Blue Sushi Sake Grill - Des Moines

Soups & Salads

• Miso SoupUSD 5.50

  classic japanese broth style soup with shiitake mushroom, tofu, wakame and scallion

• Coconut Crab SoupUSD 8.50

  roasted corn, sweet potatoes, yellow curry, coconut milk, cilantro, chili oil

• Cucumber SunomonoUSD 5.00

  marinated and seasoned cucumber with sesame seeds

• House SaladUSD 5.50

  Mixed greens, cucumber, cherry tomato and crispy wonton strips with choice of dressing. Dressings: wasabi soy, sesame honey, carrot ginger

• Seaweed SaladUSD 10.00

  mix of seaweed, cucumber sunomono, scallion, tossed in sesame dressing

• Chicken Crunch SaladUSD 17.00

  napa cabbage, romaine lettuce, radicchio, scallion, crispy wonton strips, shredded all-natural chicken breast and sesame seeds, tossed in sesame honey dressing

Share Plates

• EdamameUSD 6.50

  classic with maldon sea salt or spicy with garlic, tamari and togarashi

• Charred EdamameUSD 7.50

  classic with maldon sea salt or spicy with garlic, tamari and togarashi

• Mango Crab Rangoon**USD 9.50

  crispy wonton wrappers stuffed with crab mix, mango, cream cheese and scallion, served with mango and fresno pepper sauces

• Shishito PeppersUSD 9.50

  sautéed japanese peppers with citrus, tamari and togarashi

• Crispy Brussels SproutsUSD 10.00

  tossed in creamy lemon miso sauce and toasted cashews

• Calamari**USD 16.00

  sesame crusted squid, tempura vegetable, miso aioli

• Beef Hot Rock*USD 18.50

  all-natural beef tenderloin, jalapeño ponzu and yuzu kosho

• Ceviche* **USD 15.00

  tilapia, white shrimp, lime juice, cucumber, cherry tomato, avocado, cilantro, sweet onion, jalapeño salsa, wonton crisps, togarashi and chili oil

• Crispy Rice Cake*USD 13.50

  topped with spicy bigeye tuna, scallion and tataki sauce

  • 4 PcsUSD 13.50

• Dipping CrabUSD 12.50

  crispy soft shell crab, cucumber sunomono, tempura sauce

• Lettuce WrapsUSD 17.50

  sautéed all-natural chicken breast with garlic, ginger, cashews and peanut sauce, served with butter lettuce cups, cucumber sunomono, sesame noodles, carrots, crispy rice noodles and sweet chili sauce

• Tuna Tower*USD 19.00

  sesame and ponzu-marinated bigeye tuna, spicy crab mix, avocado and sushi rice, topped with black tobiko and wasabi sprouts, served with honey wasabi, mango and eel sauces

Specialty Nigiri

• Blue Kani**USD 9.00

  tempura fried tofu pockets stuffed with spicy crab mix, served with eel sauce

  • 4 PcsUSD 9.00

• Cherry Bomb*USD 10.00

  bigeye tuna on top of rice tempura, topped with serrano, sriracha, togarashi and ponzu sauce

  • 2 PcsUSD 10.00

• Itchy Salmon**USD 9.50

  baked atlantic salmon on top of spicy crab mix, topped with serrano, cilantro and ponzu sauce

  • 2 PcsUSD 9.50

• Itchy Seabass**USD 10.00

  baked seabass on top of spicy crab mix, topped with serrano, cilantro and ponzu sauce

  • 2 PcsUSD 10.00

• "Everything" Smoked Salmon*USD 9.50

  smoked salmon on top of cream cheese stuffed rice tempura, topped with everything furikake, scallion and ponzu sauce

  • 2 PcsUSD 9.50

Specialty Sashimi

• Truffle Salmon* **USD 16.00

  atlantic salmon drizzled with hot sesame oil, topped with ikura, truffle ponzu sauce and wasabi sprouts

  • 5 PcsUSD 16.00

• Hirame Tiradito*USD 16.50

  olive flounder topped with cucumber, red onion, cilantro, corn nuts, aji pepper purée, olive oil and maldon sea salt

  • 5 PcsUSD 16.50

• Vegan Tuna SupremeUSD 13.50

  plant-based tuna topped with orange supreme, cilantro, serrano, marcona almond and ponzu sauce

  • 5 PcsUSD 13.50

• Tuna Tataki*USD 16.00

  pepper seared bigeye tuna topped with daikon momiji, garlic chips, scallion and tataki sauce

  • 5 PcsUSD 16.00

• Yellowtail Serrano* **USD 16.50

  yellowtail topped with cilantro, serrano and ponzu sauce

  • 5 PcsUSD 16.50

Nigiri & Sashimi

Salmon

• Kunsei Sake* **USD 9.50

  atlantic smoked salmon

  • Nigiri (2 Pcs)USD 9.50
  • Sashimi (4 Pcs)USD 16.50

• Sake* **USD 9.00

  atlantic salmon

  • Nigiri (2 Pcs)USD 9.00
  • Sashimi (4 Pcs)USD 15.50

• Sake Toro* **USD 9.00

  atlantic salmon belly

  • Nigiri (2 Pcs)USD 9.00
  • Sashimi (4 Pcs)USD 15.50

• Aburi Sake Toro* **USD 9.00

  seared atlantic salmon belly

  • Nigiri (2 Pcs)USD 9.00
  • Sashimi (4 Pcs)USD 15.50

Shellfish

• Ama Ebi*USD 8.50

  spot prawn with fried head

  • Nigiri (2 Pcs)USD 8.50
  • Sashimi (4 Pcs)USD 15.00

• EbiUSD 8.00

  cooked white shrimp

  • Nigiri (2 Pcs)USD 8.00
  • Sashimi (4 Pcs)USD 14.50

• Hotate*USD 8.50

  hokkiado scallop

  • Nigiri (2 Pcs)USD 8.50
  • Sashimi (4 Pcs)USD 15.00

• Uni*USD 13.50

  red sea urchin

  • Nigiri (2 Pcs)USD 13.50
  • Sashimi (4 Pcs)USD 21.50

Fish Roe & Other

• Ikura* **USD 9.50

  chum salmon roe

  • Nigiri (2 Pcs)USD 9.50
  • Sashimi (4 Pcs)USD 16.50

• Masago*USD 7.00

  smelt roe

  • Nigiri (2 Pcs)USD 7.00
  • Sashimi (4 Pcs)USD 13.00

• TakoUSD 8.50

  spanish octopus

  • Nigiri (2 Pcs)USD 8.50
  • Sashimi (4 Pcs)USD 15.00

• TamagoUSD 5.50

  egg custard

  • Nigiri (2 Pcs)USD 5.50
  • Sashimi (4 Pcs)USD 11.00

• Tobiko*USD 8.00

  black flying fish roe

  • Nigiri (2 Pcs)USD 8.00
  • Sashimi (4 Pcs)USD 14.50

• UnagiUSD 11.00

  bbq american eel

  • Nigiri (2 Pcs)USD 11.00
  • Sashimi (4 Pcs)USD 18.50

Tuna

• Tombo Ahi* **USD 8.50

  seared albacore

  • Nigiri (2 Pcs)USD 8.50
  • Sashimi (4 Pcs)USD 15.00

• Maguro*USD 10.00

  bigeye tuna

  • Nigiri (2 Pcs)USD 10.00
  • Sashimi (4 Pcs)USD 17.00

Whitefish

• Dutch Yellowtail* **USD 10.00

  hiramasa

  • Nigiri (2 Pcs)USD 10.00
  • Sashimi (4 Pcs)USD 17.00

• Black Tuna*USD 16.50

  squid ink and soy cured escolar

  • Sashimi (4 Pcs)USD 16.50

• White Tuna*USD 8.00

  escolar

  • Nigiri (2 Pcs)USD 8.00
  • Sashimi (4 Pcs)USD 14.50

• Hirame*USD 10.00

  olive flounder

  • Nigiri (2 Pcs)USD 10.00
  • Sashimi (4 Pcs)USD 17.00

• Madai*USD 10.00

  red sea bream

  • Nigiri (2 Pcs)USD 10.00
  • Sashimi (4 Pcs)USD 17.00

Vegan

• AvocadoUSD 4.50

  • Nigiri (2 Pcs)USD 4.50

• InariUSD 7.00

  fried tofu

  • Nigiri (2 Pcs)USD 7.00

• UnamiUSD 7.50

  bbq eggplant eel, sweet soy sauce

  • Nigiri (2 Pcs)USD 7.50

• KalunaUSD 7.00

  plant based tuna

  • Nigiri (2 Pcs)USD 7.00

• Tobiko CaviartUSD 8.00

  seaweed caviar

  • Nigiri (2 Pcs)USD 8.00

Classic Maki

Not Raw

• Cali RollUSD 8.50

  crab mix, avocado, cucumber

  • 8 PcsUSD 8.50

• Crunchy BlueUSD 9.50

  spicy crab mix, cilantro, crispy panko, eel sauce

  • 8 PcsUSD 9.50

• Crunchy L.A.USD 9.50

  crab mix, avocado, cucumber, crispy panko, sweet chili sauce

  • 8 PcsUSD 9.50

• Just Shrimp Tempura MakiUSD 8.50

  shrimp tempura

  • 8 PcsUSD 8.50

• Spicy TakoUSD 9.00

  spicy octopus

  • 5 PcsUSD 9.00

Raw

• Cabo Roll*USD 11.00

  spicy bigeye tuna, crab mix, cucumber

  • 8 PcsUSD 11.00

• Negi Yellowtail*USD 11.00

  yellowtail, garlic chip, scallion

  • 8 PcsUSD 11.00

• Philadelphia*USD 12.00

  smoked or raw salmon, cream cheese, scallion, cucumber

  • 8 PcsUSD 12.00

• Rainbow Roll*USD 15.50

  bigeye tuna, salmon, yellowtail, ebi, crab mix, avocado, cucumber

  • 8 PcsUSD 15.50

• Sake*USD 8.50

  salmon

  • 5 PcsUSD 8.50

• Spicy Sake*USD 8.50

  spicy salmon, cucumber

  • 5 PcsUSD 8.50

• Spicy Tekka*USD 9.00

  spicy bigeye tuna, cucumber

  • 5 PcsUSD 9.00

• Spider Maki*USD 15.50

  crispy soft shell crab, masago, avocado, cucumber, sriracha, creamy spicy sauce

  • 10 PcsUSD 15.50

• Tekka*USD 9.00

  bigeye tuna

  • 5 PcsUSD 9.00

Specialty Maki

Not Raw

• Cloud Nine 2.0USD 15.00

  avocado, spicy crab mix, tempura shrimp, baked seabass, cilantro, serrano, ponzu sauce

  • 8 PcsUSD 15.00

• Crunchy RedUSD 11.50

  shrimp tempura, crab and tampico mix, avocado, serrano, beet tempura crisps, eel sauce

  • 8 PcsUSD 11.50

• Hawaiian RollUSD 13.50

  tempura fried, mango, salmon, crab mix, mango sauce

  • 6 PcsUSD 13.50

• Hotel CaliUSD 12.50

  tempura fried, spicy crab mix, cream cheese, jalapeño, avocado, sweet chili sauce

  • 8 PcsUSD 12.50

• The IguanaUSD 15.50

  shrimp tempura, crab and tampico mix, serrano, eel, avocado, soy paper, cucumber wrap, ponzu and eel sauces

  • 6 PcsUSD 15.50

• Snow WhiteUSD 12.00

  crispy seabass, avocado, burdock root, bibb lettuce, soy paper, creamy spicy and eel sauces

  • 5 PcsUSD 12.00

• South PacificUSD 12.50

  eel tempura, cream cheese, pineapple, scallion, eel sauce

  • 8 PcsUSD 12.50

• Super AsparagusUSD 10.50

  cooked salmon, cream cheese, asparagus, eel sauce

  • 8 PcsUSD 10.50

• ThrillerUSD 15.00

  shrimp tempura, spicy crab mix, togarashi, ponzu and creamy thriller sauces

  • 8 PcsUSD 15.00

• Tidal WaveUSD 15.00

  shrimp and crab stick tempura, crab mix, cream cheese, honey wasabi and eel sauces

  • 8 PcsUSD 15.00

Raw

• Amazon Roll*USD 16.00

  red sea bream, olive oil, smoked salmon, crab and tampico mix, jalapeño, wasabi sprouts, maldon sea salt, chino chimichurri sauce

  • 8 PcsUSD 16.00

• The Beach*USD 15.50

  seared albacore, spicy bigeye tuna, spicy crab mix, burdock root, avocado, cilantro, serrano, ponzu sauce

  • 8 PcsUSD 15.50

• Flamingo Lingo*USD 15.50

  crab mix, cucumber, salmon, bigeye tuna, soy paper, wasabi tobiko

  • 8 PcsUSD 15.50

• Godzilla Bomb*USD 16.00

  tempura blue kani, bigeye tuna, yellowtail, togarashi, serrano, ponzu sauce, sriracha

  • 8 PcsUSD 16.00

• Green Eggs & Hama*USD 15.50

  yellowtail, garlic chip, wasabi tobiko, spicy salmon, cucumber, ponzu sauce

  • 8 PcsUSD 15.50

• Hot Popper*USD 11.50

  smoked salmon, cream cheese, jalapeño tempura, soy paper, sriracha

  • 5 PcsUSD 11.50

• Lion King*USD 13.50

  crab mix, cucumber, avocado, spicy salmon, scallion, eel sauce, chili aioli

  • 8 PcsUSD 13.50

• Roja*USD 12.50

  bigeye tuna, yellowtail, avocado, cucumber, cilantro, soy paper, sriracha

  • 5 PcsUSD 12.50

• Salmon Skin Roll*USD 9.00

  crispy salmon skin, bonito flakes, cucumber, avocado, burdock root, ikura, lemon

  • 8 PcsUSD 9.00

• San Marcos Maki*USD 16.00

  bigeye tuna, shrimp tempura, crab and tampico mix, avocado, charred jalapeño, togarashi, serrano ponzu sauce

  • 8 PcsUSD 16.00

• Spanish Fly*USD 16.50

  yellowtail, spicy crab mix, bigeye tuna, shallot, cilantro, serrano, yuzu ponzu sauce

  • 8 PcsUSD 16.50

• Spicy Gringo*USD 12.50

  salmon, bigeye tuna, dutch yellowtail, ginger, garlic chip, bbq paper, shallot, serrano ponzu sauce

  • 5 PcsUSD 12.50

• Tataki Maki*USD 15.00

  shrimp tempura, spicy salmon, pepper seared bigeye tuna, crispy panko, thai basil, eel sauce

  • 8 PcsUSD 15.00

Vegan

Not Maki

• Kombu Miso SoupUSD 5.50

  classic japanese style soup with shiitake mushroom, tofu, wakame and scallion

• Kaluna Crispy Rice CakeUSD 12.00

  topped with avocado, spicy plant based tuna, scallion, and ponzu sauce

  • 4 PcsUSD 12.00

• Tofu Lettuce WrapsUSD 16.00

  sautéed tofu with garlic, ginger, cashews and peanut sauce, served with butter lettuce cups, cucumber sunomono, sesame noodles, carrots, crispy rice noodles and sweet chili sauce

• Tuna TowerUSD 17.00

  sesame and ponzu-marinated plant based tuna, avocado and sushi rice, topped with black tobiko caviart and wasabi sprouts, served with sweet agave mustard, mango and sweet soy sauces

Maki

• Spicy Kaluna CrunchUSD 12.00

  plant based tuna, cucumber, avocado, crispy quinoa, black tobiko caviart, scallion, vegan spicy aioli

  • 8 PcsUSD 12.00

• Bīto Maki 2.0USD 12.00

  asparagus vegan tempura, vegan cream cheese, roasted beet, almond, thai basil, citrus, sweet agave mustard

  • 8 PcsUSD 12.00

• Avo KalunaUSD 12.00

  plant based tuna, avocado, sesame seeds, scallion, sweet soy sauce

  • 8 PcsUSD 12.00

• CowgirlUSD 9.50

  pickle vegan tempura, sriracha-fried onion rings, bbq paper, vegan mayo, tonkatsu sauce

  • 5 PcsUSD 9.50

• Crunchy CabbageUSD 10.50

  tofu and napa cabbage vegan tempura, scallion, vegan creamy spicy sauce

  • 8 PcsUSD 10.50

• Eden RollUSD 10.50

  sweet potato vegan tempura, grilled asparagus, edamame hummus, sundried tomato, brown rice, soy paper, olive oil, maldon sea salt

  • 8 PcsUSD 10.50

• Green GoddessUSD 14.50

  spicy plant based tuna, cucumber, cilantro, shallot, avocado, black tobiko caviart, ponzu sauce

  • 8 PcsUSD 14.50

• Prince RollUSD 10.00

  eggplant vegan tempura, avocado, sweet soy sauce

  • 8 PcsUSD 10.00

• Shiitake to MeUSD 13.00

  mushrooms sautéed in coconut milk, shiitake and sweet potato vegan tempura, truffle oil, thai basil, sweet soy sauce

  • 8 PcsUSD 13.00

• Thai HippieUSD 11.50

  tofu vegan tempura, avocado, cucumber, carrot, cashews with thai basil, cilantro, mint and red onion salad, thai peanut sauce

  • 8 PcsUSD 11.50

• Unami ExpressUSD 13.00

  pineapple, red pepper, thai basil, bbq eggplant eel, tobiko caviart, scallion, sweet soy sauce

  • 8 PcsUSD 13.00

• Unami MakiUSD 10.00

  bbq eggplant eel, vegan cream cheese, avocado, sweet soy sauce

  • 5 PcsUSD 10.00

• V.L.T.USD 9.50

  bibb lettuce, cucumber, cherry tomato, avocado, shallot, smoked tomato paper, maldon sea salt, vegan mayo

  • 5 PcsUSD 9.50

• Vegan South PacificUSD 12.00

  bbq eggplant eel tempura, vegan cream cheese, pineapple, scallion, sweet soy sauce

  • 8 PcsUSD 12.00

• VeggieUSD 8.50

  red pepper, vegan cream cheese, avocado, cucumber

  • 8 PcsUSD 8.50

Kodomo / Kids

for youngsters 12 and under

• Little Bento BoxUSD 11.50

  Choice of maki roll, all natural chicken tenders, shrimp tempura, crispy sweet tofu or pan seared salmon, served with edamame, choice of starch and fruit. Maki roll choices: california roll, crunchy kido, avocado, sake, cowgirl roll, shrimp tempura maki, tekka maki; Starch choices: french fries, white sticky rice, brown sticky rice, sesame noodles