Teishoku restaurant in Kapalama serves traditional Japanese dishes including curry, ramen, sushi, sashimi, nigiri and local favorites including poke bowls, as well as teishoku-style meals served with salad, appetizers, rice and miso soup.
About the business: Teishoku was opened in July by Jason Zhang and his partners, who have other restaurants but wanted a traditional Japanese concept, Zhang said.
TEISHOKU
Where: Kamehameha Shopping Center, 1620 N. School St. Hours: 10:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sundays Prices: $1.75 to $18.95 Parking: Shopping center lot Info: 843-8886 or teishokuhawaii.com
The restaurant’s top sellers are the broiled butterfish misoyaki teishoku meal at $12.95 and the spicy ahi bowl at $12.45.
“Customers say we have the best misoyaki butterfish in Honolulu,” Zhang said.
Teishoku’s char siu, vegetable and chicken katsu ramen can be ordered with a choice of shoyu, miso or creamy paitan (bone) broth. Prices are $8.45 to $8.95. Combos ($11.95, $12.95) let you mix mochiko chicken with hosomaki (thin sushi with cucumber or takuan), kalbi on rice or teriyaki chicken on rice.
Among the most popular takeout dishes is the tempura roll at $8.45.
What to order: Eight teishoku-style meals are priced at $12.95 and include broiled butterfish misoyaki, mochiko chicken, tonkatsu and unagi kabayaki.They top out at $18.95 for the rib-eye, which can be ordered with butter or A.1. steak sauce.
That said, it can be somewhat heart-wrenching to pick only one main dish in a teishoku-style offering, delicious as it might be. The stomach wants what it wants, so combination meals are offered at $15.95 — the only caveat being that you can’t order a double portion of the same item.
Side orders stretch from plain white rice, $1.75, all the way up to the fancy — sweet onion with salmon, six pieces of shrimp tempura, or ahi poke for $10.95.
Poke bowls are $12.45 to $15.45, with five featuring spicy ahi and three featuring ahi. Additions include salmon, tobiko and natto. The sashimi-grade fish is sourced fresh daily from the Honolulu Fish Auction or imported fresh from Japan, Zhang said.
Sushi rolls range from $6.45 to $9.95 for a spicy ahi roll that includes cucumber and avocado. Orders of sashimi start at $11.45 and include six pieces of ahi, salmon or hamachi; a nine-piece combination of all three tops out at $14.95.
If the ono attack demands nigiri sushi, nine types are available, from ebi (shrimp) to unagi (freshwater eel). Three- and six-piece orders are available from $4.95 to $11.95.
Heavier fare such as curry dishes are at about midmenu, price-wise, all between $8.75 and $9.45.
How to order: Ninety percent of Teishoku’s business is dine-in, but takeout orders are welcome, Zhang said. Chairs are offered just inside the entrance for those waiting to be seated or waiting for a takeout order. Tables inside accommodate 48 diners.
Grab and go: Parking is generally easy to find in the Kamehameha Shopping Center lot. Lucky patrons will find parking right in front of Teishoku, which is next to Times Super Market.
Grab and Go focuses on takeout food, convenience meals and other quick bites. Email ideas to crave@staradvertiser.com.
