Wagamama

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Fast food done well! 1st September 2008

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One of my favourite fast food chains - simple idea but works beautifully.

Until eating in this particular location I had only ever tried Wagamama in London. The Canterbury experience is "the same, but different"!

The restaurant is set in one big room with rows of canteen style tables - you rarely get to sit on your own as tables are always full. There is a handy "shelf" under the table to put small bags - in this restaurant it helps if you get a table next to the window as there is space to put shopping/coats etc. There is a coat rack at the back but it is a "leave at your own risk" affair.

The kitchen runs along the back of the restaurant and you can see food being prepared freshly.

The menu is the same as others in the chain - noodles and rice dishes with various extras. I have been amused to see that knives and forks seem to be added to the tables without being asked for here. I have only ever seen people use chopsticks or the wooden soup ladels in London - a nice provincial touch!

For me this is a reliable restaurant with consistently good food and fast, pleasant service. There is one item which they need to work on - but that's me being picky! I like their gyoza (mini pasty type side order) but in this restaurant the "pastry" always seem raw in the centre but burnt on the outside. Not sure why this is the only thing that suffers but I avoid having them in the Canterbury location!