The Asian Bistro

San Diego, CA

The Asian Bistro has excellent vegan options and a dedicated vegan menu section, offering dishes like Yellow Curry and Pineapple Fried Rice.

Top Picks

Pad Ginger

Contains zucchini, white onions, protein, mushrooms, light soy sauce, green onions, ginger sauce, celery, carrot, and bell peppers. The light soy-ginger sauce may be non-vegan.

Yellow Curry

Contains vegetables, curry paste, coconut milk, and a choice of beef, chicken, crispy chicken, mock duck, pork, roasted duck, shrimp, tofu, vegan chicken, or veggies. This item may contain fish sauce.

Green Curry

Contains green curry sauce, a choice of beef, chicken, crispy chicken, mock duck, pork, roasted duck, shrimp, tofu, vegan chicken, or veggies, and a choice of jasmine rice, or black rice. This item may contain fish sauce.

Pad Thai Basil

Contains zucchini, white onions, pad thai noodles, green onions, garlic sauce, carrot, bell peppers, and basil. The garlic sauce may be non-vegan.

Thai Basil Fried Rice

Contains thai basil, onions, garlic, fried rice, egg, and bell peppers. We suggest removing the egg.

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Full Menu

From the Wok

All items served with steamed jasmine rice or house black rice. Option to substitute egg fried rice, sticky rice, or steamed veggies. Choice of protein is veggies, tofu, chicken, pork, mock duck, vegan chicken, beef, shrimp, roasted duck, or crispy chicken.

Pad Ginger

Contains zucchini, white onions, protein, mushrooms, light soy sauce, green onions, ginger sauce, celery, carrot, and bell peppers. The light soy-ginger sauce may be non-vegan.

Pad Cashew

Contains white onions, water chestnut, green onions, celery, cashew sauce, bell peppers, and a choice of crispy chicken, beef, chicken, mock duck, pork, roasted duck, tofu, vegan chicken, or veggies. The cashew sauce may be non-vegan.

Pad Thai Basil

Contains zucchini, white onions, pad thai noodles, green onions, garlic sauce, carrot, bell peppers, and basil. The garlic sauce may be non-vegan.

Pad Garlic Broccoli

Contains garlic pepper sauce, and broccoli. The sweet garlic pepper sauce may be non-vegan.

Curry

All items served with steamed Jasmine Rice or House Black Rice. Option to substitute egg fried rice, sticky rice, or steamed veggies. Choice of protein is veggies, tofu, chicken, pork, mock duck, vegan chicken, beef, shrimp, roasted duck, or crispy chicken.

Yellow Curry

Contains vegetables, curry paste, coconut milk, and a choice of beef, chicken, crispy chicken, mock duck, pork, roasted duck, shrimp, tofu, vegan chicken, or veggies. This item may contain fish sauce.

Green Curry

Contains green curry sauce, a choice of beef, chicken, crispy chicken, mock duck, pork, roasted duck, shrimp, tofu, vegan chicken, or veggies, and a choice of jasmine rice, or black rice. This item may contain fish sauce.

Panang Curry

Contains protein, panang curry paste, and coconut milk. This item may contain fish sauce.

Noodles

Please select the following for choices of protein. Option to make it vegan or gluten-free.

Pad See Eu

Contains wide rice noodles, garlic, egg, carrot, cabbage, and broccoli. We suggest removing the egg. This item may contain fish sauce.

Pad Thai

Contains tofu, tamarind sauce, rice noodles, green onions, egg, crushed peanuts, and beansprouts. We suggest removing the egg. This item may contain fish sauce.

Drunken Noodles

Contains wide rice noodles, onion, garlic, egg, bell pepper, and basil. We suggest removing the egg. This item may contain fish sauce.

Fresh Greens

Som Tom Thai

Contains thai chili, peanuts, palm sugar, lime juice, green papaya, fish sauce, cherry tomatoes, and carrots. We suggest removing the fish sauce.

Som Tom Lao

Contains thai chili, palm sugar, lime juice, green papaya, fermented fish paste, cherry tomatoes, and carrots. This item may contain fish sauce.

Seaweed Salad

Contains tamarind vinaigrette, sesame seeds, seaweed, mixed greens, and crispy onions. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Fried Rice

Please select the following for choices of protein: veggies, tofu, chicken, pork, mock duck, vegan chicken, beef, shrimp, roasted duck, or crispy chicken.

Thai Basil Fried Rice

Contains thai basil, onions, garlic, fried rice, egg, and bell peppers. We suggest removing the egg.

Pineapple Fried Rice

Contains raisins, pineapple, peas, onions, garlic, fried rice, egg, curry powder, cashew nuts, and carrots. We suggest removing the egg.

Chinese Fried Rice

Contains peas, garlic, fried rice, egg, and carrots. We suggest removing the egg.

Desserts

Option to add a scoop of ice cream to any dessert.

Homemade Coconut Ice Cream

Contains ice cream base, and coconut. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Mango Sticky Rice

Contains sticky rice, and mango. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Hot Soups

Tom Yum

Contains tom yum broth, spring onions, lemongrass, and beech mushrooms. This item may contain fish sauce, and meat broth.

Tom Kha

Contains thai soup broth, spring onions, lemongrass, coconut milk, and beech mushrooms. This item may contain fish sauce.

Ginger Rice Soup

Contains spring onion, jasmine rice, ginger, and fried garlic. The broth may be non-vegan.

Starters

Fresh Spring Roll

Contains vermicelli noodles, shrimp*, rice paper, and lettuce. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Garlic Edamame

Contains garlic, and edamame. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Garlic Green Beans

Contains green beans, and garlic. This item may contain butter.

Noodle Soup

No vegan options.

Dragon's Specials

All items served with steamed Jasmine Rice or House Black Rice. Option to substitute egg fried rice, sticky rice, or steamed veggies.

No vegan options.