Vela
Restaurant Menu
SOUPS & SALADS
Spicy Sour Shrimp 6.00
Miso Soup 6.00
Medley of Kaisou 10.00 hijiki, kelp, wakame, marinated sprouts, watercress, and spinach Japanese Garden Salad 10.00 tofu, organic Frutas Salad 10.00 tropical fruits, green apples, edamame and red onions Salad with Linguica 14.00 hearts of palm, artichoke hearts and grilled mango
TATAKI SALSA
Spicy Sour Shrimp 6.00 Miso Soup 6.00 Medley of Kaisou 10.00 hijiki, kelp, wakame, marinated sprouts, watercress, and spinach Japanese Garden Salad 10.00 tofu, organic watercress, mistuba, and okra Praia Salad 14.00 sea urchin and shrimp with mixed greens Frutas Salad 10.00 tropical fruits, green apples, edamame and red onions Salad with Linguica 14.00 hearts of palm, artichoke hearts and grilled mango
ROLLS
Seared Tuna 14.00 chilled mushroom velouté and golden tobiko Cherry Blossom Smoked Yellowtail 14.00 mango salsa Kobujime Pink Snapper 14.00 yuzu-lychee vinaigrette Cured Salmon 12.00 pomello zest, pine nuts, with guacamole Ceviche Sampler live lobster, octopus, seki saba Omakase Sashimori 55.00 chef's exotic tasting sampler Seared Snapper 14.00 avocado, green apple and scallion Carnaval Roll 14.00 shrimp tempura, spicy aioli, julienne cucumber, avocado and golden tobiko Tsunami Roll 12.00 rock shrimp, Shanghai bok choy and Asian basil Spicy Tuna Glassage 14.00 bluefin tuna, jalapeño, cilantro, fluke with warm crema Bamboo Anago 15.00 seared sea eel on top of shiso ginger rice
NIGIRI
Tuna 4.00 Salmon 4.00 Yellowtail 4.00 Pink Snapper 4.00 Shrimp 4.00 King Crab 5.00 Octopus 4.00 Toro Sea Urchin 5.00 Salmon Roe 4.00 Golden Tobiko 4.00 Freshwater Eel 4.00 Sea Eel 5.00 Tamago 4.00 Squid 4.00
MAKI
Vegetable 7.00 Tuna 5.00 Yellowtail 5.00 Eel 5.00 Toro 8.00 Salmon 5.00 Spicy Tuna 6.00 Alaskan Crab & Avocado 10.00
LARGE PLATES
Alaskan King Crab 28.00 ginger-soy reduction Baby Flounder Nioroshi Style 22.00 sweet shiso ponzu Wagyu Rib-Eye 32.00 black beans, couve and smashed plantains Organic Grilled Duck 24.00 tropical fruit sangria reduction sauce, grilled starfruit and sautéed zucchini Potato Crusted Salmon Roulade 22.00 sea urchin sauce, purple mashed potatoes and Shanghai bok choy Brazilian Style Lobster 28.00 sea scallopes, pineapple-crema served with rice
SMALL PLATES
Edamame 4.00
Hijiki & Wasabi Crusted Tempura Olives 6.00 Shirauo Tempura (Ice Fish Fries) 8.00 Siri Tempura Shishito 11.00 crab stuffed peppers with tempero Kobe Beef Shabu-Shabu 14.00 seared with an oyster mushroom/fennel consommé Spicy Rock Shrimp Tempura 11.00 sweet sake and spicy dashi broth Chicken Skewers 10.00 yakidare sauce Vela Croquettes 10.00 assortment of croquettes served with tempero Spicy Tuna Pinchos 12.00 tuna tartare on crispy rice Stuffed Oshinko Wraps 15.00 fluke and caperberry, tuna and Japanese radish, salmon with hearts of palm and smoked yellowtail with pickled spicy cucumber
SIDES
Cucumber 1.00 Avocado 1.00 Scallion 1.00 Tobiko 1.00 Shiso 1.00 Hearts of Palm 1.00 Oshinko 1.00 Kanpyo 1.00 Forbidden Rice 6.00 Brazilian Black Beans 6.00 Couve 6.00 Lotus Root 6.00
PLEASE NOTE: All menu items and prices are subject to change.