Animae
San Diego, CA
Menu (As of 11/3)
Cold
- Tuna Kinilaw $23.23coconut, calamansi, cilantro oil
- Hamachi Crudo $20.20local strawberries, daikon radish, strawberry ume ponzu
- Tuna Nam Khao $23.23curry crispy rice, lime leaf, herbs, coconut
- Steak Tartare $23.23charred pepper ponzu, wasabi aioli, sweet potato chips
- Apple Daikon Salad $18.18kohlrabi, chicory, maple-galangal vinaigrette, pepitas
- Cucumbers $10.10soy, fresno chili, sesame, cilantro
Hot
- Taiwanese Chicken $19.19szechuan peppercorn, hot honey, thai basil aioli
- Hunan Lamb Chops $28.28cumin, szechuan peppercorn, cilantro cream
- Grilled Beef Belly $25.25roasted chili jaew, kumquat, peppers
- Crispy Pig Ear $18.18sweet tamarind glaze, peanuts, bean sprouts, tofu
Sides
- Charred Carrots $17.17maple black garlic glaze, smoked almonds
- Coal Roasted Cabbage $17.17brown butter miso, fresno, lime
- Mantou $14.14chive steam bun, soy glaze, sour cream butter
- Wagyu Corned Beef Fried Rice $20.20pork, tomato, egg, green onion
- Crispy Potatoes $18.18A5 fat, chinese sausage jam, koji sour cream
Plates
- Short Rib Kare Kare $54.54green beans, eggplant, bagoong peanut oil
- Lobster Palabok $85.85maine lobster, bucatini pasta, chicharron crumble, trout roe
- Chicken Adobong Pula $38.38jidori, annato, crispy garlic shallot oil, pippara pepper, yu choy
- Pork Tomahawk Tocino $66.66sweet beet glaze, mango sawsawan
- Seabass Cha Ca $40.40turmeric and dill buerre monte, crispy noddles, spring onion
- Pumpkin Ma Jiang Mian $30.30butternut squash, carrots, pickled radish, pepitas, szechuan oil
Steaks
- 16Oz New York Strip $160.00australian wagyu
- 8 Oz Choice Filet $68.68american beef
Dessert
- Apple Yuzu Sorbet $15.15sorrel cream, coconut crumble, green apple, yuzu meringue
- Buko Pandan $15.15young coconut mousse, pandan anglaise, pandan gelée
- Chocolate Cremeux $16.16miso sesame cream, chocolate crumble, korean chili cashew
- Corn Mamon $17.17filipino style chiffon cake, strawberry, vanilla, sweet corn
- Sticky Rice Creme Brulee $16.16vanilla custard, fresh citrus, kumquat, latik
Cocktails
- A5 Old Fashioned $22.22wagyu fat-washed bourbon, koji, aromatic bitter
- Gilded Lotus $21.21japanese whiskey, benedictine, calamansi, honey-ginger syrup
- Palawan Punch $18.18gin, blue spirulina, falernum, coconut, pear
- Grape Expectations $17.17clarified vodka milk punch, white grape, rhubarb, thai basil
- Artemis $20.20gin, lychee liqueur, white peppercorn orgeat, lemon, egg white
- Shiro Maguey $22.22genmaicha infused mezcal, cocchi americano, salers
- Hinata $20.20tequila, mezcal, passion fruit, sweet bell pepper agave, lemon, togarashi
- Breakfast At Tara's $19.19clarified tequila, cinnamon cereal infusion, apple, dry curacao, lemon
- Midnight in Manila $19.19toasted coconut infused rum, ube-coconut syrup, pineapple, lime
- Turon Espresso Martini $19.19vodka, espresso & banana liqueurs, mostra cold brew
- Aperol Spritz $17.17aperol, prosecco, club soda
Spirit Free
- Spirited Away $11.11Pentire Adrift, elderflower, honey, thai basil black peppercorn
- The Malarkey $11.11thai chili & tamarind syrup, pineapple, lime
- Melon Milk Tea $13.13honeydew, jasmine tea, oat milk, boba
- Arione Spritz $11.11bitter orange, rhubarb, herbs
- Kollo Iced Tea $9.00cold-brewed, single source tea leaves
Bubbles
- Brut Prosecco $17.17Ora, Veneto, Italy, NV
- Brut $25.25GH Mumm, ‘Cordon Rouge’ Champagne, France, NV
- Brut Rose $17.17Pierre Sparr Alsace, France, NV
White
- Pinot Grigio $17.17Il Masso, Friuli, Italy, 2025
- Sauvignon Blanc $23.23Cyprien Perchaud, Sancerre, France, 2025
- Chardonnay $21.21Duckhorn, Napa Valley, California, 2024
- Chenin Blanc $17.17Domaine Florent Cosme, Vouvray, France 2023
Rosé
- Pinot Noir $21.21Henri Bourgeois, Sancerre, France 2025
Red
- Pinot Noir $20.20Calera, Central Coast, California, 2023
- Barbera $17.17Gocciolare, Langhe, Italy, 2022
- Tempranillo $19.19Marques de Riscal, Reserva, Rioja, Spain 2021
- Cabernet Sauvignon $26.26Grgich Hills, Napa Valley, California, 2021
Sake
- Fukocho 'Forgotten Fortune' $20.20Junmai, Hattanso, Hiroshima Prefecture
- Rihaku 'Dreamy Clouds' $17.17Nigori, Shimane Prefecture
- Shiokawa 'Nopa' $16.16Junmai, Gohyakumangoku, Niigata Prefecture
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