{"id":601,"date":"2007-01-18T14:31:24","date_gmt":"2007-01-18T14:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/?p=601"},"modified":"2007-01-18T14:31:24","modified_gmt":"2007-01-18T14:31:24","slug":"rai_rai_ramen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/rai_rai_ramen\/","title":{"rendered":"Rai Rai Ramen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You know, it just wouldn&#8217;t be me if I flew somewhere really far and DIDN&#8217;T find a good ramen shop, just by chance.<br \/>\nWell, I did.   This is my first full day here on O&#8217;ahu and I decided to break in my rental Roadster by doing a drive up the windward side of the island.  Naturally, around 12ish, I was feeling peckish (had a small brekkie; part of the &#8220;diet&#8221;) and I saw this shop in the distance.  It called to me, <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tokyotalk.co.uk\/Glossary\/Term\/tabemasu\">tabemasu<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong>..so I did.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/rairairamen3.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/rairairamen3.html','popup','width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/rairairamen3-thumb.jpg?resize=320%2C240\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Parking right in front, lah!<\/em><br \/>\nThey&#8217;re apparently a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.midweek.com\/content\/columns\/zigzagguide_article\/sampling_readers_choice_eateries\/\">well known<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geocities.jp\/aloha_exp\/oishiiomise.rairai2.html\">well regarded <\/a>shop.  I walked in and immediately ordered a bowl of Hakata Ramen.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/rairaihakatamen.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/rairaihakatamen.html','popup','width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/rairaihakatamen-thumb.jpg?resize=320%2C240\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>mmm, could a return visit to Kyushu be in my future?<\/em><br \/>\nThe noodles were springy and the condiments were generous.  The cha-siu slice was tender and the broth was flavorful, if just a touch salty.  Wonderful stuff!  If you&#8217;re on the Windward side of O&#8217;ahu, EAT!<br \/>\n<em>Sapporo Rai Rai Ramen<br \/>\n124 Oneawa Street<br \/>\nKailua HI 96374<br \/>\n1-808-230-8208<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know, it just wouldn&#8217;t be me if I flew somewhere really far and DIDN&#8217;T find a good ramen shop, just by chance. Well, I did. This is my first full day here on O&#8217;ahu and I decided to break in my rental Roadster by doing a drive up the windward side of the island. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/rai_rai_ramen\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Rai Rai Ramen&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steamy-ramen-goodness"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2mgIi-9H","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}