In 2002, Sarah and Michael Littman got married on Hapa Road in Koloa, Kauai. The couple met in Hawaiʻi and fell in love, and eventually opened their popular Portland ramen cart, Hapa PDX, in 2013. Their ramen wasn’t intended to be something straight out of Sapporo or Hakata; Hapa’s G-Special Ramen — a bowl of thick, chewy noodles and pork belly broth —was something just their own, somewhat inspired by their time growing up in Hawaiʻi. And when the Littmans opened their ramen restaurant and whiskey bar on Southeast Gladstone, it was more clearly a love letter to Hawaiʻi , with a number of poke options on the menu.
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