{"id":482953,"date":"2025-10-08T12:41:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T12:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/482953\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T12:41:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T12:41:10","slug":"birmingham-ramen-spot-scoops-best-in-uk-award-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/482953\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham ramen spot scoops &#8216;Best in UK&#8217; award again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maneki Ramen has been officially named\u00a0Best Japanese Restaurant at this year\u2019s Asian Restaurant &amp; Takeaway Awards (ARTA).<\/p>\n<p>The prestigious celebration of\u00a0Pan Asian cuisine brought together over 1,300 nominated restaurants and takeaways from across the country. The awards honour \u2018the outstanding dedication, creativity, and culinary excellence of the UK\u2019s vibrant Asian food industry\u2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hosted by\u00a0BBC journalist Samantha Simmonds<strong>,<\/strong> the ceremony, which was held at London Hilton Park Lane, welcomed leading Asian restaurateurs, MPs, dignitaries, and celebrities to recognise the industry\u2019s top names.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-42906 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Maneki-Tasting-Menu-458x573.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"458\" height=\"573\"  \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maneki Ramen, which has two restaurants in Birmingham\u2019s Jewellery Quarter and in Worcester, was honoured for its<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>depth of flavour and spicing in the Redefine meat Tantanman, which combines Japanese ramen and traditional Chinese flavours. It\u2019s the second time that the independent restaurant has been recognised in this category, winning the award in 2023.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pete Dovaston, owner and Executive Chef at Maneki Ramen<strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>said: \u201cWinning Best Japanese Restaurant is a significant milestone for us and an incredible honour for our teams in Worcester and Birmingham. We\u2019ve worked hard to bring something truly special to our diners, combining traditional Japanese techniques with bold flavours and a modern touch. This award is a reflection of the passion we pour into every bowl, and we\u2019re beyond grateful to our loyal customers and the ARTA judges for recognising that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Book your table at Maneki Ramen Birmingham below.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tManeki Ramen, 21 Ludgate Hill, Birmingham B3 1DW<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>Words:<\/dt>\n<dd>Bradley Lengden<\/dd>\n<dt>Published on:<\/dt>\n<dd>Wed 8 Oct 2025<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Maneki Ramen has been officially named\u00a0Best Japanese Restaurant at this year\u2019s Asian Restaurant &amp; Takeaway Awards (ARTA). The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-482953","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115338601480168457","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}