Oh my days (Picture: Wagamama)

Going to Wagamama as a vegan used to be a minefield.

Granted, their staff were really good at fetching the allergen menu, but the realisation that you could no longer eat katsu curry was nothing short of earth-shattering.

You’d have to scour the menu, find something veggie that you wanted and swap out nice, chunky egg noodles for slippery rice noodles that kind of ruined the dish. I’m looking at you yasai yaki soba.

Well, folks, that’s all changed because from today Wagamama has launched a brand new, completely separate vegan and vegetarian menu, that they’ve carefully developed to ensure you’re not missing out on any of that distinctive Wagamama flavour.




That’s right – no more substitutions.

The best part is that all the veggie and vegan stuff is now on a completely separate menu, so you know exactly where you stand. Just go in and ask for the veggie menu.

The idea behind it was that Wagamama realised that by changing dishes and subbing out stuff, their dishes were basically being ruined.

Here are the new, vegan offerings.

Yasai gyoza, £5.75

Five tasty steamed dumplings, filled with vegetables, served grilled and with a dipping sauce.

Samla yasai curry with tofu, £9.95

Sorry, can we stop and appreciate this picture for a second. What the actual. Look at the depth of that creaminess. Look at those chunks of tofu. My days. Oh my days. Gimme gimme.

Anyway, this dish is a fragrant, spicy lemongrass and coconut curry with peppers, shiitake mushrooms, tofu and baby plum tomatoes. served with white rice and garnished with spring onions, chilli and coriander.

Yasai yaki soba, £8.50

Udon or rice noodles with mushrooms, peppers, beansprouts, white and spring onions. garnished with fried shallots, pickled ginger and sesame seeds.

Yasai pad thai, £9.75

Rice noodles in an amai sauce with tofu, beansprouts, leeks, chilli and red onion. Garnished with fried shallots, peanuts, mint, coriander and fresh lime.

Kare burosu ramen, £10.95

Shichimi-coated silken tofu and grilled mixed mushrooms on a bed of udon noodles in a curried vegetable broth. finished with pea shoots, carrot, chilli and coriander.

Warm chilli yasai salad with tofu, £9.50

Tofu with stir-fried red peppers, mangetout, tenderstem broccoli and red onion on a bed of baby gem lettuce. Dressed in a sweet chilli sauce and garnished with spring onions and cashew nuts.

Yasai itame, £10.50

Rice noodles in a spicy green coconut and lemongrass soup with tofu and vegetables. topped with stir-fried beansprouts, red and spring onions, bok choi, peppers, mushrooms and chilli. Garnished with coriander and fresh lime.

It’s obvious Wagamama has put a lot of thought into their menu – it’s not just cashing in on the increased number of vegans knocking about.

They were so intent on getting it right that they invited a group of vegan bloggers and influencers to taste test the new menu before it launched a few weeks ago, to get honest feedback from Real Life Vegans™.

We spotted two of our fave vegans Guac and Roll and Yes It’s All Vegan testing out the new offerings on our Instagram stories a few weeks ago, and – you might want to take a seat for this – they were eating a seitan katsu curry.



A BLOODY SEITAN KATSU CURRY.

Now, this dish is still in development and not yet on the menu, but trust us that you will be the first to know when we find out that it’s finalised and being rolled out. *heavy breathing*

Check out the full vegan/veggie menu here and learn more at Wagamama’s vegan portal.

(I would love to pass through a vegan portal. Beam me up, seitan.)

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