Wagamama

By Jen on September 24, 2006 8:18 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Lunch at Ichi-Ban-Boshi failed because of the large crowds lining up outside. Plan B was Wagamama. A little pricier, but seats were guaranteed.

Wagamama - Sydney, Galleries Victoria - interior

Inside were long wooden benches, funky lights and a sleek open kitchen.

I ordered the vegetarian Moyashi Soba which featured courgettes, snow peas, mushrooms, beansprouts, garlic, leeks and fried tofu... the wholemeal noodles were stuck together in clumps and the broth was a litttle too peppery.

Wagamama - Sydney, Galleries Victoria - moyashi soba

Moyashi Soba

Wagamama - Sydney, Galleries Victoria - chicken tama rice

This is the Chicken tama rice... stir-fried courgettes and shitake mushrooms in a thickened oyster, garlic, ginger, egg and wine sauce. Different... and soggy.

The cheesecake was also a disappointment. It tasted like any ordinary cream cheesecake with a few shavings of white chocolate. The garnish of a semi-dried, dead looking mint leaf didn't make it look any more appetising either.

Wagamama - Sydney, Galleries Victoria - white chocolate and ginger cheesecake

white chocolate and ginger cheesecake

I thought the food was only average, and over-priced. I'm having my Ichi-Ban-Boshi lunch at 11am next time.

Wagamama
The Galeries Victoria, Level 1, 500 George Street Sydney
Tel: 9264 9155
Web: www.wagamama.com.au

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