This is a submission for Frontend Challenge - Comfort Food Edition, Perfect Landing
What I Built
Ichiraku Ramen — Where Every Bowl Tells a Story 🍜
There's something about a warm bowl of ramen that feels like a hug from the inside.
I built a landing page for Ichiraku Ramen — the most famous ramen shop in anime history, from Naruto. But this wasn't just about building a pretty website. It was about capturing a feeling.
Growing up watching Naruto, Ichiraku Ramen was never just a restaurant. It was the place Naruto went when he felt alone. When the village turned its back on him, when training was brutal, when the world felt too heavy — he'd sit at that counter, order his bowl, and for a moment, everything was okay. That little ramen shop was his safe place. His comfort.
And isn't that exactly what comfort food is?
As an anime lover, ramen is my comfort food too. So I wanted to build something that felt like that — warm, welcoming, magical. A place you'd want to exist in real life. A page that makes you want to book a table immediately.
Demo
🔗 Live Site: https://ichiraku-ramen-ten.vercel.app/
🔗 GitHub: https://github.com/gamya-hub/ichiraku-ramen
Journey
I've been watching Naruto since I was a kid. And every single time things got hard for him — every rejection, every failure, every moment the world felt unfair — he'd end up at Ichiraku Ramen. Sitting at that counter. Slurping his noodles. And somehow, everything felt a little more okay.
That's the feeling I wanted to build.
Not just a pretty restaurant page — but a place that feels like coming home. Somewhere warm after a long journey. Somewhere that wraps around you like a bowl of rich, steaming broth on a cold evening.
For the design I knew exactly what I wanted:
- Cherry blossom petals falling like gentle snow
- Golden lantern lights glowing at dusk
- Dark wood textures that feel worn and loved
- The kind of warmth that makes you exhale slowly
I built this using Next.js, React, and Tailwind CSS, with v0.dev helping bring the design vision to life. Deployed instantly on Vercel from GitHub.
What I'm most proud of isn't the code — it's the feeling. If you land on that page and for even one second you wish Ichiraku Ramen was a real place you could walk into tonight, then I did my job. 🌸
What's next: A hidden Naruto easter egg somewhere on the page for true fans to find. Because Ichiraku Ramen without a little Naruto magic isn't really Ichiraku Ramen. 🍥
This article was written by me; AI was used to improve grammar and readability.
