Wasabi

I always had mixed feelings towards Wasabi.
One of my first meals in the country was a chicken teriyaki from Wasabi (per photo), so it does have a slightly special place in my heart.
Let’s get this out straight… Is it good food? No, horrible horrible Jap food I must say. However, I will rank this over my Itsu review because I had hot food here, which to be fair, it’s way easier to get right, and i’m sure if I had sushi here, my ratings might change completely.
From a hot food perspective. Wasabi ‘does the job’. If feeds you, keeps you warm, generous portion, reasonably priced. What more can you complain about?
If you wanted to Hot Food, Wasabi does it well. It’s like going to that asian place in the corner of the food court, they will always give you what you want, they won’t get it right, and you know it’s not a 5 star restaurant.
My 3 stars are given for the combination of Price, and what you get (which is just some Hot food).
If they charge a pound more, they’d go straight to 2 stars, because it’s starting to get into the proper food territory.
If I have to comment on the ‘Jap’ component of the food though, it’d be a straight 1 star… It’s just basically not Jap. Yes it has jap words in it. It might use some Jap ingredients like teriyaki sauce, and some jap curry; but the similarities stops there. Period.