Tsunami Sushi New Orleans Menu
Tsunami Sushi New Orleans is a delightful retreat in the heart of the bustling city, nestled at 601 Poydras Street. As a food reviewer, I was enchanted by their unique menu, which artfully blends traditional sushi with a Louisiana twist. The happy hour from 3-6 PM offers an irresistible opportunity to savor fresh fish without breaking the bank.
Highlights include the truffle salmon, an innovative creation, and the popular Black and Gold roll, both of which left diners raving. However, some patrons found certain rolls, like the lava roll, a tad too saucy for their taste. Despite minor critiques about portion sizing and drink quality, the overall quality and flavor stand out.
With attentive staff like Ruby and a welcoming ambiance, Tsunami Sushi is not just a meal but an experience you won't soon forget.
Appetizers
Edamame
Boiled and salted soybeans. *Gluten Free*
Eggplant Miso
Fried eggplant, shrimp, and tossed in a sweet miso sauce.
Gyoza Umami
Pork dumplings topped with fresh cilantro, French fried onions, and umami sauce.
Ika Fries
Fried strips of calamari tenderloin served with tsurai sauce.
Miso Soup
Tofu, mushrooms, green onions, and seaweed in a soy broth. *Gluten Free*
Shishito And Shrimp
Shrimp and charred shishito peppers, tempura fried crispy with umami dipping sauce.
Spicy Edamame
Boiled soybeans tossed with our sambal sweet chili sauce.
Dumpling But Trouble
5 fried pork gyoza drizzled with tsurai & umami sauce and garnished with wasabi tobiko, crunchy garlic, green onion and micro greens
Smoked Salt Escolar
Torched escolar sashimi, white truffle oil, smoked salt, and scallion. Raw. Eat Fit approved. *Gluten Free*
Truffle Salmon
Salmon sashimi, white truffle oil, smoked salt, and scallion. Raw. Eat Fit approved. *Gluten Free*
Yuzu Albacore Tuna
Thin sashimi slices of albacore tuna in yuzu sauce with fried onions and cilantro. Raw.
Baked Salmon
Tuna Tataki
Seared tuna sashimi over a bed of cucumber with krab stick, crispy onions, and citrus soy-sesame dressing. Raw.
Yummy Yellowtail
Yellowtail, jalapeno, cilantro, and ponzu. Raw. Eat Fit approved.
Cisotaki
Thin slices of seared USDA choice tenderloin with ponzu, scallion, Sriracha, and miso sauce. Raw.
Poke
Sushi rice, avocado, seaweed salad, edamame, tomato, cucumber, radish, and poke sauce.
Tsunami Specialties
Salads
Mixed Green Salad
Baby greens with carrots, tomatoes, and sesame soy dressing. Eat Fit. *Gluten Free*
Pimp Salad
Seared tuna, snow crab blend, krab stick, cucumber, tomato, asparagus, avocado, masago, and sesame soy ponzu dressing. Raw. Eat Fit approved.
Seaweed Salad
Marinated, agar, chili pepper, and sesame dressing.
Snow Crab Salad
Snow crab blend, avocado, crunchy, and tsurai sauce.
Squid Salad
Tossed with bamboo shoots, carrots, Japanese tree mushrooms, sesame seeds, and ginger chili dressing.
Sunomono Salad
Sour and sweet Japanese salad of marinated cucumber, wakame, and carrots. *Gluten Free*
California Roll
Krab stick, avocado and masago
Caterpillar Roll
Unagi, asparagus, cucumber, topped with avocado, sesame seeds, and tsu sauce.
Crunchy Roll
Crunchy shrimp and avocado rolled in crunchies with tsu sauce.
Dynamite Roll
Spicy marinated diced tuna, white fish, salmon, avocado, and sesame seeds. Raw.
Grand Isle Roll *Gluten-Free
Tuna, yellowtail, sesame seeds, and scallion. Raw
Japanese Veggie Roll
Pickled daikon, yamagobo, kanpyo, and sesame seeds.
Negihama Roll
Yellowtail, cucumber, masago, sesame seeds, and scallions. Raw *Gluten Free without masago*
Philadelphia Roll *Gluten-Free
Smoked salmon, cream cheese, avocado, and sesame seeds.
Rainbow Roll
Snow crab mix, avocado, topped with tuna, escolar, and salmon. Raw.
Rock N Roll
Panko shrimp, snow crab mix, cucumber, avocado, sesame seeds, and soy wrapped with tsu sauce.
Shrimp Tempura Roll
Temp shrimp, masago, tsu sauce, and sesame seeds.
Snow Crab Roll
Spicy Tuna Roll
tuna and spicy sauce. Raw. *Gluten Free*
Vegetable Roll *Gluten-Free
Cucumber, asparagus, carrot, and topped with avocado
Spicy Salmon Roll
salmon and spicy sauce. Raw *Gluten Free*
Classic Sushi Rolls
Tsunami Signature Sushi Rolls
Big Easy Roll
Crawfish, snow crab mix, krab stick, temp shrimp, cucumber, scallion, soy wrapped, panko fried, topped with crunchies, cilantro, tsurai, sriracha, and tsunami sauces.
Big Tuna Roll
Tuna, cream cheese, jalapeno, soy wrapped, panko fried, with ponzu, and Sriracha sauces. Raw.
Black And Gold Roll
Temp shrimp, cucumber, crab stick, baked with spicy mayo, crawfish, scallion topped with crunchies, tsurai, and tsu sauce.
Candy Cane Roll
Panko seabass, cream cheese, asparagus, cucumber, topped with tuna, crab stick, snow crab mix, crunchies, scallion, masago, Kazan, and tsunami sauces.
Cucumber Wrap
shrimp, snow crab mix, krab stick, wrapped in cucumber, w/krab stick, avocado, masago, scallion & kazan sauce
Cupcake Roll
Temp shrimp, snow crab mix, asparagus, soy-wrapped, temp-fried, topped with masago aioli, tsunami sauce, sesame seeds, salmon, then baked, and scallion-garnished.
Don Tuan Roll
Tuna, crunchy shrimp, cream cheese, cucumber, snow crab mix, avocado, spicy graham cracker, Kazan, and Sriracha sauces. Raw.
Father Calais Roll
Tuna, salmon, crab stick, masago, avocado, and cucumber
Green Monster Roll
Panko shrimp, coconut, snow crab mix, cream cheese, cucumber topped with kiwi, avocado, strawberry, and plum sauce.
Happy Feet Roll
Tuna, temp shrimp, snow crab mix, cucumber, jalapeno, soy wrapped, topped with salmon, krab stick, baked, crispy onions, Kazan, tsunami, and happy feet sauces.
Hung Lo Roll
Panko shrimp, cream cheese, cucumber, jalapeno, masago, topped with seared tuna, snow crab mix, crispy onions, scallion with ponzu, and Sriracha sauces. Raw.
Jazz Roll
Boiled shrimp, snow crab mix, and asparagus in a soy wrap.
John Breaux Roll
Spicy crawfish, sesame seeds, and avocado
Kabuki Roll
No rice, minced spicy tuna, shrimp, crab stick, asparagus, cucumber, soy wrapped, masago, scallion, and ponzu sauce. Raw. Eat Fit approved
Lava Roll
Crunchy shrimp, cucumber, topped with masago aioli, salmon, baked and topped with scallion, sesame seeds, and tsu sauce.
Leon Special Roll
Temp shrimp, snow crab mix, cream cheese, cucumber, topped w/krab stick, crunchies, tsurai, and tsunami sauce
Michael Doumit Roll
Fried soft shell crab, avocado, cucumber, sesame seeds, and tsu sauce.
Ragin Cajun Roll
Panko alligator, avocado, sesame seeds, wrapped in seaweed with tsu sauce.
Roll Tide Roll
Tuna, krab stick, sesame seeds, and cucumber. Raw
Sea Bass Roll
Panko fried seabass, cucumber, scallion, tsurai sauce, and soy wrapped.
Tiger Tail Roll
Snow crab mix, kani, cucumber, jalapeno, topped with escolar, avocado, and Sriracha sauce. Raw.
Tofu Roll *Gluten-Free
Tofu mix, cucumber, carrot, avocado, and sambal sesame soy, and soy wrapped.
The Best Bite Roll
No rice, minced spicy tuna, panko shrimp, krab stick, cream cheese, asparagus, soy wrapped, masago, scallion, panko fried with plum, ponzu, and tsurai sauces. Raw.
Zach Special Roll
Snow crab mix, panko shrimp and tempura fried, and soy wrapped.
Musashi Roll
Panko shrimp, avocado, jalapeno topped w/ spicy snow crab mix, fresh salmon, mango, chili-garlic, ginger balsamic, micro greens
Salmon Pesto Roll
Shrimp tempura, cream cheese, jalapeno, cucumber, snow crab mix, topped w/ fresh salmon, tsurai, then baked, topped w/ pesto, smoked salmon skin, micro greens, & tsunami sauce under the roll
Albacore(1 Pc) *Gluten-Free
Raw
Escolar(1 Pc) *Gluten-Free
Raw
Flying Fish Egg/Tobiko (1 Pc)
Raw
Freshwater Eel/Unagi (1 Pc)
Krab Stick(1 Pc)
Raw
Octopus(1 Pc) *Gluten-Free
Quail Egg(1 Pc) *Gluten-Free
Raw.
Salmon(1 Pc) *Gluten-Free
Salmon Roe/Ikura (1 Pc)
Raw.
Shrimp (Ebi)(1 Pc) *Gluten-Free
Raw
Smelt Roe/Masago (1 Pc)
Raw.
Smoked Salmon(1 Pc) *Gluten-Free
Raw
Squid(1 Pc) *Gluten-Free
Raw.
Tuna(1 Pc) *Gluten-Free
Raw
Yellowtail(1 Pc) *Gluten-Free
Raw
Sushi Sampler, (4 Pcs)(1 Roll) *Gluten-Free
4 Pieces of Nigiri (chef’s choice) and 1 spicy tuna roll. Raw.
Sashimi Sampler(8 Pcs) *Gluten-Free
Chefs choice. Raw. Eat fit.
Nigiri Dinner(16 Pcs)
Sashimi Dinner(16 Pcs) *Gluten-Free
Chefs choice. Raw.
Sushi (nigiri/sashimi)
Small Plates from the Grill
Child's Chicken Katsu
Panko fried chicken strips. (kids portion).
Chicken(5 Oz) Small Plate
5 Ounce grilled marinated thighs, southern style teriyaki, steamed rice, vegetable medley *Gluten Free*
Fried Rice
Onions, carrots, red bells, edamame, basil, egg accented with fish, and oyster soy.
Salmon(5 Oz) Small Plate
5 Ounces blackened salmon, kimchi collards
Thai Spaghetti
Shiitake mushrooms, red bell peppers, basil, red onions, bok choy, carrots, and tomato.
Tonkatsu(5 Oz) Small Plate
5 Ounce crispy, panko-crusted pork loin, fried egg over sweet potato hash
Spicy Beef & Veggie
Beef, zucchini, yellow squash, bok choy, red onion, shiitake, tossed with chili dressing
Greens
Collards, kimchee, and spicy chili.
Hash
Sweet potato, bok choy, asparagus, shiitake, and red onion. *Gluten Free*
Steamed Rice
Togarashi Frites
Fries tossed in togarashi seasoning, furikake, and butter.
Vegetables *Gluten-Free
Zucchini, yellow squash, bok choy, red onion, shiitake, and miso butter.
Complements
Extra Sauce on side
Side Kazan Sauce
Side Ponzu Sauce
Side Sesame Soy Dressing
Side Spicy Mayo
Side Tsunami (Eel) Sauce
Side Tsurai Sauce
Side Cilantro Dressing
Chopped Wasabi
Side Umami Sauce
Side Sesame Soy
Pancific Bread Pudding
Mango, peanuts*, and Hawaiian bread topped with Polynesian praline glaze.