Wagamama Yasai Katsu Curry

Wagamama yasai katsu curry is the plant based version of the chain's most famous plate, priced at £15.10 and carrying 1223 kcal. Sweet potato, aubergine and butternut squash are coated in panko, fried and sliced over sticky white rice with katsu curry sauce, a dressed salad and pickles. Yasai means vegetable in Japanese, and wagamama uses the word across its menu the way other chains use a leaf symbol.

The three vegetables earn their places by behaving differently in the fryer. Sweet potato comes out dense and sweet, butternut squash goes soft and mild, and aubergine nearly liquefies inside its crust, so one plate covers three textures under the same mild, fruity sauce. The coating carries no egg, and the dish is marked vegan as it stands, no substitutions needed, which makes it one of the easiest orders on the menu for a mixed table because it tastes like comfort food rather than a concession.

The yasai katsu curry calories deserve a straight look before ordering: 1223 kcal is roughly three fifths of a 2,000 kcal day and noticeably more than the chicken katsu curry, not less. Panko vegetables drink oil in the fryer while a chicken breast sheds it, and three coated vegetables outweigh one cutlet. The plate carries around 160 g of carbohydrate, most of it rice and coating, with a solid 11 g of fibre and a modest 22 g of protein. Salt lands just under 3 g, less than half of the NHS daily 6 g. The allergen sheet lists gluten, wheat, mustard and soya, and there is no gluten free marking; the tofu raisukaree is the curry that covers vegan and gluten free in one order.

On the question of how much is the yasai katsu curry, £15.10 makes it the cheapest katsu on the menu by a small margin, with the usual location pricing at London and airport sites. Order yasai vegetable gyoza first to keep the table fully plant based, and a tropical juice reads better against the sweet fried vegetables than anything fizzy does.