Wagamama runs a pretty tight ship. The food is hot and tasty, the service is brisk but courteous. And on a Wednesday night is nice and quiet. For a group of ladies it could be fabulous spot to sit for a while, eat dinner and have a good chin-wag.
However, even on a lazy mid-week night, they’re still swiftly moving you through service.
Their menu’s read like a lonely planet guide, with definitions for ingredients or techniques used in their meals. I started off with a glass of apple, mint and lime juice ($4.70) – I always love how it separates into 3 distinct layers. We started off with a round of deepfried zucchini chips and salted edamame (soy) beans. The zucchini was moist and moreish, which was balanced out by the beans. They were quite tasty and fun, once I’d realised that you aren’t supposed to ingest the bean and its outer casing (that’s right, I’m an edamame novice). I always love interactive foods – when you have do a certain action to eat it properly. I had fun squeezing the husk until the bean popped out into my mouth.
For main I ordered the chicken katsu curry ($19.40) and all my dining companions ordered the same thing - Kare Lomen, a spicy coconut milk based soup ($21). The soup looked and tasted delicious. It was a massive serving of creamy soup with lots of prawns or chicken and beansprouts. My meal was tasty but ate more like it was from a German beer house than an asian ramen diner. A huge serve of rice (pressed into a football shape) with crispy and perfectly cooked “chicken schnitzel” with panko breadcrumbs (my favourite!) and a green salad. With my meal we received a complimentary kids meal for my daughter. Again, it was enough for a hungry adult! but quite tasty.
For dessert we all had a humungous serve of icecream with flavours including lychee, coconut, black sesame and green tea. The black sesame certainly was the standout!
Wagamama is perfect for a quick lunch or dinner when you’re on the run. Speaking with the other girls in i8b, together, our recommendation would be to lessen then serving sizes and in turn lower the cost.
When reviewing restaurants and products for this site, usually we will focus on local Brisbane establishments. Although Wagamama’s is a successful worldwide corporation operating in no less than 15 countries, it’s still local, with local produce and staff.
Wagamama, Chermside
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