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Bamboo Restaurant and Gallery

Art Gallery, Hawaiian Restaurant, and American Restaurant

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Dinner

Pupus

Chicken Sate Pot Stickers

The bamboo specialty! Thai seasoned chicken, herbs, and peanuts, hand-wrapped by aunty mary in won ton pi, steamed, and served with our famous, spicy, sweet chili mint sauce.

Kalua Pork Quesadilla

Tender, smoked pork from the imu and jalapeno jack cheese tucked in a grilled flour tortilla, topped with tropical fresh fruit salsa and sour cream. (We make a vegetarian version, too...)

Barbecued Babyback Ribs

Try these and you'll probably order more as an entree... served with roasted pineapple sauce and asian cole slaw.

The Big Bamboozler

A sampling of our most popular appetizers all on one platter: two pot stickers, two thai coconut prawns, and two slices of kalua pork quesadilla.

Thai Coconut Prawns

Grilled prawns nestled in our homemade Thai coconut sauce with garlic, ginger, coconut milk, sambal and herbs, and garnished with fresh papaya salsa.

Nori Crusted I'A

Nibbles of fresh island fish, crusted with nori flakes and quickly fried. Served with our sesame ponzu dipping sauce.

Calamari Strips

Panko coated calamari fried golden brown and served with your choice of cocktail sauce or pineapple pickled ginger tartar sauce.

Starter Salads

The Bamboo Salad

A blend of organic kohala grown greens garnished with fresh seasonal hawaiian treats and roasted macadamia nuts with your choice of homemade papaya seed dressing or balsamic vinaigrette.

The Caesar Macnut

A classic caesar salad with a big island twist - tossed with kohala grown macadamia nuts, garlic croutons, and grated parmesan cheese.

Green Papaya Salad

Fresh julienned green papaya, carrots, tomato, cucumber, mint, cilantro and bermuda onions tossed in a spicy chili-lime vinaigrette.

Entree Salads

Polenta and Greens

Crispy goat cheese polenta atop organic local greens, garnished with calamata olives and tomatoes, and dressed with our lilikoi mustard dressing.

Vietnamese "Tossed" Salad

Our newest salad: organic greens and veggies with fresh cilantro and mint, rice noodles and a crispy egg roll. You will toss this unique salad yourself, with a light sweet chili dressing and your choice of tofu, organic chicken, fish or shrimp

The Bamboo Nui

Our bamboo salad of fresh local organic greens and seasonal hawaiian garnishes topped with grilled fresh fish of the day

Thai Fish, Shrimp, Chicken or Tofu Salad

Our spicy blend of julienned green papya, cucumber, onion, tomato, mint, cilantro peanuts and carrots tossed in a chili lime vinaigrette with grilled fish, shrimp organic chicken, or tofu.

Chicken Caesar Salad

A classic caesar salad sprinkled with macadamia nuts (grown here in kohala! ) And garlic croutons, then topped with marinated, grilled, free range chicken.

"Mauka" Entrees

Our "mountain" entrees come with fresh vegetables and your choice of rice or potato

Beef Tenderloin

A thickly cut 10 oz. Filet of tender beef, grilled to your taste and finished with our jack daniels and carmelized maui onion "tipsy" sauce. Also available in a petite 5 oz. Portion.

Ko'ala a Opai (Surf and Turf)

A juicy 5 oz. Filet and three black tiger shrimp, flame-broiled and nestled on a green papaya salad, then finished with roasted pineapple barbeque sauce.

Barbecued Pork Babyback Ribs

Ok...this is it. Our "broke da mouth" ribs, grilled with homemade roasted pineapple barbecue sauce. A full rack - and we mean a rack! Also a half rack or a petite portion.

Chargrilled New York Steak

A 12 ounce cut of tender new York steak, grilled to your liking, and served plain and simple, peppercorn crushed, or with our jack daniels "tipsy" sauce.

Kohala Cordon and Kalua

Macadamia nut crusted organic chicken breasts wrapped around Smokey kalua pork and swiss cheese, oven baked until hot and juicy, and then topped with our lilikoi mustard glaze.

"Makai" Entrees

At bamboo, we pride ourselves in using only the freshest fish available from local waters, caught by fishermen from our own community. All fish dishes are offered in full or petite portions.

Coconut Crusted

A crispy, light coconut crust on the fresh fish of the day, served with your choice of potatoes or rice, drizzled with our sweet chili aioli and served with the fresh green vegetable of the day. Available in full or half portions.

Artichoke Lemon Cream

Plump artichoke hearts in a tangy cream sauce accented with lemon and fresh parsley. Topped with capers and served with crispy goat cheese polenta and the fresh vegetable of the day.

Hawaii Thai

Herb grilled and basted with a bouqet of Thai flavors: coconut milk, ginger, and sweet chili, then textured with fresh bean sprouts, cilantro, and peanuts.

Crispy Polenta

A crispy goat cheese polenta, laid atop a bed of organic greens.... your fish is then lightly grilled and finished with our lilikoi mustard sauce.

More Seafood

Seafood Risotto

A classic risotto with artichoke hearts, calamata olives, garlic and parmesan cheese. Set on a bed of fresh spinach and topped with the fresh fish of the day, tiger shrimp, and scallops, then drizzled with sun dried tomato aioli.

Fish, Shrimp, Veggie or Chicken Alfredo

Garlic and herb grilled shrimp over fettucine noodles, tossed in a garlic and parmesan cream sauce and garnished with diced tomato and green onions. Available in full or half portions.

Sesame-Nori Crusted Shrimp

Large tiger prawns in a crispy panko and furakaki crust, laid on a bed of sesame cole slaw and served with a ponzu dipping sauce. Accompanied by vegetables and your choice of rice or potato.

"Da Local Style"

Pacific Stir Fried Noodles

Fresh vegetables and soba noodles tossed in your choice of traditional asian teriyaki sauce or our homemade thai coconut sauce, topped with peanuts.

Teriyaki Chicken

Always a local favorite, organic free range chicken grilled and marinated, served with cole slaw and steamed rice.

Kalua Pork and Cabbage

There's no hawaiian party without it - luau style pork, smoked in our own imu accompanied by fresh cabbage and "two scoop" rice.

The Bamboo Burger

A six ounce chargrilled beef patty on a sesame bun with all the fixin's, served with homemade cole slaw and seasoned waffle fries with melted swiss, cheddar, or jalapeno jack cheese.

Lunch

Pupus

Chicken Sate Pot Stickers

The bamboo specialty! Thai seasoned chicken, herbs, and peanuts, hand-wrapped by aunty mary in won ton pi, steamed, and served with our famous, spicy, sweet chili mint sauce.

Kalua Pork Quesadilla

Tender, smoked pork from the imu and jalapeno jack cheese tucked in a grilled flour tortilla, topped with tropical fresh fruit salsa and sour cream. (We make a vegetarian version, too...)

Calamari Strips

Panko coated calamari fried golden brown and served with your choice of cocktail sauce or pineapple pickled ginger tartar sauce.

Thai Coconut Prawns

Grilled prawns nestled in our homemade thai coconut sauce with garlic, ginger, coconut milk, sambal and herbs, and garnished with fresh papaya salsa.

Barbecued Babyback Ribs

Try these and you'll probably order more as an entree... served with roasted pineapple sauce and asian cole slaw.

The Big Bamboozer

A sampling of our most popular appetizers all on one platter: two pot stickers, two thai coconut prawns, and two slices of kalua pork quesadilla. Served with green salad and rice. The bamboozer is designed as lunch for one or appetizer for two. We can make it for three if you want!

Salads

The Bamboo Salad

A blend of organic kohala grown greens garnished with fresh seasonal hawaiian treats and roasted macadamia nuts. Large or small with fresh island fish or shrimp if you'd like.

Thai Fish, Shrimp, Chicken or Tofu Salad

A spicy blend of julienned green papaya, cucumber, onion, tomato, peanuts and carrots tossed in a chili lime sauce with grilled fish, shrimp, organic chicken, or tofu.

Vietnamese "Tossed" Salad

Organic greens and veggies with fresh cilantro and mint, rice noodles and a crispy egg roll with a light sweet chili dressing. Topped with your choice of tofu, organic chicken, fish or shrimp.

The Caesar Macnut

A classic caesar salad sprinkled with macadamia nuts (grown here in kohala! ) And garlic croutons. Small, large, with organic chicken, fresh fish or shrimp.

Entrees

Chicken Sate Pot Stickers

More of those same glorious pot stickers, as an entree with steamed rice.

Kalua Pork and Cabbage

A local favorite - tender, smokey flavored pork cooked with fresh cabbage and served with steamed rice.

Herb Grilled Fresh Fish

Fresh hawaiian fish, basted with garden herbs and grilled lightly. Served with your choice of tropical fresh fruit salsa or tartar sauce.

The Hawaiian Stir Fry

A mix of fresh island grown vegetables and soba noodles, in your choice of a traditional teriyaki sauce or a thai style coconut sauce. Topped with peanuts.

Kohala Coconut Grilled Chicken, Shrimp, Fish, or Tofu

Marinated grilled chicken with our special spicy thai coconut sauce served on fresh vegetables with steamed rice, topped with peanuts.

Barbequed Babyback Ribs

Okay, okay... you asked for them at lunch, too... served with our homemade roasted pineapple barbeque sauce along with cole slaw and your choice of rice or waffle fries.

Kohala Quesadilla: Kalua Pork, Fish,

Kalua pork and jalapeno jack cheese wrapped in a flour tortilla and grilled, served with a green salad, sour cream, and tropical fresh fruit salsa.

Sandwiches

Served with lettuce, tomato, pickles, and wasabi mayonaise, with pineapple cole slaw and waffle fries or rice

A note about our cuisine...we call our cuisine "fresh island style," since, like the people of our island, we combine the foods of east and west, and create a unique new blend of these flavors. We make every effort to bring you the freshest foods available by supporting local farmers and families as they bring us their fresh fish, fruits and vegetables each day. We grow flowers and herbs in our own organic garden overlooking the sea. As we celebrate our seventeenth year, we say "mahalo" to you all and we genuinely hope you enjoy your bamboo taste of hawaii!

Grilled Fresh Fish Sandwich

A fresh fish selection each day, herb basted, grilled to perfection and served on foccacia.

Teriyaki Chicken Sandwich

Organic grilled chicken with our homemade teriyaki glaze and served on a sesame bun.

The Bamboo Burger

Six ounces of lean beef charbroiled to your taste, served on a toasted sesame bun. With melted swiss, cheddar, or jalapeno jack cheese.

Hawaiian Barbecued Pork Sandwich

Luau style pork from our imu, with homemade barbecue sauce, served on a sesame bun.

Bamboo Sliders! Have Them All!

Mini versions of our three most popular sandwiches: a burger, teriyaki chicken and BBQ pork.

Brunch

For Breakfast

Eggs Bamboo

Poached organic, free range eggs on a toasted English muffin with a slice of smoked ham, kalua pork, fresh vegetables or island fish, topped with lilikoi hollandaise. served with homefried potatoes or rice.

The Boozer Omelette Special

You know, we just couldn't commit to one omelette, so we'll tell you our special today. All are made with organic, free range eggs.

Momona Palaoa Toast

Big island sweetbread dipped in our special egg batter, cooked to a golden brown and dusted with cinnamon.

Kalua Pork Hash and Eggs

Homemade hash topped with two poached eggs and your choice of lilikoi hollandaise sauce or barbecue sauce.

Pupus and Salads

Chicken Sate Pot Stickers

A bamboo tradition! spicy Thai flavors with chicken, garlic, ginger, cilantro, and peanuts, wrapped in asian pasta and served with a sweet chili mint sauce.

Thai Coconut Prawns

Grilled prawns nestled in our spicy homemade sauce of garlic, ginger, coconut milk and herbs.

Vietnamese "Tossed" Salad

Calamari Strips

Flakey panko coated calamari fried golden brown and served with your choice of cocktail sauce or tartar sauce.

Caesar Salad with Chicken, Fish, or Shrimp

A classic caesar salad accented with macadamia nuts and topped with organic free range chicken, fresh fish or grilled shrimp.

The Bamboo Salad

A small or larger luncheon sized salad with organic kohala greens garnished with fresh seasonal hawaiian treats. Served with your choice of homemade papaya seed dressing or balsamic vinaigrette. With a grilled filet or fresh island fish or shrimp.

Entrees

Chicken Sate Pot Stickers

More of those same glorious pot stickers, as an entree with steamed rice.

Herb Grilled Fresh Fish

Fresh hawaiian fish, basted with garden herbs and grilled lightly. Served with your choice of tropical fresh fruit salsa or tartar sauce.

Kalua Pork and Cabbage

A local favorite - tender, Smokey flavored pork cooked with fresh cabbage and served with steamed rice.

The Hawaiian Stir Fry

A mix of fresh island grown vegetables and soba noodles, in your choice of a traditional teriyaki sauce or a thai style coconut sauce. Topped with peanuts.

Sandwiches

Served with lettuce, tomato, pickles, and wasabi mayonaise, with pineapple cole slaw and waffle fries or rice

Hawaiian Barbecued Pork Sandwich

Luau style pork from our imu, with homemade barbecue sauce, served on a sesame bun.

The Bamboo Burger

We make a great burger. One half pound of lean beef charbroiled on a toasted sesame bun. With melted swiss, cheddar, or jalapeno jack cheese.

Grilled Fresh Fish Sandwich

Our freshest fish grilled to perfection and served on foccacia bread with your choice of tropical fresh fruit salsa or our homemade tartar sauce.

Teriyaki Chicken Sandwich

Organic grilled chicken with our homemade teriyaki glaze and served on a sesame bun.

Dessert

Dessert Menu

Mocha Cappuccino Cheesecake

We won the kona coffee festival with this one! Creamy and crunchy at the same time, light cappuccino swirled with mocha on a chocolate, caramel, and macadamia nut crust.

Kohala Lime Pie

Similar to a key lime pie, but richer and more like a cheesecake. The crust is granola, coconut and madadamia nuts, and we're growing organic limes for this pie right here in town!

Bamboo Brulee

It's a different flavor every day but it will have a crispy caramelized top that you'll have to "break through" to find the creamy flavor!

Raspberry Infusion

Our special liqueur the fruity tangy sweetness is ummmmmmm...

White Chocolate Passion Fruit Cheesecake

Bamboo is the largest consumer of passion fruit, or "lilikoi," in the state of hawaii! This is one reason why: creamy white chocolate and lilikoi in an old fashioned shortbread cookie crust, then drizzled with lilikoi.

Belgian Chocolate Mousse Torte

Chocolate lovers alert! This is it. Dark, rich, melt in your mouth, don't want to share it, chocolate mousse, so thick it's a torte because we couldn't get it in a bowl!

Homemade Ice Cream and Sorbet

Different flavors each day, and we can top it with chocolate or lilikoi for a sundae...

Sandeman's Port

It's their founders reserve ruby port... you go, ruby girl!