Fayetteville founded Ichi kaku 一角 Japanese restaurant has announced a new take home product for customers launched just in time for winter. 

The Japanese restaurant, located at 350 N Eastern Blvd near downtown  Fayetteville is known for its authentic, Japanese street style food including  teppanyaki, onigiri, Japanese fried chicken and, at the top of the menu, ramen. 

Now, Owner and Head Chef Yohei Kamiya has announced a new way for customers to bring home the traditional flavors. In late October, he announced the launch of a new frozen ramen option: Ichi-Kaku Tonkotsu (Mild Spice)  in limited batches. 

Made and sealed on site, guests can bring restaurant-quality ramen home with them. The full kit includes Ichi kaku’s signature broth made from chicken bones, pork extract, vegetables and blended with bonito flakes, mackerel flakes, kelp and shiitake mushrooms, hand-rolled noodles and toppings of chashu pork, green onions, wood ear mushrooms and corn.

Chef Yohei shared that the goal is to be able to allow customers who often travel long distances to visit his restaurant to be able to take home and enjoy his ramen, and for customers to be able to enjoy it at any time. 

“I was shocked when I made the frozen ramen, everybody was so excited. This is my most popular ramen,” shared Yohei. “So now you can bring home and eat my ramen if you’re hungry at midnight. You have to cook it, but it’s easy. You just warm it up. It’s not instant ramen, but it is fresh.” 

According to Yohei the instructions are : 

1. Heat Ramen broth in a pot simmering on medium- low heat until the disc is fully melted and boiling. 
2. Place noodles, pork and toppings into the microwave and warm for two to three minutes. 
3. Add noodles, toppings to broth and allow to simmer for 5-8 minutes. 
4.  Enjoy! 

“Sometimes I feel like I want to eat frozen ramen, even though I  have fresh ramen. It’s because it’s easy to make,” shared Yohei. “I want to provide the experience. It tastes good of course, but now I get to provide [customers] a good experience with cooking it too. So yes, I cooked this but you can cook this ramen too.” 

Chef Yohei shared that the ramen is good to store frozen for up to three months. While the product is only available in mild spice for now, he says he may expand the options to include other toppings, meats and broth options in the future. 

For more updates, menu offerings and events, follow Ichi kaku on their Facebook page here and order their frozen ramen for yourself on their website here.