I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want

[white_hart]

I am currently in the grip of a desperate and hopeless craving for Wagamama. Miso-glazed cod ramen with a side of bang bang cauliflower, for preference, but honestly I'd settle for anything on the menu. It's nearly two years since I last ate there, and actually I can count the number of times I've eaten decent East Asian food (as opposed to bog-standard Chinese takeaway) in that time on the fingers of one hand*.

Sadly, I'm not about to go and eat in a crowded noodle bar, and they don't deliver outside the ring road, so I am not going to be able to satisfy this craving any time soon, and somehow home-cooked alternatives aren't the same.

I've almost forgotten what it was like to be able to plan holidays and actually see people in person, and I don't feel like I miss it that much, but my goodness I miss Wagamama.


*Two sushi deliveries from the person locally who does prebooked deliveries on a Saturday evening most weeks; one takeaway sushi in the rain in swimming friend L's garden; one takeaway sushi in town with friends from Glasgow who were visiting last summer; one lunch from Itsu I treated myself to last term** when similar cravings got too much.

**Maybe on one of my office days next week I could do that again, if I have a day with enough time between meetings to walk into town and back as well as eating.

Comments

[nineveh_uk]

I have been having exactly the same feelings about Wagamama. I want the chicken ginger udon. I think it's partly that I can cook e.g. Italian food, but I have no repertoire of Japanese food, or east Asian more broadly. (Though on Saturday I intended to do Tom Kitchin's east Asian poached pheasant.)

[cmcmck]

We are lucky to have a good Chinese restaurant in town!

[antisoppist]

I am always a bit wary of Wagamama in case it has secret, unexpected shellfish in it, which I am allergic to, so I haven't ever been but I miss the lemongrass, ginger, coconut milk kind of Thai curries I used to make when I lived in Bristol and could get such things and before I had children that won't eat them.

I would just like to eat out somewhere. Anywhere. In a civilised fashion. I don't think Kentucky Fried Chicken at Reading Services yesterday really counts.

[serriadh]

Have you looked on deliveroo? Our "local" (not very near) Wagamama's doesn't deliver to us but they are on deliveroo. I wouldn't order anything I wanted piping piping hot, but gyoza and katsu chicken arrive unscathed.

[mrs_redboots]

Actually, could you not pick up an order from Wagamama and then take it home to eat later - I'm sure most things would hot up quite beautifully in the microwave.