Wagamama Prawn Firecracker

Wagamama prawn firecracker is priced at £17.50 with 1139 kcal in the bowl, the seafood version of the hottest regular dish wagamama runs. King prawns wok fried with mangetout, peppers, onion and hot red chillies, glazed in the sweet firecracker sauce, dusted with shichimi and sesame over white rice.

Prawns change the experience of this heat in a way worth understanding before ordering. Chicken carries firecracker sauce; prawns argue with it, their sweetness matching the glaze so the plate reads hot and honeyed at once, closer to the logic of sweet chilli prawns but with genuine fire behind it. The blistered vegetables keep their crunch and the whole dried chillies lie in wait for the unwary, as they do across the firecracker range.

Two numbers stand out. The sugar, at around 35 g, is the firecracker signature and no lower here than on the chicken plate. The salt runs highest of the three firecracker versions, a function of prawns plus glaze, so this is a dish to balance with lighter choices around it rather than stack with a salty starter. It carries a gluten free marking, and the protein lands around 28 g.

The price question, how much is the prawn firecracker, gets £17.50 as its answer, the top of the firecracker trio and a published figure. Shellfish allergy rules the plate out entirely, shared kitchen included. If the table is committed to heat, the buldak fire wings raise it; if balance is the aim, wok fried greens beside it and a cloudy lemonade in the glass bring the meal back to earth.