First Look: Ramen Daddy expands to new Canteen at Dairy Road
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Look out Japanese street food lovers, Ramen Daddy is going big—opening a large, new purpose-built restaurant or “Canteen” at Dairy Road next month.
It means “last noodz” are being served at the Verity Lane location on August 27 and there will also be a brief takeover of Assembly this weekend ahead of the full and final relocation to Fyshwick.
Still under construction an impression of what will be ready mid next month.
Canteen Ramen Bar and Bottle Shop is set to become a major food focus at the Dairy Road precinct, providing food, Red Brick coffee, sake and local wines and expanding Ramen Daddy’s offerings to a full menu of Japanese classics and street food.
You can expect the menu to preserve the time-honoured precision for ramen while adding a flair for modern cookery. And just as we have come to expect from Ramen Daddy’s steaming bowls of flavourful goodness, every aspect of the food will be handmade with love and precision (and a few top-secret recipes).
Owners Eddie Ming, John Leverink, manager Ann Hsu and Sommelier Kate Hibberson, all have a long history in some of Canberra’s busiest and most loved venues including Ramen Daddy, The Boathouse Restaurant and Redbrick Coffee Roasters.
Every single noodle is hand produced.
Eddie, along with head chef Regi Enriquez (from Ramen Daddy and Fox & Bow) and Sous Chef Ao Li (from Aubergine and The Boathouse) will put their own spin on much-loved Japanese and Taiwanese classics. For snacks, you must try the Chicken Katsu Sando, followed by the plant-based Dan Dan Noodles and the classic Tori Paitan Ramen.
The team loves the simplicity and precision of Japanese food culture and promises that what looks effortless on the plate will actually be complex layers of traditional and modern flavours.
They have partnered with Molonglo Group, Craig Tan Architects Melbourne and Swell Group Canberra to create a brand with a fun, yet sophisticated vibe, with a focus on Japanese and Australian sakes, wines and spirits.
Ramen Daddy ramen has developed a cult following for good reason.
The sizeable establishment will feature the “Noodle Room” which will house the grain mill and noodle machine used to create their classic Ramen Daddy noodle, with a secret recipe developed for maximum chew and texture. For lunch, expect noodles and rice bowls, “sandos” and snacks—a perfect location for a quick bite to eat and a sneaky sake.
At dinner, there will be a casual Izakaya Bar with plenty of space for post-work drinks and snacks in the shared courtyard or outdoor garden.
Meanwhile, the restaurant space will be perfect for a more intimate dinning experience heavy with charcoal and smoky flavours infused into vegetables and proteins. The interior space takes inspiration from the handcrafted details of Japanese architecture featuring details in steel and wood. The kitchen areas are housed in red oxide pavilions that frame the central gathering space.
When is a sandwich not a sandwich? When it is an intricate Japanese Sando…
As part of the fit-out, a new outdoor courtyard designed by Jane Irwin Landscape Architecture will be opened.
Canteen’s new home will fill one of the final tenancies in this stage of the Dairy Road Precinct, expanding the ever-evolving community of makers that has grown there. The 14-hectare site being slowly developed by Molonglo Group is a long-term vision for an interconnected and diverse neighbourhood that will continue to emerge over the next 10 years.
And for those momentarily panicked at the thought that this may spell an end to their supermarket access to Canberra’s best ready-made ramen bowls, Ramen Daddy varieties will continue to be sold at selected stores.
The Essentials
Canteen Ramen Bar and Bottle Shop
Where: Building 3 Dairy Road Precinct
Opening: Mid August
Hours: Lunch Wed-Sun, Dinner Thurs-Sat, coffee Mon-Fri.
Contact: www.instagram.com/canteen_cbr/
