Kissako Tea Menu (Update 2025)
Welcome to Kissako Tea, a delightful kiosk nestled in San Francisco's vibrant Japantown. Specializing in authentic Japanese desserts, it has quickly become a local favorite for those seeking quick and satisfying snacks. The menu celebrates the beloved onigiri—Japanese rice balls—with a range of fillings from spicy salmon to beef sukiyaki, perfectly wrapped in crisp seaweed.
Complementing these savory offerings, Kissako features a selection of mochi, including matcha and seasonal flavors, providing a sweet contrast to the savory dishes. Don’t miss their refreshing beverages like bottled Oi Ocha green tea and classic Ramune soda, each adding a unique touch to your meal.
With its affordable prices and quality ingredients, Kissako Tea promises a cozy spot for a quick lunch or afternoon snack. The warm, fresh flavors and friendly service make it a must-visit destination that captures the essence of Japanese comfort food.
Cold Drinks
Mugicha
Barley tea, no caffine
Iced Matcha
Ippodo Matcha whisked and served over ice. No sugar added.
Bottled Oi Ocha
Itoen Green Tea
Bottled Golden Oolong Tea
Bottled Water
Ramune
Japanese carbonated soft drink that uses a marble to seal the Codd-neck bottle. 4 flavors available.
Calpico
Bottled Drinks
Can Drinks
Coke
Diet Coke
Ume Soda
Japanese sour plum.
Calpico Soda
Lightly carbonated citrus and yogurt drink
Lemon Soda
Plain Onigiri
Seaweed and salt.
Enoki Onigiri
Mushroom, bonito extract.
Konbu Onigiri
Seaweed with bonito extract.
Ume Onigiri
Japanese sour plum.
Umeshiso Onigiri
Japanese plum and mint.
Beef Sukiyaki Onigiri
thin sliced beef and onions marinated with sukiyaki sauce
Chicken Teriyaki Onigiri
grilled chicken marinated in teriyaki sauce
Okaka Onigiri
Bonito flakes.
Sake Onigiri
Cooked Salmon and lightly salted.
Spam Onigiri
spam marinated with teriyaki sauce
Unagi Onigiri
Eel.
Mentaiko Onigiri
Spicy cod-roe.
Spicy Chicken Onigiri
grilled chicken marinated with teriyaki sauce with spicy sauce
Spicy Sake Onigiri
Salmon.
Spicy Shrimp with Mayo Onigiri
Shell fish.
Spicy Tuna with Mayo Onigiri
Mild and tender fish.
Spicy Unagi Onigiri
Eel
Extra Toppings
Extra Sauce
Spicy Furikake Spam Onigiri
Spicy rice seasoning contains sesame seeds, spam, teriyaki sauce.
Takana Onigiri
Japanese Pickled Mustard Greens that is soaked in soy sauce that has a little spice to it. *Also has Sesame oil in it.
Onigiri
Donburi
Gyudon Donburi
Beef sukiyaki and onions over rice with ginger and pickled radish.
Chicken Teriyaki Donburi
UpChicken Teriyaki over rice with ginger and pickled radish.
Vegetable Curry Donburi
Potato and carrot curry over rice with pickle vegetable and pickled radish.
Beef Curry Donburi
Beef sukiyaki curry over rice with pickled vegetables and pickled radish.
Chicken Curry Donburi
Chicken curry over rice with pickled vegetables and pickled radish.
Wakame Udon
Wakame seaweed, fishcake, and green onion toppings in a konbu broth.
Kitsune Udon
Sweet tofu skins, fishcake, and green onion toppings in a konbu broth.
Beef Udon
Beef Sukiyaki, fishcake, and green onion topping in a konbu broth.
Shrimp Tempura Udon
2-Shrimp tempura, fish cake and green onion toppings in a konbu broth.
Vegetable Curry Udon
Potato & carrots curry with green onion topping
Beef Curry Udon
Beef Sukiyaki, curry, and green onion topping in a konbu broth.
Umeshiso Udon
Umeshiso (Japanese Plum & Mint), Wakame, Kamaboko, Green Onions
Udon
Sweets and More
Mitarashi Dango
Dango with a sweet soy sauce glaze.
Kushi Dango
3 colored dango with red beans.
Fruit Mochi
Pineapple, peach and mango sweet rice cakes.
Berry Mochi
Strawberry and blueberry sweet rice cakes.
Matcha Mochi
Green tea sweet rice cakes with red bean and lima bean filling.
Mango Mochi
Mango flavored sweet rice cakes with lima bean filling.
Sakura Mochi
Sweet rice cakes with red bean paste wrapped in a cherry blossom leaf.
Kashiwa Mochi
Sweet rice cake with red bean paste wrapped in an oak leaf.
Matcha Mille Crepe
Mille Crepe with Ippodo Matcha
Matcha Cheesecake
Matcha flavored Japanese-style Baked Cheesecake
Yuzu Cheesecake
Yuzu flavored Japanese-style Baked Cheecake
Black Sesame Mont Blanc Cream Cake
Black Sesame cream with whipped cream center on a black sesame sponge cake
Matcha Mont Blanc Cream Cake
Matcha Cream with Whipped cream center and Azuki beans on a white sponge cake
Kuri Mont Blanc Cream Cake
Chestnut cream with a chestnut center on sponge cake
Cream Puff
Custard Cream Puff can be eaten cold like ice cream or room temperature as a creamy pastry
Cold Desserts
Hot Snacks
Takoyaki
No MSG and creamy style. Topped with takoyaki sauce, mayonnaise, bonito flakes, seaweed, and ginger.
Taiyaki
Fish-shaped pancake filled with sweet red beans
Imagawayaki
Red bean pancake
Arare Rice Crackers
Assorted rice crackers with soy sauce, nori, and wasabi peas. No nuts.
Doraemon Dorayaki
Japanese Pancake with Red Bean
Kuri Dorayaki
Japanese Pancake with chestnut and red bean filling.
Funawari Matcha Dorayaki
Matcha Flavored Japanese Pancake filled with Red Azuki Beans
Matcha White Dorayaki
Japanese Pancake filled with Matcha and Sweet White Beans