Kazzan Ramen & Bar Opens Second U.S. Location in Houston | Eater Houston
"Bringing Osaka’s dramatic “volcano” ramen to Houston’s Heights, Kazzan Ramen & Bar will serve its signature ramen in a hot stone bowl heated to an estimated 662°F; the dish combines thick noodles, vegetables, and fatty pork and produces a rising “volcano” of steam when hot soup is poured through a cylindrical top. Diners can customize ramen flavors — shio, shoyu, karamiso, sukiyaki, curry, and veggie tantan — and add popular toppings like nitamago (marinated egg), chashu, or extra noodles; though made with a traditional Japanese bone-based broth, a vegetarian broth is also available. The menu also includes appetizers such as Kushikatsu skewers, chicken karaage, Yaki gyoza, and black pepper edamame, other popular dishes like spicy creamy fried shrimp and fried chicken wings, and a variety of hot stone Japanese rice dishes served with fried or curried rice; desserts include mango, matcha, or strawberry kakigōri (flavored shaved ice) topped with sweet condensed milk. The bar, led by mixologist Ilin Yang, features creative cocktails like the Ube Bae (Takagawa Awamori, Batavia Arrack, lime juice, ube syrup, and guava juice garnished with nutmeg zest and dehydrated purple yam) and the Mount Boujee (Fuji single-grain Japanese whisky, sencha syrup, Japanese sakura bitters, dashi tincture, and gold dust) smoked with cherry wood chips. Local restaurateur Lianne Chang brought this first Texas location (Kazzan’s first U.S. outpost is in Los Angeles); hours are Sunday–Thursday 11 a.m.–11 p.m. and Friday–Saturday 11 a.m.–midnight." - Brittany Britto Garley
