Served with steamed rice, a piece of fruit, pasta salad, carrots & shredded cabbage.
Daichan Special W/ Chicken
Teriyaki chicken, shrimp & vegetable tempura, and croquette. Served with steamed rice, a piece of fruit, pasta salad, carrots & shredded cabbage.
Daichan Special W/ Beef
Teriyaki beef, shrimp & vegetable tempura, and croquette. Served with steamed rice, a piece of fruit, pasta salad, carrots & shredded cabbage.
