The cool thing about London is that their train stations not only act was transportation centers, they also act like mini shopping centers or food malls.
I'm in London for a business trip and pretty much stuck to food options near the train station since I wasn't too familiar with the area for the first couple of days. Also, after flying in from San Francisco, navigating the London Underground, and trekking it to the hotel I just wanted to get something quick to eat and crash at the hotel. So, when I saw bento and sushi on their signs....me and my luggage kinda just sorted levitated towards Wasabi.
Wasabi is located on the lower platform level of Liverpool Station. Essentially, it is pretty much the "Japanese-like" version of Panda Express. Quick, ready made food for you to grab and go of dishes trying to pass as Japanese food. Good try, but no cigar in this case.
They offer a selection pre-made onigiri, nigiri sushi, sushi combos and rolls are ready made and set out for you to pick up, put on a tray, bring it to the casher and pay and then go make your train and run to the office. Those items range from £1.50 for onigiri to £7 for sushi combos. They also have hot food items such as noodle soups, a-la carte items like tempura, chicken katsu, yakisoba or bento items like chicken katsu curry. Those run £4-5.75. Overall, their menu items are pretty cheap.
If you order the hot food, it's just sitting there underneath the heat lamp. When you order they put everything rice, meat, curry, etc. into this soup pint like container throw it the microwave for 2 minutes....wait...wait...beep....they put in the a bag and off you're merry way.
However, in terms of food quality...it's okay. Not gourmet or the best food over but it's basic fast food to hold you over til the next meal. I had the chicken katsu curry and the rice is rather clumpy and sticky which I don't like. The katsu isn't the usually katsu strips but rather chicken-nugget like pieces dumped with watered down curry sauce. On a second visit, I got their beef noodle soup. I didn't like that at all. It was pretty much beef bouillon central with uninspiring noodles and pieces off pre-dried beef that was brought back into square shape with hot water.
Overall, if you're looking for a quick meal and don't want to get McDonalds or Burger King or a pre-packaged sandwich from Tesco or M&S....this is a good quick hot food alternative. Just tone down your expectations a bit. So, again, the meal wasn't great, but for the convenience it was okay. read more