{"id":407166,"date":"2026-08-15T07:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T07:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/407166\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T07:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T07:26:12","slug":"michelin-recognized-japanese-noodle-chain-kajiken-plans-first-texas-location-in-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/407166\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelin-recognized Japanese noodle chain Kajiken plans first Texas location in Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HOUSTON \u2014 Kajiken, a Japanese abura soba chain, is coming to Houston\u2019s Chinatown.<\/p>\n<p>Abura soba is a soupless style of ramen dressed in sauce and oil rather than broth.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation filing, the restaurant will occupy about 2,155 square feet at 9108 Bellaire Blvd. in the D-Square shopping center, also known as Diho Square. It will be next to South Korea-based bakery caf\u00e9 Paris Baguette.<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/assets\/shared-images\/icons\/arrow-circle-down.svg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                This story continues below.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Beatrice Wong, managing director and co-owner of D-Square, told the Houston Business Journal the restaurant is unlikely to open before 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The TDLR filing values the build-out at $150,000 and lists the work as a renovation converting a former vegetarian restaurant into a Japanese ramen restaurant. The former restaurant was Pine Forest Vegetarian, which Wong said had been a tenant since 2004 and closed last year. TDLR filings contain preliminary information, which is subject to change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2014 Kajiken, a Japanese abura soba chain, is coming to Houston\u2019s Chinatown. Abura soba is a soupless&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-407166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}