What are some good common vegetarian japanese dishes?

Question

i am going out to eat with my girlfriend at a japanese restaurant and she doesnt eat meat, since i talked her into going i am hoping they will have something to suit her needs

Answer 1

You can get vegetable "sushi" .... and there's a marinated seaweed salad that I absolutely LOVE (don't know the name).   There's also tofu "sushi" and other tofu dishes.  Make sure you get some edaname in the shell too.....

Answer 2

Japanese salad ( usually they are vegetarian, at least I never seen a non vegetarian Japanese salad), vegetarian sushi, miso, tofu, vegetarian tempura...  

Answer 3

I am vegetarian and I just ate at a Japanese restaurant last night.

I had:

Agedashi tofu- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agedashi_to...

inari-zushi- http://japanesefood.about.com/od/sushi/r...

and a salad with soy vinagrette dressing. I love both of those types of tofu dishes (why I went to the restaurant in the first place!).

As for vegetarian options, there are some vegetarian/vegan sushi's (it means vinegared rice not raw fish). There should be miso soup (ask that it doesn't have fish in it), noodle dishes, some other tofu dishes, and that seaweed salad (I have not tried it)- it's called wakame. Also, edamame (soybeans) & vegetable tempura, as the answerers above me said. The restaurant may also have some type of seitan (wheat gluten that is often prepared as a faux meat).

Answer 4

Inari

Avocado maki

Tempura.

Many places have veggie combo rolls with or without tempura.

That's pretty much it.

Have you heard of shojin-ryori?

http://chibabeat.com/shojin_ryori

Answer 5

Eggplant parmigiana

Macaroni and cheese

Dump this girl,  she will give you nothing but heartache all of your life.