Kami means “us” in the Malay language, Sim said. Miso ramen, right, is one of the dishes offered at Kami Ramen, located at 3807 Spenard Road. They paused their expansion plans - until now. “Business was good, like super good,” Sim said. Chew, the third co-owner, is now a well-testing technician for oil companies.īefore the pandemic hit, they opened Kami Ramen as a pop-up business for several weeks out of a small space in Midtown where a Malaysian bakery had formerly operated.
They teamed up with Leon Chew, a former chef on cruise ships and for North Slope oil companies. She recruited her friend Chiiwen Choo to Alaska after they had met through the program, and he’s now an Alaska resident too. A few years later, she received her green card and moved to Alaska. Sim was a J-1 worker for Starbucks at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport more than a decade ago. She’s one of the two co-owners who got their start in Alaska from the J-1 visa cultural exchange program, which brings foreign college students here, typically to work in the tourism and fishing industries. Tonkotsu ramen, with pork bones boiled overnight for the broth, is “the backbone of the restaurant,” Jiahui Sim said. Kami Ramen serves vegetarian and gluten-free ramen, in addition to meat-based dishes.Ĭhiiwen Choo, left, and Jiahui Sim are two of the owners of Kami Ramen. The menu at 3807 Spenard Road, just west of Minnesota Drive, features Japanese ramen with Malaysian and other influences.
Kami Ramen: Three Malaysian friends opened this ramen restaurant in Spenard last month. If you know of a business opening or closing in the area, send a note to reporter Alex DeMarban at with “Open & Shut” in the subject line.
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