9 East Hibachi & Asian Kitchen Menu (Update 2025)
Welcome to 9 East Hibachi & Asian Kitchen, a culinary gem nestled in Branford, CT, serving delightful Chinese and Japanese fare. Step inside to discover a menu that artfully blends tradition with innovation.
- Sushi Bar Appetizers: Savor unique offerings like the Bird of Paradise, featuring seared yellowtail with mango, and the indulgent Sushi Sandwich with spicy tuna and cream cheese.
- Kitchens Appetizers: Start your meal with crispy Lady Fingers or tender Agedashi Tofu, paired perfectly with flavorful sauces.
- Soups: Warm up with the spicy Tom Yum Chicken or share the Seafood Hot & Sour Soup for a robust flavor experience.
Customers rave about the fresh ingredients and delicious flavors that keep them returning for more. The atmosphere is vibrant, perfect for family gatherings or a delightful night out. Dive into the culinary excellence at 9 East; your taste buds will thank you!
Sushi Bar Appetizers
Sunomono
Mixed seafood in vinegar sauce.
Sushi Appetizer (5 Pieces)
Eel Garden
Eel tempura, mango, tobiko.
Beef Tataki
Seared outside and sliced, served with ponzu sauce.
Tuna Tataki
Seared outside and sliced, served with ponzu sauce.
Tuna Dumpling
Spicy scallop, scallion, crunch, tobiko, wrapped with tuna.
Tuna Fans
Fried tuna, asparagus.
Seared Pepper Tuna
Spicy.
Rock Shrimp (5 Pieces)
Spicy. Deep fried and served with spicy sauce.
Mango Tuna
Yellowtail
Yellowtail Jalapeno
Spicy.
Tako Jalapeno (Octopus)
Spicy.
Sashimi Appetizer (9 Pieces)
Tartar
Spicy. Tuna, salmon or yellowtail.
Sushi Sandwich
Spicy tuna, cream cheese, salmon, white tuna, avocado, tobiko, scallion.
Sashimi Salad
Assorted sashimi with wasabi ginger dressing.
Bird of Paradise
Seared yellowtail rolled with mango, kaiware.
Egg Roll (Pork)
Spring Roll (Shrimp)
Cold Sesame Noodle
Edamame
Steamed soybean with sea salt.
Agedashi Tofu
Fried bean curd and tempura sauce.
Scallion Pancake
Malaysian flatbread with curry sauce.
Roti Canai
Gyoza
Chicken or vegetable.
Dumpling (Pork)
Steamed or fried.
Shumai (Shrimp)
Chicken Skewer (3 Pieces)
Beef Skewer (3 Pieces)
Shrimp Skewer (3 Pieces)
Crabcake
Lady Fingers
Spicy. Fried asparagus and string bean with wasabi sauce.
Crab Rangoon
Topped with melted cheese.
Beef Negimaki
Rolled beef stuffed with scallion topped with teriyaki sauce.
Tempura Appetizer
3 pieces shrimp and mixed vegetable.
Spicy Shrimp
Salt & Pepper Calamari
Spicy.
Chicken Lettuce Wrap
Honey Glazed BBQ Ribs
Deep Fried Soft Shell Crab
Hamachi Kama
Grilled yellowtail jaw.
Kitchen Appetizers
Soups
Wonton Soup
Fried Wonton Soup
Miso Soup
Seaweed, tofu, scallion.
Clear Soup
Fried onion, mushroom, scallion.
Hot & Sour Soup
Spicy.
Tom Yum Chicken
Spicy.
Tom Yum Shrimp
Spicy.
Lobster Cream Soup
Seafood Hot & Sour Soup (For 2)
Spicy.
Subgum Wonton Soup (For 2)
Mix vegetables, chicken, shrimp, roast porkand wonton.
Garden Salad
Ginger dressing.
Sesame Salad
Sesame dressing.
Seaweed Salad
Cucumber Salad
Spicy.
Squid Salad
Spicy.
Avocado Salad
Ginger dressing.
Kani Salad
Spicy.
Crispy Duck Salad
Sesame dressing.
Salads
Sushi & Sashimi
Tamago (Egg)
Inari (Tofu Skin)
Shrimp
Mackerel
Tako (Octopus)
Tuna
White Tuna
Salmon
Kani
Smoked Salmon
Ika (Squid)
Fluke
Striped Bass
Eel
Tobiko
Ikura (Salmon Roe)
Masago (Flying Fish Egg)
Scallop
Red Clam
Amaebi (Sweet Shrimp)
Uni (Sea Urchin)
King Crab
Tuna with Avocado
Spicy Tuna
Spicy Yellowtail
Spicy Salmon
Alaskan
Salmon, cucumber, avocado.
Boston
Shrimp, cucumber, lettuce, mayo.
Salmon Avocado
Eel with Avocado
California
Salmon Skin
Inari with Avocado
Philadelphia
Smoked salmon and cream cheese.
Spicy Crab Salad
Tempura Asparagus
Vegetable
Avocado
Cucumber
Sweet Potato Tempura
Futo Maki
Spicy Scallop
Spider
In: deep fried soft shell crab, avocado, cucumber, lettuce.
Shrimp Tempura
Spicy Crunchy Roll
In: spicy (tuna-salmon-yellowtail) crunch, avocado; crunch around.
Rainbow Roll
In: California roll; top: salmon, tuna, white fish, avocado.
Dragon Roll
In: eel, cucumber; top: avocado.
Naruto Roll
In: tuna, salmon kani, avocado; wrapped in thinly sliced comber, no rice.
Gold Roll
In: spicy white tuna and crunch; top: sliced mango, wasabi tobiko.
Magical Maki
In: spicy tuna; top:salmon, eel, avocado, tobiko.
Roll & Hand Roll
Fusion Roll
Kimono Roll
In: lobster salad, yellowtail, avocado, pineapple, tobiko, no rice with soy bean paper.
Victoria's Secret Roll
In: tuna, salmon, yellowtail, avocado, fuji apple with soy bean paper.
Precious Roll
Spicy. In: tuna, salmon, eel, avocado, seaweed salad, tobiko, scallion with soy bean paper.
Sweet Heart Roll
In: tuna, mango, avo, tobiko, lobster salad, crunch, with soy bean paper.
Guacamole Roll
Spicy. In: tuna, salmon, avocado with soy bean paper. Top: Mexico guacamole, jalapeno.
Crazy Dragon Roll
In: eel tempura, mango. Out: lobster salad, avocado, tobiko.
Alaska King Roll
Top: salmon, avocado, scallion, tobiko. In: king crab, crunch.
Power Roll
Spicy. In: 2 pieces shrimp tempura, asparagus. Out: sliced seared filet mignon.
Godzilla Roll
Spicy. In: tuna, eel, avocado, white fish, kani, deep fried.
Ginway Maki Roll
Spicy. Deep fried maki, top with 9 East tuna special with Thai sweet chili sauce.
Playboy Roll
Spicy. In: spicy salmon, crunch. Top: hot pepper, tuna, tobiko, scallion, avocado.
Geisha Roll
Spicy. In: spicy scallop, cucumber. Out: fluke, avocado, tobiko, jalapeno.
Samurai Roll
Spicy. In: shrimp tempura. Out: spicy tuna, hot pepper, white tuna, tobiko.
Sakura Roll
Spicy. In: spicy crab, crunch, scallion. Out: tuna, salmon, white tuna, yellowtail.
Volcano Roll
Spicy. In: crab, white tuna, avocado, tobiko, scallion, deep fried (cooked roll).
Super Roll
Spicy. In: spicy king crab, crunch, kaiware. Top: white fish tempura, avocado, tobiko, scallion (cooked roll).
Pikachu Roll
Soybean paper, eel, avocado, mango, kani, shrimp tempura (cooked roll).
Monster Roll
In: lobster tempura, asparagus, avocado. Out: sliced mango and seaweed salad (cooked roll).
Pagoda Roll
In: shrimp tempura, spicy tuna, avocado, salmon, tobiko, scallion wrapped with soybean paper.
Japanese Garden Roll
In: tuna, salmon, kani. Out: shrimp, avocado, tobiko.
Bonsai Roll
Spicy. In: spicy tuna, avocado. Out: seared yellowtail, tobiko, scallion.
Koyo Roll
Spicy. In: spicy tuna, avocado tempura. Out: spicy scallop, tobiko, scallion.
Maki Combo
California, tuna avocado, salmon avocado roll.
Spicy Maki Combo
Spicy tuna, spicy salmon, spicy yellowtail roll.
Sushi Dinner
10 pieces sushi and 1 tuna roll.
Tri-Color Sushi
3 pieces tuna, 3 pieces salmon, 3 pieces yellowtail and spicy tuna roll.
Sushi (For 2)
20 pieces sushi, 1 dragon roll and California roll.
Sashimi Dinner
18 pieces sashimi.
Pearl Mikimoto
20 pieces sashimi on rice.
Sushi & Sashimi Combo
12 pieces sashimi, 5 pieces sushi and 1 rainbow roll.
Sashimi (For 2)
35 pieces sashimi.
Sushi Sashimi (For 2)
10 pieces sushi, 20 pieces sashimi, 1 dragonand 1 rainbow roll.
Chirashi Sushi
Sliced sashimi over sushi rice.
Tuna Love
5 pieces sushi, 8 pieces sashimi and tuna roll.
Tekka Don
Sliced tuna over sushi rice.
Unagi Don
Sliced eel over sushi rice.
Sushi Bar Entrees
East Meets West
Lychee
Green Curry
Spicy.
Red Curry
Spicy.
Spicy Mango
Thai Basil
Spicy.
Scallop Diver
Pan seared scallop x.o. jon with wild mushroom in white wine truffle flavored sauce.
Salmon Salmon
Jumbo lump crabmeat crusted salmon finished with wasabi dressing sake and reduction with tomato, avocado and jalapeno salsa.
Yuzu Chilean Seabass
Grilled chilean seabass marinated with yuzu miso, served with udon noodle.
Truffle NY Steak
With shiitake mushroom in truffle flavored sauce.
Filet Mignon Toban Yaki
Filet mignon, wild mushroom.
Thai Curried Hot Pot
Spicy. Seafood or vegetable and tofu. Shrimp, scallops, squid and vegetables in mild curry sauce.
Teriyaki
Tempura
Shrimp and vegetable tempura.
Teriyaki & Tempura
Asian Kitchen
Wok Flash Garlic Asian Vegetable
Fresh seasonal Asian vegetable, hot wok flashed with fresh garlic.
General Tso's
Spicy. This memorable dish was originally created for General Tso's during the ching dynasty, spring chicken cut into large chunks, then marinated and quickly fried until crispy, all sauteed with scorched red pepper in our special tangy sauce.
Chicken with Pinenuts
Spicy. A most sophisticated and delicate dish, chicken and vegetables cut into small diced pieces, sauteed with a beautiful hunan hot sauce, then topped with some very special pinenuts.
Beef & Chicken Combination
Spicy. This is an unexcelled combination, sliced chicken and tender juicy beef seared over a high flame and blended with a hot hunan sauce.
Tangerine Beef
Spicy. A delicate and unexcelled dish, pieces of beef expertly cooked over a high flame and enhanced by a specially flavored tangerine sauce.
Stir Fried Seafood & Chicken
Chinese culinary tradition is revived in this splendid combination of scallops, shrimp and slices of chicken breast with green scallions and fried onions.
Salt & Pepper Prawn
Spicy. Lightly battered prawns with shells fried. Then tossed in a classic salt and pepper seasonings.
Dragon & Phoenix
Spicy. Prawn in white sauce and General Tso's chicken.
Salt & Pepper Crispy Tofu
Spicy.
Honey Walnut Prawn
Crispy, jumbo shrimp coated with honey mayonnaise sauce topped with crunchy sweet walnut.
Sesame
Pineapple
White meat chicken or shrimp lightly fried and stir fried with pineapple chunks and vegetables in a sweet red sauce.
Jumbo Shrimp in Chili Sauce
Spicy. Jumbo shrimp seared with chopped onions in sweet chilli wine sauce.
Hawaii Five"o"
Fresh lobster meat, jumbo shrimp, scallops, chicken and beef sauteed with mushrooms, snow peas and garnished with lychee and pineapple.
Seafood in Birds Nest
Shrimp, scallop, squid, lobster tail, stir fried with garden vegetables served in fried taro nest.
Hot Hot Hot
Spicy.
Hong Kong Style Pan Fried Egg Noodle
Soft Shell Crab in Garlic Sauce
Spicy. 2 crabs cut to pieces sauteed with vegetables.
Braised Pork Chop
With chef's special sweet and sour sauce.
Beef with Scented Ginger
Tender juicy beef and imported special ginger seared over high flame and blended with a traditional sauce, providing a perfect balance of textures.
Scallop & Beef with Garlic Sauce
Spicy. Large sea scallops and tender beef in garlic sauce.
Ma Po Tofu
Spicy. Cubes of silky soft tofu sauteed with minced pork.
Garlic Sauce
Spicy.
Kung Pao Sauce with Peanuts
Spicy.
Black Bean Sauce
Brown Sauce with Vegetable
Brown Sauce Broccoli
Moo Shu
Asparagus
Traditional Asian Favorites
Vegetables
Sauteed String Bean
Buddhist Delight
Broccoli with Garlic Sauce
Spicy.
Spicy Broccoli
Basil Fried Rice
Pad See Yu
Thai flat rice noodle.
Pad Thai
Yaki Udon
Stir fried.
Nabe Yaki Udon
Chicken, egg, shrimp tempura, mixed vegetables and udon noodle soup.
Lo Mein
Mei Fun
Thin rice noodle.