Hong Kong-based communication and design firm A Work of Substance signed a new cult shop for ramen aficionados in the commercial area of the Wan Chai district, Hong Kong. Ebisoba Ichigen is a Japanese food chain whose success is based on the upgrade of an old ramen recipe that uses shrimp broth.
Hong Kong. A ramen shop with a touch of Japanese lacquerware
A Work of Substance designed a restaurant that celebrates both Japanese Urushi craftsmanship and the shrimp recipe of a ramen food chain.
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- Marianna Guernieri
- 28 August 2018
- Hong Kong
- A work of substance
- restaurant
- 2018
The 244 sqm interior reflects the brand’s identity through a red lacquered structure that mimics a shrimp’s shell within a dark space and tributes the Urushi, the ancient Japanese lacquerware. Wooden pine strips are bent together in a curved shape with thin ropes and laminated wooden frames, running from the street to the kitchen. The table tops in natural wooden tones recall the shops’ bamboo sticks.
- Ebisoba Ichigen
- restaurant
- A Work of Substance
- 244 sqm
- 2018