Wagamama - always a good eat...filling, delicious meals for reasonable prices.Was soo hungry yesterday so I decided to go to Wagamama in Croydon with my friend. Even though I wouldn't say that Wagamama is the best Japanese restaurant out there, given the fact it's a chain restaurant, and the prices are alright, I don't mind going there time after time. In fact, there aren't many japanese eateries in Croydon easily accessible, and this branch is only a 2min walk from the Whitgift Centre.
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| Chicken and Vegetable Gyoza |
Customer service can be good on somedays, bad on others. Yesterday the guy serving us was very nice, recommending us his favourite dish and just making us feel at ease. For starters, we had Gyoza...filled with Chicken and Veg. Gyoza is a steamed grilled dumpling, served with a chilli-garlic sesame & soy sauce. At a price of around £5 for 5 dumplings, it's not a cheap treat, but definitely well worth a try! For the mains, we ordered a portion of Firecracker Chicken and Yaki Udon, roughly priced at £9 each.
The Firecracker Chicken was SPICY!!! I love my spicy food, but wouldn't recommend it to anyone who hasn't tried very spicy dishes before. I loved the flavours though. There were 2 versions of the Firecracker - with Chicken or Prawns. The Firecracker Chicken was prepared with nice tender marinated chicken breast that was stir-fried with a lot of beautiful spices and vegetables: mangetout, red hot chillies, red and green peppers, spring and white onions in a fiery sweet and hot sauce. It was served with steamed plain white rice and garnished with shichimi, sesame seeds and lime.
Yaki Udon was not much to my liking, but my friend enjoyed it. I think it's the texture I don't like much. But the flavours were nice. Udon noodles are thicker than the ordinary noodles we are used to, and these were teppan-fried udon noodles in curry oil with chicken, prawns, chikuwa, egg, beansprouts, leeks, mushrooms and peppers. I guess it just depends on what people like, and Udon noodles are not for me ^_^ We paid around £25 for 2 Mains and a Starter. The atmosphere was nice and the portion sizes were very filling. I'd definitely recommend Wagamama, but there are nicer places in Central London if you are looking to experience more authentic Japanese Food at more affordable prices :)
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| Firecracker Chicken |
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| Yaki Udon |
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| Spicyyyy |
