Wasabi

BIG ON JAPAN There used to be a time when sushi and bento were considered too exotic for all but the most adventurous Western palates. When I first started out as a young lawyer in the City, the only way you could get Japanese food for lunch was to hunt out dedicated restaurants and sushi bars tucked away in obscure corners of town. In my case, that meant either a trip to Moshi Moshi Sushi – a conveyor belt style establishment hidden behind Liverpool Street Station – or for a more involved, traditional sit down meal at an independent family run eatery. In both cases, the experience of locating ... more

The Wasabi chain is based in London, although I believe that there may be a couple of branches in other large English cities. Their website, www.wasabi.uk.com, is somewhat poorly laid out and I have to say that I find it less than intuitive to navigate to discover extra information. They offer a very generous selection of freshly prepared and affordable Japanese takeaway food at reasonable prices (hot meals, bento boxes, sushi) and the lunchtime queue at my local branch (Victoria Street) often snakes in a double line inside the store before going out the door into a secondary line of 10+ ... more