PDX Ramen & Whiskey

Portland’s Hapa Ramen Is Opening a New Restaurant in Kauai, Hawaiʻi | Eater Portland

"I've followed Hapa PDX since Sarah and Michael Littman launched it as a popular Portland ramen cart in 2013; their G-Special Ramen — a bowl of thick, chewy noodles in a pork belly broth — isn't trying to be something straight out of Sapporo or Hakata but is its own creation, somewhat inspired by their upbringing in Hawaiʻi. The Portland restaurant will stay open, and longtime team member Abigail Cox, who worked at the cart, moved to Osaka to work at a street-side izakaya and returned to help open the first restaurant, has been promoted to general manager and joined the ownership team." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden