Wagamama located just off Leidseplein offers asian style food in a quick manner. The decoration of Wagamama is very basic, light and sleek. When you enter you have to wait to be seated by the host and then you realize that there are not separate tables. There are a few very long picnic style tables and you are very close to your neighbor, so this is not a place to come to for an intimate dinner. The waiter always asks if this is your first time to Wagamama otherwise he explains you that the dishes you order come when they are ready in the kitchen. This means that the dishes can arrive at any time, so your main course can arrive later than that of your table mates.
The menu is quite large and they have different kind of dishes. There are the starters (which can also arrive at any time) which include dumplings, fried shrimp, small salad etc. The main courses are separated in different groups, the noodle soups, the fried rice, the ramen, etc. For drinking they have japanese beers, sake and fresh juices next to the normal drinks.
I decided to take a raw juice, a mix of fruit and vegetable juices, some fried rice with tofu and a miso soup that comes with some pickles. When you order with the waiter he taps it into his little pda thing that sends the order straight to the kitchen (I think they were one of the first in Amsterdam to use this system) and writes down the number of your dish on your placemat. As promised the things arrived when they were ready. One word of warning, the standard utensils here are chopsticks. They do give normal utensils with some dishes, but if you can’t eat with chopsticks be sure to ask for it.
The food here tastes good and the portion are quite generous. I couldn’t finish mine, also because I wanted to safe some space for the dessert. Wagamama introduced a dessert menu a while ago. In the beginning I wasn’t that crazy about their desserts, but they seemed to have improved. I took a chocolate cake with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and my friends had the cheese cake. Both tasted quite good, although the desserts are a bit on the expensive side.
Wagamama is a place to come to grab a quick asian style meal without too much intimacy.
Wagamama
Max Euweplein 10
020 5287778
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Sounds like a great place food-wise, but I doubt whether I would enjoy the seating arrangements. Thanks for an interesting, informative site - its been a pleasure browsing!