Menu prototype · Bashiru Japanese Restaurant & Café · Pinamalayan Branch

Bashiru Menu Book

A4 menu book that opens sideways, with tabs down the right edge and both sides of every page printed, so each tab opens to a two-page spread. Every category from the menu list has its own page. Click the buttons, a tab or a page to flip through.

8 tabbed pages + cover16 menu pages + back cover115 items with codescircles = cut-out food photos
Left page is the back of the page you just turned. Right page is the new page.

Page plan

TabLeft pageRight pagePhoto size

Photos. Every item gets a cut-out photo with the background removed, sitting on the black page. The circles show how big each photo will be. All items on the same page share one size, so the page looks even, and pages with fewer items get bigger photos.

Sushi follows Chef Patrick's groups: Gunkan and Inari on the Sushi page, with Nigiri beside Sashimi on the facing page so every photo stays a readable size. Sushi Platters face the Maki Rolls. Robatayaki has its own heading on the Ala Carte page. Add-ons sit under Salad, Kids Dessert sits under Pasta, and the two Burgers get their own page. Katsu is marked as served without rice, Donburi as served with rice, and Curry Rice as served with miso soup.

Best sellers. The red BEST SELLER tag sits on the top corner of the photo on the 47 best-selling items, so it reads before the name and price.

Binding. "Eyelets showing" puts two metal eyelets on the front and back covers, like the Napoli sample. "Hidden spine" puts the pages in a cover with a spine strip that covers the screws, so no hardware shows on the outside either. In both versions the inside spreads stay clean, with no eyelets in the middle. Pages can still be swapped by unscrewing from the back, but this cover costs more, so ask the printer or menu-cover supplier.

Middle of the book. The pages are printed black right to the edge, so the binding area just looks like more black page. The first 10 mm of every page, up to the eyelet or glue line, is clamped inside the binding and never shows. The next 10 mm stays free of food and text because it curves into the fold.

Still to come: prices for the add-ons and Beef Hambagu Curry Rice (shown as ₱ 000), the café and drinks list, and photos for the new items.