Ramen Hakata

This one checking on Yelp paid off.... 

Surprisingly there are quite a few Japanese restaurants specifically ramen restaurants in the area.

Yummy Gyoza - too bad, I saved room for the ramen & dessert and didn't finish these.  We put it in the hotel's fridge and it had gone bad because the fridge was broken... but worth a try if you could.

I also got the Hakata Yuzu Sprinkling Soda - which is like a very citrus 7Up, except the citrus is not lemon, lime or orange.  Yuzu is part of the citrus family, so that works.  That said, it was a tad sweeter than I had expected.  But worth giving it a try.  By the way, the to-go version, is good enough for 3 to split, as long as you're not a soda junkie.  So make sure you don't over order.

For ramen, I decided to get the Hakata Ramen, which has pork, in the pork broth, with veggies like mushroom, sprouts, green onions, 60 degree egg, and of course noodles.  The broth was still piping hot when we sat down to eat.  The bowl of broth hits the to-go container right on mark.  You do need to soak it a bit since the noddle is dry at the bottom.  By the time you pour the broth in, your bowl is so full it was hard to move around to mix the ingredients around.  That said, everything went well together, and not bad.

For dessert, we got the Green Tea Mont Blanc.  I've never seen one before and was highly curious.  It came with whip cream and couple of blueberries in it. It has these green tea strands piped from green tea butter cream, adzuki beans in the middle and sponge cake at the bottom and sprinkled green tea powder for taste.  Not too sweet but just enough to close out the night.  The whipped cream had melted by the time I got it due to heat, but dabbed some on each bite, works in its own way.

You can place the order on their website and go for pickup.  Somehow Yelp order wasn't working for me, but either way, figured it out.  You walk in and a table full of to-go orders were waiting to be picked up.  Pretty efficient on their part.

Ramen Hakata

8300 Gaylord Pkwy

#16

Frisco, TX 75034

469-200-8342

http://www.ramenhakata.com/