O-Ku DC

O-Ku DC Menu

(202) 888-8790
1274 5th Street Northeast, Washington, DC 20002

Small Plates


Edamame
$7.00
Herb smoked sea salt.
Wings
$11.00
Korean style, micro celery, blue cheese dressing.
Wagyu Croquette
$12.00
Sweet soy sauce, tonkatsu sauce, remoulade sauce.
Shiu Mai
$11.00
Heritage pork and black tiger prawn steamed dumpling.
Gyoza
$12.00
Wagyu beef, garlic, shallot, ginger.
Chu Toro Crudo
$16.00
Shoga ponzu citrus.
Seaweed Salad
$6.00
Traditional style.
House Salad
$8.00
Carrot ginger vinaigrette, garden vegetables.
Rock Shrimp
$12.00
Spicy rock shrimp, cilantro, sesame.
Agedashi Tofu
$9.00
Crispy silken tofu, and chili oil.
Black Magic
$21.00
Lobster, shrimp, squid ink rice, masago aioli, and scallion.
Tartare
$15.00
Minced wagyu beef, sweet seasoned soy, chives, garlic, quail egg, and crispy wonton chips.
Kanpachi Carpaccio
14.00
Hawaiian amberjack, lemon vinaigrette, cilantro oil, Fresno pepper, and microgreens.

$Soups


Miso
6.00
Blended red miso soup, tofu, named mushroom, fresh shaved green onion.

$Makimono


Yellowtail
$14.00
Yellowtail, scallion, baby purple radish, cho kochujiang sauce.
Rainbow
$15.00
Snow crab, rakkyo, cucumber, avocado, four assorted fish, wasabi tobiko.
Soft Shell Crab
$16.00
Crunchy soft shell crab, snow crab, avocado, wasabi tobiko.
California
$17.00
Snow crab, avocado, cucumber, yuzu tobiko.
Crunchy Prawn
$14.00
Tempura shrimp, avocado, crispy rice pearls, eel sauce, spicy mentaiko aioli.
Unagi
$12.00
River eel, fresh cucumber, eel sauce, sansho pepper.
Veggie
$9.00
Japanese cucumber, shiso, sour plum, avocado.
Yuzu Tuna
$11.00
Hamachi, mayo, jalapeno, garlic soy, yuzu syrup, yuzu tobiko.
Snow King
$16.00
Snow crab, rakkyo, cucumber, avocado, seared king salmon, miso truffle aioli, micro cilantro.
Spicy Tuna
15.00
Bluefin tuna, scallion, shiso leaf, cucumber, mentaiko ailoi.

$Raw


Tuna
$18.00
Premium tuna, sturgeon caviar, fresh snipped chives, sashimi joyu.
Tartare
$15.00
Wagyu beef, sweet seasoned soy sauce, fresh shaved chives, quail egg yolk.
Salmon
$17.00
Tasmanian king salmon, soy cured egg sauce, ikura, fresh black sesame.
Hamachi
15.00
Yellowtail sashimi, "cho kochujiang" sauce, shaved green onion.

$Omakase


Chefs Progressive & Creative Multi Course Tasting
100.00

$From the Robata Grill

Binchotan Charcoal: Petrified White Oak from japan.
Steak
$28.00
Prime ribeye steak "Negima," shishito pepper, pearle onion.
Yakitori
$8.00
Organic chicken thigh, seasoned soy sauce, sansho pepper.
Hanger
$16.00
Wagyu hanger steak, fresh wasabi.
Lamb chop
$26.00
Cumin, chili powder.
"Ise Ebi" Lobster
$21.00
Half lobster tail and claw finished on the grill with foie gras truffle butter.
Tsukune
9.00
Savory organic chicken meatballs, soy cured egg sauce.

$Chef Specials


Miso Braised Short Rib
$26.00
Red chili miso, white soy salsa, flash-fried shiso leaf.
Bulgogi
$15.00
Fire-roasted heritage pork, white rice, red leaf.
Don Buri
$16.00
Steamed rice, pork belly, avocado, pickled vegetables.
Chef's Local Fish
$22.00
Garden vegetables.
Curry Noodle
14.00
Ramen, coconut curry sauce, chili, fresh mixed herbs.

$O-Ku Signature Nigiri


Kindai" Bluefin Otoro
$18.00
Sea urchin, fresh wasabi, green tea dusted nori.
Sakura Madai
$10.00
Mozuko seaweed, yuzu kosho, shiso, bonito flakes.
Tasmanian "ora" King Salmon
$10.00
Ikura, citrus zest, crispy salmon skin.
Hokkaido Scallop "Aburi Style''
$9.00
Mentaiko sauce, yuzu kosho, baby shiso.
Wagyu
$10.00
Aburi style, sweet garlic soy, ginger cilantro oil, fried shiitake mushroom.
Big Eye Tuna
$11.00
Creamy anchovy sauce, micro parsley.
Anago Sea Eel
12.00
Eel sauce, sansho pepper, crispy shallots.

$Sushi 1 Piece and Sashimi 2 Pieces


Aburi Salmon
$4.00
Hamachi
$4.00
Big Eye Tuna
$5.00
Zuke Maguro
$5.00
Tasmanian King Salmon
$4.00
Kindai Bluefin Oh Toro
$8.00
Kanpachi
$4.00
Madai
$6.00
Hookkadio Scallop
$7.00
Ikura
$4.00
King Crab
$12.00
King Prawn
$11.00
Unagi
$4.00
Anago
$6.00

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