Wagamama Chicken + Prawn Yaki Soba

Wagamama chicken and prawn yaki soba costs £15.90 and carries 789 kcal, and it is the oldest dish on the teppanyaki page, on the menu in some form since the chain's early days. Egg noodles fried on the teppan with chicken, prawns, egg, peppers, beansprouts and both fresh and crispy onions, finished with pickled ginger and sesame seeds.

This is the dish that teaches people what teppan cooking does. The noodles pick up char where they touch the iron, the egg laces through them in ragged ribbons rather than neat pieces, and the crispy onions land somewhere between garnish and seasoning. The pickled ginger is doing the most important work on the plate, the sharp pink counterpoint that resets your palate between fatty, smoky mouthfuls, and pushing it aside misses the design of the dish.

The numbers make an argument for it too. The chicken and prawn yaki soba calories at 789 kcal sit well below the big ramen and curry plates, the protein lands a useful 34 g from the two proteins, and the sugar is the lowest of any main on the teppanyaki page because there is no glaze, just seasoning. The salt stays moderate for a wok dish.

Anyone asking how much is the chicken and prawn yaki soba will find £15.90 on the board, a published price with the usual London and airport movement. It shares the table well: duck gyoza against the smoke, or kimchee if the plate feels too polite. For a classic order, this plus a cloudy lemonade is as close to old school wagamama as the current menu gets.