New Japanese Noodle Restaurant Opening in Annandale Next Month
Tanpopo Ramen House will specialize in Japanese ramen soup.
Good news for lovers of noodles or Japanese food: a new Japanese noodle restaurant will open in Annandale this summer.
Tanpopo Ramen House will be located at 4316 Markham St., next to A&J Restaurant. Tanpopo means “dandelion” in Japanese.
The restaurant, which is family-owned and operated, will specialize in ramen soup and also include a sushi bar.
“I think [Japanese ramen] is missing from the area. The market for it is becoming popular in D.C. It’s a good concept,” said Owner and Manager Dave Kim.
Due to the size of the restaurant's property, Kim estimates the restaurant will seat less than 50 people. In addition to dine-in options, the restaurant will also accept phone orders for pick up.
Kim said the food prices will be affordable and vary from as low as $4 to $35 and vary based on the kind of dish ordered.
Tanpopo Ramen House is scheduled to open in early August.
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Buddy Turner
7:47 am on Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Oh good, just what Annandale needs!
Jimmy Ray Valentine
9:51 am on Wednesday, July 18, 2012
I agree with you Buddy but would it be better to leave it vacant? No one else would even try to open a business there...
Bob
7:17 pm on Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Ramen noodles? You pay money for someone to open the package and pour on the boiling water?
Sherell Williams
7:29 pm on Wednesday, July 18, 2012
I've only had Japanese Ramen noodles in New York, so I'm speaking solely from that experience, but there was definitely more to it than what I think of when I hear the word "ramen". The broth had scallions, cabbage, and some spices I couldn't place. It was topped off with a few pieces of sliced chicken. My dinner looked nothing like the packaged noodles and broth you get from the $1 packets.
monkeyrotica
8:24 am on Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Why even go out to eat? Just stay at home and eat dogfood out of the can, Rover.
William R. Snyder
9:59 am on Wednesday, August 1, 2012
This is great providing it is real Japanese food from a restaurant with Japanese ownership. One of the problems with these so called Japanese restaurants in Northern Virginia is that they are Korean owned. You would not go into a French restaurant and order Spaghetti. Korean Sushi is nothing like Japanese Sushi for quality and taste yet these restaurants claim they are Japanese.