{"id":241030,"date":"2016-11-22T06:06:20","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T20:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=241030"},"modified":"2016-11-22T06:06:20","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T20:06:20","slug":"joetens-ramen-shop-officially-opens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/joetens-ramen-shop-officially-opens\/","title":{"rendered":"Joeten\u2019s ramen shop officially opens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-241030 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/joetens-ramen-shop-officially-opens\/aikos-1\/'>aikos-1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-241031'>\n\t\t\t\tFirst lady Diann Torres, left, and Clarence Tenorio Sr. commence with the Kagami-biraki in commemoration of the grand opening of Aiko\u2019s Ramen Restaurant in Susupe yesterday morning. (Michael T. Santos)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/joetens-ramen-shop-officially-opens\/aikos-3\/'>aikos-3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-241032'>\n\t\t\t\tEmi Okazaki, center, leads the sake toast in commemoration of the grand opening of Aiko\u2019s Ramen Restaurant in Susupe yesterday. (Michael T. Santos)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Joeten has unveiled its own version of a hat trick, with the official opening of Aiko\u2019s Ramen restaurant, along with a third Caf\u00e9 Latte and the Hafa Adai Express, a new concept of convenience shopping that\u2019s tailored for tourists and residents alike who want to execute a quick transaction, in the same building. <\/p>\n<p>Joeten\u2019s first ramen restaurant features meticulously planned Japanese-style cuisine, along with the third installment of Caf\u00e9 Latte that features frozen yogurt as a recommended dish after a bowlful of ramen.<\/p>\n<p>Bo Palacios, business development manager of J.C. Tenorio Enterprises, said,  \u201cWe\u2019re really excited for this location because it will be our first to feature frozen yogurt. The light coolness of frozen yogurt perfectly complements the richness of our ramen so we believe that this is a great pairing of products.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAiko\u2019s Ramen is the result of several years of planning, developing, training, and product testing. We feel that we finally got it right and we\u2019re so proud to offer the best, freshest, and most authentic product possible,\u201d Palacios added.<\/p>\n<p>One customer, Ton Garcia, who came in with friends, said, \u201cI like how the caf\u00e9 is together with the ramen shop. That way I don\u2019t have to spend extra gas going somewhere else if I want desert.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emi Okazaki, Aiko\u2019s Ramen manager, said, \u201cWith the opening today, I feel very happy. \u2026We are still going through the processes of running the restaurant since it is the first ramen shop for Joeten. We offer good ramen and customer service because I want them [customers] to feel like they want to come back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Ryan P. Jimenez blessed the restaurant\u2019s premises. Following that was the Kagami-biraki, sake toast led by Emi Okazaki, and refreshments made available within the restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>Nanyo Boeki Kaisha, Kikkoman, and Hakutsuru Sake sponsored the Kagami-biraki. <\/p>\n<p>The Kagami-biraki is a ceremony performed at celebratory events in which the lid of the sake barrel is broken open by a wooden mallet and the sake is served to everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joeten has unveiled its own version of a hat trick, with the official opening of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":241031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[900],"tags":[14370,46,14117,14371],"class_list":["post-241030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","tag-caf-latte","tag-ceremony","tag-emi-okazaki","tag-ton-garcia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}