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Hakata Gensuke 3rd Anniversary - First 50 Ramen Free + 1/2 Price All Menu Items (Ramen from $5.50) 19-20 August [Melb]

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Hakata Gensuke 3rd Anniversary - First 50 Ramen Free + 1/2 Price All Menu Items (Ramen from $5.50) 19-20 August [Melb]
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moocher on 08/08/2017 - 09:48 facebook.com (1127 clicks)

Hakata Gensuke is celebrating their 3rd anniversary with:

50 free ramen - for the first 50 customers in line
50% off - all day discount on any items
50 Super VIP - 1 year free ramen vip card to be won in our lucky draw
500+ lucky draw prizes - 1 ramen 1 draw chance

Late Night Ramen Bonus offer:
the 30 customers in line at 10.00pm will get Late Night Super VIP - get 1 year free late night ramen - (Fri & Sat after 10.00pm) 1 ramen claim per month.

Their ramen starts from $11 so half price would be $5.50.

Address

168 Russell Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3000

Opening Hours for event

19 Aug 2017
12.00pm - 10.00pm
10.00pm - 1.00am (late night ramen)

20 Aug 2017
12.00pm - 10.00pm

Dining & Takeaway Instagrampost Ramen

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  • j4ck on 08/08/2017 - 09:51
    +2

    Their ramen is delicious! Expect very long lines though :(

    • lplau on 08/08/2017 - 10:10
      +7

      Used to like their Ramen, but find that they use way too much MSG nowadays. Get tingly fingers afterwards.
      I have found another place around the corner from there which is a lot better and MSG free called Mr Ramen San in MidCity Center few doors down from Shandong Mama.

      Slightly better prices and free extra ramen. Their ramen is also handmade on premise. Also owned and cooked by authentic Japanese people.

      • Hirolol on 08/08/2017 - 10:51
        +1

        You sure they don't use msg?
        Unconfirmed but I'm pretty sure most use msg.

        Not sure why you are getting downvoted, maybe people love MSG?

        • lplau on 08/08/2017 - 10:56
          +4

          They advertise no MSG on their menu + in posters in store. They do offer a MSG in a shaker bottle if you like MSG and want to add some. But i find their soups tasty enough to not require MSG.

          They do get lines though but not as much as Hakata Gensuke.

          Alot of places use MSG because it allows them to skimp on the pork bones.

          If people are in Sydney, definitely go try out Gumshara in Haymarket. That place is also MSG free and the taste is around 85% the same as getting it in Japan.

          I've been to Japan heaps of times now, and tried plenty of Ramen so I know what is authentic and what is "trick westerners". Tried pretty much all ramen places in Melbourne already. IMO even Mr Ramen San doesn't compare to Gumshara in Sydney, but it is as close as we can get in Melbourne.

        • lplau on 08/08/2017 - 11:26
          -1

          @caprimulgus: Not saying MSG is bad, its more a quantity which makes it bad. Its like having too much of anything is bad for you.

          Also I know of people who actually have allergies to MSG, which those articles pretty much say there is no such thing and its a placebo. It doesn't explain why some chinese restaurants have the effect and some don't. And its consistently also. E.g. Restaurant A always gives that but Restaurant B never gives it.

          Lol reading those articles sounded like a dodgy chinese restaurant owner wrote it who also believes there is nothing wrong with Gluten… you just don't have enough gluten so you get allergies to it!

          BTW i am chinese… so I have eaten at plenty of chinese restaurants in Melb and also know which ones are "trick ghost men" and which ones are the legit deal.

        • caprimulgus on 08/08/2017 - 11:30
          +3

          @lplau:

          Not saying MSG is bad, its more a quantity which makes it bad. Its like having too much of anything is bad for you.

          Placebo/Nocebo effect.

          Also I know of people who actually have allergies to MSG, which those articles pretty much say there is no such thing and its a placebo. It doesn't explain why some chinese restaurants have the effect and some don't. And its consistently also. E.g. Restaurant A always gives that but Restaurant B never gives it.

          Placebo/Nocebo/Confirmation bias

          Lol reading those articles sounded like a dodgy chinese restaurant owner wrote it who also believes there is nothing wrong with Gluten… you just don't have enough gluten so you get allergies to it!

          Confirmation bias/denial.

          BTW i am chinese… so I have eaten at plenty of chinese restaurants in Melb and also know which ones are "trick ghost men" and which ones are the legit deal.

          That's great. Unfortunately, being Chinese doesn't make you invulnerable to cognitive bias and believing incorrect things. (Anyone for some medicinal tiger penis?)

        • lplau on 08/08/2017 - 12:16
          -2

          @caprimulgus: Basically you are bias though towards MSG being good for you, which is why you refute my opinions.
          If you were as neutral as you pretend to be, you'd start posting the other side of the argument. Which there is plenty on the internet. This is why there is no absolute truth to the issue or else there would be no arguments.

          Ironic though, that every few years something comes up saying that "we previously said its healthy now its unhealthy"…. then a few years later another study will say "we previously said its unhealthy it is now healthy" LOL!

          I'm not saying MSG is bad for you at all, just giving an alternative to the above Ramen place for other Ramen connoisseurs to try.

        • caprimulgus on 08/08/2017 - 12:25
          +2

          @lplau:

          LOL. Paleo Pete, is that you…?

      • demoiree on 08/08/2017 - 10:59

        Any prove hakata use artificial MSG? Did you ask ?

        And FYI, most Japanese soup stock do have natural occurring MSG from kasuobushi and kombu etc…which contributes to the umami flavour , so if you allergic to MSG then should avoid Japanese food with strong umami

        • lplau on 08/08/2017 - 11:04

          Just saying from experience. I can handle MSG but when shops use excessive MSG it gives me tingles on my finger tips.
          I know that quite a few ingredients has natural MSG, such as seaweed.

          Quite a few Ramen places uses artificial MSG, lol. Even in Japan quite a few of them use it.
          In fact i believe the Japanese invented MSG.

        • Ragnarok1983 on 08/08/2017 - 20:15

          @lplau: Japanese isolated MSG from seaweed. MSG is perfectly fine, everything in moderation.

      • tukanglistrik on 08/08/2017 - 12:18
        -2

        Are you sure it's authentic Japanese people? Shandong Mama sounds like Chinese :)

        • lplau on 08/08/2017 - 12:20

          I said a few doors down from Shandong Mama. lol. Not in the same place. haha.
          If you are a melbournite you'd know where Shandong Mama is so thought it would be easiest to point out the approximate location of Mr Ramen San.

        • tukanglistrik on 08/08/2017 - 18:31

          @lplau: lol my bad. That's what happened when peeking ozbargain at work :)

      • anastasiastarz on 09/08/2017 - 00:22

        Tingly fingers from food?

  • Choc0 on 08/08/2017 - 10:33

    Wish they'd jack up their prices a little actually, the lines go halfway around the block (before discount)

  • drezy on 08/08/2017 - 10:40

    Would this also be available at the Hawthorn store ?

  • maddoglee on 08/08/2017 - 10:45

    Best ramen in Australia for sure!!!!!!!!!!!!
    I waited 40 minutes the other day for the black garlic ramen.. mmm definitely worth it after standing out in the cold!
    They have a Chicken ramen shop around the corner too which is pretty good and shorter/no lines…
    I always have to get a bowl of it whenever I go to Melbourne… I just recently filled my card so I get free ramen, toppings and a side!

  • zhenjie on 08/08/2017 - 10:55

    Still the best ramen in Melbourne. The constant lines at the Russell St and QV (Chicken Ramen) store attest to that.

  • supnigs super skids on 08/08/2017 - 10:58

    i have eat ramen here. it is good long long line though. best in melbourne easily i thinking

  • altomic on 08/08/2017 - 11:08
    +5

    50 free ramen for first 50 customers. that's 2500 Ramen!!!!

    • nightelves on 08/08/2017 - 13:24
      -1

      You need to revise your maths.

    • kaitoivan on 08/08/2017 - 19:05

      stop doing meth and start doing math!!!

  • suicine94 on 08/08/2017 - 11:11
    -7

    Is this their disgusting halal store or the really good pork one?

  • Yummy on 08/08/2017 - 11:14

    I think I need to move to Melbourne, for those weekly freebies.

  • theHMASfriendship on 08/08/2017 - 11:26
    +3

    How much is shipping?

  • mbck on 08/08/2017 - 12:21
    +1

    Great now the lines will triple

    • Baebs on 08/08/2017 - 12:30

      On top of the regular hour wait.

  • Clementt on 08/08/2017 - 12:53

    After eating and take away for the whole village. Scores!

  • Quiexo on 08/08/2017 - 13:04

    Can't wait for the branch in Perth to open..

    • John on 08/08/2017 - 13:28

      Me too, cant wait to try. I am yet to find a really good Tonkotsu ramen in Perth. I had only realized how delicious a Tonkotsu ramen is after I visited Japan last year

      • Quiexo on 08/08/2017 - 14:34
        +1

        Yeah, some of the ramen we had in Japan is just incredible..nothing better than a damn good Tonkotsu ramen in the middle of a Japanese winter…

        Between Hakata and Ippudo opening up in Perth, the other ramen joints in Perth better lift their game..

        • John on 08/08/2017 - 14:54

          Wait, what.. Ippudo is coming?! Oh man that's really gonna change the game big time..

        • Quiexo on 08/08/2017 - 17:25

          @John:
          Yup, sure is..

          Personally, I prefer Hakata over Ippudo, especially their black garlic monster, but each to their own..:)

  • gimli on 08/08/2017 - 17:53

    I'm not in Melbourne then can you please change the date OP?

  • nismo on 08/08/2017 - 20:28

    Is this yet another Chinese knock off? Or are they legitimately / genuinely Japanese?

    • gimli on 08/08/2017 - 22:18

      i think legitamately but not genuinely

    • ICMushroom on 17/08/2017 - 15:39

      Legit Japanese. You can tell when you walk through the door. One of the best ramen's in Melbourne.

      • nismo on 17/08/2017 - 16:44

        Awesome, thanks for that, might have to check it out then :)

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