Wagamama Cloudy Lemonade

Wagamama cloudy lemonade costs £4.50 and carries 86 kcal, the house lemonade without the blossom: cloudy, sharp and properly lemon first, at 19 g of sugar a meaningful step under the cola line. Published price, vegan and gluten free marked.

Cloudy signals the style: lemon juice presence rather than clear syrup fizz, closer to homemade than to a branded bottle, with sharpness doing half the refreshment work. Against the cherry blossom version this is the plainer, slightly cheaper sibling for tables that want lemonade to taste of lemons and nothing else.

It partners fried food especially well, the acidity cutting crumb and glaze the way the menu's pickles do, which makes it the natural glass beside katsu plates, gyoza and the fried chicken trio. As the middle option between water and cola it is the list's most sensible compromise, and the one children and adults agree on without negotiation.