ITHACA, NY (607NewsNow) — The restaurant once known as ‘Maru Ramen’ located at 512 W State Street in Ithaca has changed their name to Maru Korea.

The name change comes with menu changes, removing ramen completely from the menu and focusing on traditional Korean cuisine.

Owners Chris Kim and Soyong Lee said the change comes from a desire to get back to the roots of Korean cooking.

“After 8 years of serving authentic ramen, we have decided to change our menu to focus less on carbohydrates and more on healthy protein in traditional Korean cooking, which is more in line with our native background. We have also noticed increased customer interest in lower-carb and higher-protein dishes in recent years,” said Kim and Lee.

“We are still serving our popular beef and pork bulgogi, which have been on our menu for the past 8 years, both are marinated and cooked individually in a skillet. We have also expanded our tofu dishes by offering tofu with a choice of meats cooked in individual clay pots, using tofu from a local handmade producer with locally grown soybeans. Our rice is also cooked individually in clay pots, using a custom blend of different rice varieties.”

Check out Maru Korea’s Facebook page here and website here for more information.