Hakataya Ramen

So good!
It was the day before my friend’s birthday and he mentioned free birthday ramen at Hakataya, of course we saw this as an opportunity to destroy some ramen so we jumped at the chance. All that was needed was his ID in order to secure his free bowl of ramen. I ordered the Nagahama Ramen which is the standard pork ramen, and it was delicious of course. You’re also able to get free extra noodles if you so wish. I would eat ramen here daily if it was viable

Try the ever tasty Hakataya Ramen they said. And boy were they right. I went on my merry Unilocal way with a fellow Brisbane Unilocaler Marianna S to experience what this newly opened shop had to offer. Marianna got the classic ramen and I got the char siu ramen (just has more meat in it) and for the $ 10 and $ 13 dollars we spent respectively, and what we received in return was nothing short of a taste sensation. The noodles so fresh, the soup in all its brothy goodness and the meat… that just melted away in our mouths. How? What? Where? Why? Wow.
The ever so friendly and boisterous staff were friendly, courteous and very welcoming. They showed us the menu in their plain as day Japanese English to the best of their ability and opened their arms to shout that we were welcome and to please come in. COME IN! The shop itself is quite small but there is an outside seating area as well. I also ordered the Gyoza and it was both fresh, hot off the grill and ever so tasty.
One thing about Hakataya, if you want another serve of noodles it’s absolutely free on one condition. You must yell ‘KAEDAMA’ in order to get it as the staff laughed and told us. KAEDAMA I yelled and another fresh ramen noodle was on its way. They give you a little saucer of spicy preserved vegies to go with your soup (Marianna ate mine) as a side and did I mention they are so friendly? As Marianna pointed out ‘they are actually talking to us! They don’t talk at the other place!’ (other place being the Hakataya across the road in Sunnybank Plaza owned by the same people).
Super great and fresh tasting Ramen, easily the best Char Siu you will ever eat. KAEDAMA!