Hakata Ikkousha Manila Ramen Ultimate Champion

Emcee, Hakata Ikkousha Manila Ramen Ultimate Champion: Lord Ancheta and  Marivic Tomoda

Festival Mall, Alabang, Muntinlupa City – June 17, 2018 

In honor of our Super Dad on Father’s Day, Hakata Ikkousha Manila had invited all interested dads and ramen lovers to participate in this eating contest to be the first Hakata Ikkousha Manila’s Ultimate Ramen Champion.

The eating contest started at 2:30pm, and there were 14 participants divided into 2 batches with 7 participants per batch who competed for the 1st round to advance to face-off challenge.

Batch 1



Batch 2


The winner of each batch was determined by the number of bowls and the weight left on their last bowl before they were able to proceed to the Ultimate Ramen Eating Face Off.

On the face-off round, Hakata Ikkousha Manila learned that the finalists were both social media influencers. The winner of the first batch is a blogger, Michael Zuñiga of Katooga.ph and the winner of the second batch is Lord Ancheta of Hour Philippines TV.

 For the face-off round, whoever is the fastest to finish his bowl will get the title of Ultimate Ramen Champion. The kitchen challenged the social media influencers to take on Ikkousha’s God Fire Ramen (spicy ramen).


Congratulations to the 1st Hakata Ikkousha’s Ultimate Ramen Champion, Mr. Lord Ancheta. The winner took home P 5,000 cash and P10, 000 worth of dining gift certificates. All participants received P1, 000 gift certificates as tokens of appreciation.

Ms. Marivic Tomoda, Owner would like to express her gratefulness to everyone for the support to the event, especially to some media friends who covered the exciting contest.

Hakata Ikkousha: Ramen Professional

Specializes in Hakata ramen 

Rich and Thick Soup 

The soup base is stock made from boiling pork bones for 24 hours to extract the rich collagen. This boiling method results in a thick soup that has no fat as seen when it is left to cool down for a long period of time. The ramen soup is also distinguishable by the small bubbles that float on top. This is the identifying mark of this area's ramen.

The smell is the one that triggers the appetite from afar. In Japan, these ramen houses do boil the soup for a long while and the very smell of the soup will attract the customers to come in.

Light and Delicious Noodles

The noodles are also distinguishable. These are thinner than most Japanese noodles. At this Japanese restaurant, there is a choice for the softness to hardness range of the noodles - depending on your preference of the bite.

Order According to Your Taste 

The primary soup base is used for the most popular ramen and changed by adding other ingredients such as chili paste or black sesame seeds. The choice is according to your taste, to include the heat level, salt intake, kind of soup variety, and how firm the noodles will be, and the toppings that it would contain, such as egg, meat, mushroom strips, and spring onions.

This is a distinct advantage as you get to choose your soup ingredients. For example, those who have a low sodium diet and have difficulty chewing would prefer to have the least amount of salt and the softest possible noodles. The condiments also add a dimension of taste such as that freshly ground sesame seeds. The meat and all the ingredients such as egg in these delicious, healthy, and highly satisfying ramen are all soft as it is a great soup.

Gyoza and Karaage 

To get to satisfy the crunch cravings, there is the delightful Gyoza and probably the best fried chicken - the Karaage is a must-have with an order of the wonderful Japanese rice.

Hakata Ikkousha is a brand from Japan that currently has 66 branches worldwide. 

Hakata Ikkousha is located at the Upper Ground floor, Expansion area, Festival Mall, Alabang 

For more information, please visit the Hakata Ikkousha Manila Facebook page