Sake Tower must be appeased.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe slight snafu with our orders notwithstanding, the service at Aji Ramen Bar was top notch. The turnover was quick; the diners arrived hungry and left happy in record time. Our server was friendly, efficient, and quick to offer suggestions and information on the elements of our meal. Deft at navigating the crush of people, quick to deliver our European chopsticks (aka fork) to our table, he also gave us suggestions on the optimal time to arrive at Aji so as not to get lost in the crowd.<\/p>\n
The most amusing moment came as we were paying our check. Our server checked the sake decanter and discovered I had not yet drunk all of the sake<\/em>. (That was not by accident.) “One more!” and poured it into the tiny glass. Ugh. I took a slug, put the glass down. “One more!” he said again, emptying the contents, and I took my final drink of that stuff. Remember, going all in on the\u00a0experience<\/span>!<\/p>\nFor my efforts, he rewarded me with a bright smile and a double high-five. Gods (Quob included), I love this place already.<\/p>\n
As we walked out of Aji across the cold drizzly parking lot, our tummies sloshing with ramen and me wobbly from the sake, we agreed how satisfied we were. I\u00a0 promised myself I’d get out and try new places more often, but I may sneak back to Aji first.<\/p>\n
The only question that’s on my mind now, given the obvious success of Aji Ramen Bar and the appeal of ramen to the city of Little Rock:<\/p>\n
Franchise?<\/p>\n
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Can I get a R’amen! Ramen blah blah blah,\u00a0Japan blah blah blah,\u00a0poor college student blah blah blah,\u00a0authentic blah blah blah, Heart Hospital blah blah blah Little Rock. There! That’s out of the way let’s walk into Aji Ramen Bar and see if it delivers. (Spoiler: Yes.) Aji’s footprint is itty bitty. Tables and countertops line … Continue reading “New To Me: Aji Ramen Bar”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6,10],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7yZGj-4n","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dub273.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dub273.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dub273.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dub273.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dub273.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/dub273.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":299,"href":"https:\/\/dub273.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271\/revisions\/299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dub273.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dub273.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dub273.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}