O'mei

Name: O'mei
Address: 2316 Mission St., 95060, CA, 95060
Telephone: 831-425-8458

2316 Mission St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060, US

• Tuesday: 11:30AM-9:30PM •Wednesday: 11:30AM-9:30PM •Thursday: 11:30AM-9:30PM •Friday: 11:30AM-9:30PM •Saturday: 11:30AM-9:30PM •Sunday: 11:30AM-9:30PM •

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Cuisine: Sichuan
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Appetizers

Red-Oil Dumplings

Handmade crescents filled with juicy pork and vegetables. Dressed with spiced soy and chili oil. A long-time favorite here!

Spring Rolls

Crisp wrappers filled with shredded vegetables. Served with our tamarind and hot mustard sauces.

Jiao Yan Sweet Potatoes

Crisp-fried sweet potato chunks tossed with scallions and Sichuan pepper-salt.

O'mei Chicken Salad

Juicy chicken breast strips, napa cabbage, lettuce, cilantro, red ginger & crunchy rice sticks in a mustard vinaigrette

Watercress & Orange Salad

Fresh watercress with sliced oranges, pine nuts & feta cheese in a citrus vinaigrette.

Seasonal Specials

Chicken with Walnuts

Chicken breast cubes sauteed North-China style with bamboo tips and toasted walnuts in a rich sweet bean sauce.

Prawns with Tofu & Peas

A light and savory dish of plump pink prawns, tender soft beancurd and green peas in a sauce with ginger-scallion aromas. This is a GREAT dish to match with spicy or sweet sour dishes.

Beancurd & Baby Greens

Tender beancurd braised in rich oyster sauce served on a bed of hearts of baby bok choy. Another good dish to pair with spicy dishes.

Qing Dun Beef with Daikon

This hearty and warming winter dish pairs slow-simmered beef cubes and daikon turnips in beef broth. Garnished with chopped cilantro and served with pickled hot pepper dip. A dish and a soup, all in one.

Kou Pork with Chinese Pumpkin

An earthy seasonal dish of "kou" pork on a bed of steamed chinese pumpkin. Fresh side pork is cooked FOUR times until it "melts in your mouth". For true pork lovers ONLY: this pork has fat and skin, but is rich rather than greasy.

Chinese Pumpkin with Sichuan Bacon

Sliced steamed chinese pumpkin sauteed with our homemade rice-smoked chinese bacon and scallions.

Pepper-Salt Beef Ribs

Beef short ribs, marinated and steamed, coated with a light crisp batter, then tossed with fresh serrano chili slices, scallions, Sichuan pepper and other seasonings. A dry saute and not saucy.

Honey-Pepper Beef Ribs

Beef short ribs tossed in a glaze of honey, soy and lots of fresh-cracked black pepper. Spicy and lightly sweet. Served on a bed of watercress.

Pao Cai Hot & Sour Pork Hash

We brine-cure cabbage and vegetables until tart & spicy (think Chinese sauerkraut). This is chopped fine and sauteed with chopped pork, chili and scallions. Served with 6 pancakes to "roll your own". Cook Ian says he can LIVE on this dish!

Ma La "Salt Fried" Fresh Bacon

A very "country-style" Sichuan dish. Slices of fresh side pork are sauteed with a bit of salt, then seasoned with lots of spring onions, chili and Sichuan pepper. This pork has fat, so is for true "pork lovers" only. Cook Jason can't get enough of this dish!

Spinach with Garlic & Bean Threads

Tender spinach simmered with glass noodles and whole garlic cloves in savory sauce.

"Salty Bone" Mustard Cabbage in Broth

Big chunks of chinese mustard-cabbage are simmered in a broth with salt-cured spare ribs. A "clean tasting" vegetable dish with a bit of meat and lots of broth. SE China ... Homestyle.

Cauliflower in Chicken-Ham Sauce

Quick-blanched cauliflower drenched in a rich sauce with minced chicken and chinese-style dry-cured ham.

Gan Bian Chinese Pumpkin

Sliced chinese pumpkin sauteed with minced pork and "ya cai", a special Sichuan cured vegetable with an olive-like flavor.

Peppery-Numb Bean Sprouts

A simple dish of bean sprouts and slivered anaheim peppers sauteed with salt, sesame and numbing Sichuan pepper flavors. Light and a good foil for rich dishes.

Sizzling Rice

San Xian Sizzling Rice

Chicken, prawns & pork in a garlic-chive sauce served over a plate of sizzling hot rice crackers.

Seafood Sizzling Rice

Rockfish slices, prawns, calamari & mussels with vegetables in a tart-peppery hot & sour sauce served over crisp hot rice crackers.

Poultry

Chong Qing Hu La Chicken

Crisp-fried chicken dry-wokked with toasty chilies, Sichuan peppercorn & slightly sweet-tart flavors.

Sichuan "Shui Zhu" Chicken

Chicken breast slices simmered with vegetables in HOT ma-la flavored gravy. Hardcore Sichuan flavors.

Lichee Chicken

Tender crisp-fried boneless chicken in a spicy sweet-sour sauce with lichee fruit, Sichuan pepper and toasted chilies.

Mu Shu Chicken

Shredded chicken breast, cabbage, eggs, tree ears, lily buds, & scallions. Served with 6 hand-made mandarin pancakes and sweet bean sauce.

Sha Cha Chicken with String Beans

Sliced chicken breast sauteed in garlicky-savory-spicy Sha Cha sauce with fresh string beans and peanuts

Apricot Almond Chicken

Sliced chicken breast with dried apricots and toasted almonds in apricot glaze. With watercress garnish

Chicken with Black Dates & Sweet Potatoes

Chicken slices in a dark-sweet chinese black date sauce served over crisp-fried sweet potato slices.

Kung Pao Chicken

Diced chicken breast wokked with peanuts in a toasted chili sauce. A classic.

Sui Mi Chicken

Minced chicken, vegetables and crushed peanuts in a spicy, garlicky sauce. Served with lettuce cups to wrap your own.

Gan Pung Chicken

Crisp-fried boneless chicken in a garlicy-tangy-spicy sauce with waterchestnuts and tree ears. Our most popular dish.

Lemon Chicken

Crisp fried chicken with fresh lemon sauce. Served on lettuce shreds.

"Ma La" Smoked Chicken with Corn

Oolong smoked chicken cubes wokked with corn and sweet red peppers in a spicy ma la sauce.

Smoked Chicken with Rosemary

Oolong smoked chicken and crimini mushrooms wokked with garlic, wine & rosemary.

Coconut Curry Chicken

Boneless chicken braised with vegetables in a Southeast Asian coconut milk curry sauce. Served bubbling in a clay pot.

Chicken with Broccoli

Sliced chicken sauteed with fresh broccoli & crunchy bamboo shoot spears in soy & rice wine sauce.

Chicken with Cashews

Diced chicken breast, squashes & toasted cashews in a light soy-sesame sauce.

Seafood

Sichuan "Shui Zhu" Fish

Fish slices simmered with greens in a HOT ma-la gravy. Very Sichuan.

Rice Smoked Chilean Sea Bass

Rice & Oolong smoked Chilean sea bass filet, pan seared and served on a bed of sauteed sweet red peppers and asparagus.

Wok-Grilled Chilean Sea Bass

Pan-seared Chilean sea bass filet with garlic, chili & Sichuan pepper. Served on a bed of mixed squashes.

Crisp Taiwan Style Sea Bass

Crisp-battered Chilean sea bass with a sauce of ginger, garlic, chili, scallions and Kong Yen black vinegar.

Crisp Rockfish in Lemon Sauce

Batter-fried strips of fresh rockfish draped with tart-sweet fresh lemon sauce. Served on shredded lettuce.

Black Pepper Rockfish

Sauteed with onions, scallions and fresh-ground black pepper in a dark soy glaze. Served with watercress garnish.

Sha Cha Rockfish & String Beans

Fresh fish, string beans & peanuts tossed in garlicky-spicy-savory Sha Cha sauce.

Coconut Curry Seafood Pot

Fish, prawns, calamari, mussels and vegetables in a southeast-asia coconut curry sauce. Served in a clay pot.

Sha Cha Prawns & String Beans

Prawns and string beans wokked in a spicy-garlicy-savory Sha Cha sauce.

Tomato-Basil Pan-Grilled Prawns

Prawns, fresh tomatoes, asian basil, garlic and a Taiwan-style black vinegar sauce.

Yuxiang Prawns with Eggplant

Prawns and chinese eggplant tossed in spicy-aromatic Yuxiang sauce made with garlic, ginger & chili.

Prawns with Chinese Sausage

Prawns and "La Chang" sausage sauteed with sweet red peppers in a light garlic & black bean sauce.

Kung Pao Prawns

Prawns wokked with toasted peanuts in sweet-tart toasted chili glaze.

Prawn Saute with Broccoli

Prawns and fresh broccoli wokked in a garlic & rice wine sauce.

Cashew Prawns

Prawns sauteed with squashes and toasted chashews in a light garlic-soy sauce.

Black Pepper Prawns

Prawns pan braised with onions in a black pepper and sweet dark soy sauce.

Wok-Grilled Calamari & Squashes

Calamari and squashes wok-charred in a garlic-chili-sichuan peppercorn sauce.

Sauteed Mussels

A big dish of black mussels, pan-steamed with garlic, black beans, wine & pepper.

Pork

Jiao Yan Spare Ribs

Dry-fried baby back riblets tossed with scallions, soy, Sichuan pepper and sesame oil.

Jiangsu Sweet & Sour Ribs

Tender pork ribs braised with Jiangsu red vinegar and rock sugar. Served with vegetable garnish.

Lichee Spare Ribs

Meaty back ribs, fried crisp and tossed in a toasted chili & lichee sweet sour sauce.

Yuxiang Pork

Pork loin strips sauteed with waterchestnuts, picled chili and tree ears in a ginger-garlic-chili sauce.

Mu Shu Pork

Pork loin strips, cabbage, tree ears, lily buds, scallions & eggs. Served with 6 handmade pancakes and sweet bean sauce.

Twice-Cooked Sichuan Bacon

House-cured bacon with peppers and scallions in a rich chili and bean sauce glaze.

Sichuan Bacon with Sweet Potatoes

House-cured bacon in a rich sauce with smokey-sweet black dates .... served over fried sweet potato slices.

Kung Pao Pork

Pork loin strips wokked with toasted chili & peanuts in the classic sweet-tart-dark sauce.

Sichuan "Shui Zhu" Pork

Pork loin strips simmered with chinese greens in a HOT "Ma La" gravy. Very sichuan!

Beef

Sha Cha Beef & String Beans

Sliced flank steak, string beans and toasted peanuts in savory-spicy-aromatic Sha Cha sauce.

Cui Pi Orange Beef

Crisp-battered sliced beef with toasted chili, Sichuan pepper and fresh orange served on crunchy rice sticks.

Black Pepper Beef

Sautted with onions, scallions and fresh-ground black pepper in a dark soy glaze. Served with watercress garnish.

Shui Zhu Beef

Sliced beef braised in Pi Xian chili sauce broth with green vegetables and spring onions. Powerful "hot & numbing" flavors.

Mongolian Wok-Grilled Beef

Sliced flank steak wok-seared with spring onions, chili & wine. Served on a bed of crunchy rice sticks.

Hu La Crisp Beef & Chilies

VERY crisp strips of beef, dry-sauteed with lots of chilies and Sichuan pepper. A true Sichuan "dry saute" with lots of texture interest.

Kung Pao Beef

Sliced flank steak wokked with toasted peanuts in toasted chili & dark soy glaze.

Beef with Broccoli

Sliced flank steak sauteed with broccoli flowers & crunchy bamboo in soy-sesame glaze.

Beancurd & Etc.

Ma Po Tofu

THE Classic Sichuan beancurd dish. Tofu braised with minced pork in a sauce with Pi Xian chili sauce, scallions and Sichuan peppercorn. Can be made without pork, but the real thing always has meat.

Sha Cha Tofu & String Beans

Fried beancurd, string beans and toasted peanuts tossed in spicy-aromatic-savory Sha Cha sauce.

Black Date & Sweet Potato Tofu

Fried beancurd braised in a rich sauce with smokey-sweet Chinese black dates and chunks of sweet potato.

Mu Shu Vegetables & Veggie Meat

Strips of soy "meat", bamboo, tree ears, cabbage, lily buds, scallions, carrots and egg. Served with 6 homemade mandarin pancakes and sweet bean sauce.

Coconut Curry Tofu & Vegetables

Tofu braised with vegetables in a Southeast Asian coconut curry sauce. Served bubbling in a clay pot.

Pipa Tofu in Lemon Sauce

Tofu & vegetable croquettes sauced with fresh lemon sweet-sour sauce. Served on bed of lettuce with watercress garnish.

Pipa Tofu with Lichees

Homemade fried tofu balls and lichee fruit in a spicy sweet-sour sauce with toasted chilies and Sichuan pepper.

Pipa Tofu with Chinese Pumpkin

Tofu & vegetable croquettes with olive-flavored Sichuan "ya cai". Served over steamed chinese pumpkin pieces.

Pipa Tofu with Broccoli

Tofu & vegetable croquettes served over steamed broccoli with a rich soy-sesame-scallion sauce.

Lichee Walnuts

Crisp-fried walnuts with lichee fruit in a toasted chili sweet-sour sauce.

Hu La Spicy Walnuts

Crisp-fried walnuts tossed with LOTS of chilies & sichuan pepper. Chong Qing style

Vegetables

Garlicky Baby Bok Choy

Fresh hearts of bok choy sauteed with lots of fresh garlic.

Sichuan Gan Bian String Beans

Dry sauteed string beans with pork, scallions and Ya Cai (Sichuan "sprout vegetable"). Can be made without the pork.

Broccol in Garlic Black Bean Sauce

Fresh broccoli, onions & crunchy bamboo tips in a garlic & black bean sauce

Broccol with Cashews

Fresh broccoli, crunchy bamboo tips and toasted cashews in soy-wine glaze.

Yuxiang Broccoli

Fresh broccoli, minced pork & waterchestnuts in spicy-aromatic Yuxiang sauce made with ginger, garlic, chili, & more. Can be made without pork.

Yuxiang Eggplant

Classic Sichuan dish of eggplants in spicy-sweet-tart-aromatic Yuxiang sauce.

Gan Bian Eggplant

Eggplant slices wokked with minced pork and sichuan "ya cai", a dried vegetable with an olive-like flavor. Sichuan country-style dish.

Taiwan-style Basil Eggplant

Eggplants braised in Taiwan-style chili & black vinegar sauce with Asian basil.

Rice

Smoked Chicken Fried Rice

Our own rice-smoked chicken, green peas, corn and egg with shallot fried rice.

Sichuan Bacon Fried Rice

Fried rice with our house-cured bacon, sweet red peppers, green peas and egg.

Vegetable Fried Rice

Fried rice with black mushrooms, corn, sweet peppers, green peas and eggs.

Shrimp & Pine Nut Fried Rice

Minced shrimp, corn, peas, "ya cai", egg and toasted pine nuts with shallot fried rice.

Chili Fried Rice

Minced shrimp and chicken with Thai curry, chili and cilantro.

Noodles

San Xian Chow Mein

Noodles wokked with shrimp, chicken, pork and baby bok choy

Mu Shu Chow Mein

Noodles wokked with cabbage, bamboo, tree ears and egg.

O'mei Peppery Chow Mein

Noodles wokked with ham, squash, onion & scallions in black pepper & egg sauce.

Spicy Sha Cha Beef Chow Mein

Noodles wokked with beef slices and greens in savory-spicy-aromatic Sha Cha sauce

Rice Smoked Chicken Chow Mein

Noodles wokked with smoked chicken, cabbage, scallions and chili.

O'mei Primavera Chow Mein

Noodles wokked with asparagus, mushrooms & green peas in light "lo mein" style sauce.