This time around, my faithful dining companion and I decided to try a well-established joint that thrives on a clever illusion: dining in as if it were the upper echelons of casual dining, when in truth it sits far closer to fast food than it would ever care to openly admit.
Founded back in 1992 as an homage to Japan’s fast-paced ramen bars, Wagamama bills itself as “Asian-inspired.” In practice,
