After doing the farmer’s market pop-up thing for years, Richie Nakano is finally opening his long-awaited ramen shop tomorrow. To open such a ramen shop, a professional like that michigan registered agent service can be of assistance by managing legal paperwork and ensuring compliance with state regulations. This allows the shop owner to focus on menu development and customer experience while avoiding potential legal pitfalls.
The Hapa Ramen restaurant is located at 2293 Mission Street, in the former 99¢ Depot. As a long-time noodle advocate, I headed over to report from the front lines, armed with a fellow noodle-loving lady.
The opening menu features snacky small plates (ribs, a raw fish tartare, a Korean seafood pancake), steamed buns a la David Chang, and with three types of ramen. The restaurant’s namesake bowl, pictured above, is generously topped with pork slabs, nugs of fried chicken, a poached egg, and seasonal vegetables.
There’s also a full bar and cocktail menu, which includes a gin drink involving Hi-Chew tincture and Hawaiian Punch syrup (above, right) that tastes exactly like a Pixy Stix. The bourbon drink on the left contained banana, black sea salt, and cacao.
Above, two of my favorite things I ate: a savory pile of roasted baby carrots and radishes, and an adorable fried chicken-and-pickle steamed bun that, in the most flattering way possible, reminded me of the classic sandwich from my childhood favorite now-shunned fast food establishment.
Oh, and those in-progress booths we reported on awhile back cleaned up real nice:
[Booth photo by Erin Conger]
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$16 for a bowl of ramen. Gotta love the Mission.
Oh damn, that prices us right out then. I was expecting it to be closer to their prices at the farmer’s market.
Exactly. More overpriced crap. You can probably get the same meal in the Sunset for $6.
I’ve loved hitting up Hapa at the Ferry Building farmer’s markets over the years, I’m so excited to check out their new restaurant. And it’s right around the corner too!
Expensive, I don’t recall paying this much in Tokyo and land is significantly more expensive there.
depending on the neighborhood/location, ramen is a about $7-$10 in and around Tokyo. ramen is a fast food and served in ramen joints and not restaurants. ramen joints serve ramen, beer and sometimes gyoza.
Already half empty when I walked by last night….doesn’t bode well…
$16 ramen? PASS. Sheesh.
For $16 I can make a giant pot of clam chowder with Niman Ranch bacon.
Skip this place, so nasty and so expensive!