Wagamama Grilled Chicken Ramen

Wagamama grilled chicken ramen costs £15.30 and carries 455 kcal, which makes it the lightest bowl on the wagamama ramen menu by a clear margin. Marinated chicken is grilled, sliced and laid over ramen noodles in a rich chicken broth, finished with pea shoots, menma and spring onion. Menma is fermented bamboo shoot, the classic ramen topping that adds a soft crunch and a sour edge against the salty broth.

This is the bowl for a first visit. Nothing in it needs explaining, nothing is spicy, and the broth does the work: wagamama simmers it long enough that it tastes of roast chicken rather than stock cube. The grilled chicken stays juicy because it is cooked separately and added at the end, not poached in the soup. Against the heavier bowls on the menu, the difference is obvious. The gochujang pork belly ramen runs to almost double the calories, and the signature seafood bowl goes further still.

The grilled chicken ramen calories work out well for anyone tracking intake: under a third of a 2,000 kcal day, with around 35 g of protein. The salt is the number to watch, as it is with any ramen, since the broth carries most of it. If salt matters to you, drink less of the broth and you drop a meaningful share of it. The standard bowl uses wheat noodles, and wagamama also marks a gluten free option for this dish, so ask your server for the swap and flag it properly if you are coeliac rather than avoiding gluten by choice.

People asking how much is the grilled chicken ramen at wagamama should treat £15.30 as the standard figure: London, airport and travel hub sites price slightly higher, and the menu board on the day is the final word. As a meal it needs no help, but a side of chicken gyoza turns it into a proper feed for two courses' worth of appetite, and a cherry blossom lemonade cuts through the salt better than a cola does.