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Harajuku Gyoza and Nitrogenie open at Indooroopilly Shopping Centre

Natascha Mirosch

Popular Japanese eatery Harajuku Gyoza has performed a hat-trick, adding a third venue to their Fortitude Valley and Pott's Point (Sydney) operations.

The new Harajuku in the newly renovated section of Indooroopilly Shopping Centre boasts a glass fronted "wrapping window" where customers can watch their dumplings being wrapped.

"Our Fortitude Valley and Pott's Point stores are both inner city but we realised from our customers that a lot of people were travelling a long way - Harajuku had become a destination brand," says owner Steve Minon. "So we decided to take the brand out to them."

Mr Minon said they were using the strong lunch time trade at Harajuku to trial new dishes, including a tonkatsu ramen with pork belly topping, and a teriyaki chicken "don" (with rice).

"Traditionally in Japan, ramen and gyoza are made by the same restaurants so it's a natural fit," Minon said.

Harajuku's sister venue Nitrogenie have also launched their third store at the Indooroopilly centre, following venues at South Bank and Noosa. Nitrogenie use liquid nitrogen to make "instant" ice-cream.

Nitrogenie has had a menu revamp with the launch of childhood favourite, ice-cream spiders, and desserts including sticky date pudding, mini pavlova and mini lemon meringue pies served with ice-cream.

Both stores are part of the $450 million redevelopment of the shopping centre, with other new food tenants including Nantucket Kitchen, Ole (slated to open in May) and The Miro Kitchen and Bar, from the owners of Hatch & Co and the hatted Gerard's Bistro.

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