Needing a quick dinner, a visit to Wagamama was the solution. You don’t need to book and usually service is efficient and quick.
I had a look over the menu and decided what I would have and waited…
I then waited some more…
Then a little more time…
I was about to leave when a member of the waiting team arrived to take my order. They did apologise, but not sure what the issue was.
I went with the mushroom bao buns and the yaki soba yasai with mushroom.
This was soba noodles cooked with mushrooms, egg, peppers, beansprouts and white and spring onion. topped with crispy fried onions, pickled ginger and sesame seeds.
The yaki soba yasai arrived first.
It was really good. I love the combination of flavours and textures.
My mushroom bao buns arrived a little later. This was mixed mushrooms with crispy panko-coated aubergine and vegan mayo, topped with coriander.
These were nice but felt that they lacked enough mushroom. I have had these before and wrote back then:
I did feel the mushroom bao buns could have had a lot more mushroom in them, what mushroom was there was slightly overpowered by the crispy panko-coated aubergine.
Pretty much felt the same this time as well.
I did think both dishes needed more mushroom. If there is mushroom in the title of the dish then I think it needs mushroom in the dish.
Overall, I did enjoy the food, the service once it started was good, but I did feel the delay in taking my order did impact on my enjoyment of the dining experience.