Friday 20 May 2022

Love Nutrient Wakaba Japanese Noodles @ Elit Avenue, Bayan Lepas, Penang.

Wakaba, a novel institution that touts itself every bit the Japanese noodle-specialists, has opened its doors to the populace recently. The Japanese noodle eating theater makes its ain noodles as well as they specialized inwards serving Ramen. The house has the touchstone Japanese eating theater setting but the servers postulate to hold upward trained. The eating theater employs unusual workers; in that place seems to hold upward a linguistic communication barrier betwixt customers as well as servers. They did non receive practise to empathize our needs as well as respond to our questions promptly. Service was bad on our visit- nosotros were served undercooked Gyoza (with raw Pork filling inside), the unusual server did non know what to practise but to offering us an telephone substitution which nosotros gladly accepted. The minute serving of Gyoza was no dissimilar from the kickoff one; it was apparent that the somebody inwards accuse heard of our conversation but he has chosen to hold upward ignorant as well as did non offering to assist. Extremely miserable management. Nonetheless, their Ramen did receive practise to print us but apart from that (to hold upward fair to Wakaba), nada is exciting here. 


I conduct maintain been longing for a bowl of skilful Ramen since my watch to Nippon final year, I similar my Ramen amongst aplenty of crunchy greens as well as so, I opted for their Yasai Miso Ramen (Rm 15). It came inwards a hearty percentage amongst generous total of Cabbage, Sprouts as well as Scallions. The broth was brimming amongst flavors- fragrance of the Miso, sweetness vege-juices as well as creamy meat broth. The texture of the noodles was satisfying either, somewhat akin to what I had inwards Japan, non bouncy but non slouchy either. Sinfully delicious as well as well-worth the guilt. 


For those amongst bigger appetite, you lot may opt for their Gyoza Ramen (Rm 22) similar nosotros did... but the number was horrible. The Ramen was okay, similar to Yasai Ramen sans the Miso flavor. The Gyoza/ Japanese Dumplings, on the other hand, was a nightmare. They were undercooked; the Pork filling was raw as well as withal inwards pinkish hue (as shown). The Gyozas were faulty at first, they hence offered for an exchange. Same number for the minute serving as well as the administration did non apologize for that, every bit though nada has happened. We remainder our case.


Wakaba is non a one-trick pony, 1 tin terminate notice many Bento sets available hither too. Unfortunately, nosotros idea their Salmon Teriyaki (Rm 20) was disappointingly average. The Salmon was somewhat dry out as well as the sweetness Teriyaki sauce went missing inwards action. The sides were a footling special- dried Squid amongst julienned Cucumber, completed amongst an appetizing Vinaigrette; julienned Daikon Radish as well as Carrots served amongst Hard Boiled Egg. The old side dish was refreshing, thank you lot to its fine acidic disceptation but the Squid tentacles tin terminate hold upward quite resilient. Certain things tin terminate hold upward farther improved. 


Salmon Nigiri (Rm 5) was okay, the Salmon was fresh as well as slides downward the pharynx easily. We were delighted to encounter the thickly cutting Salmon Sashimi atop of the Japanese vinegared Rice. Good value. 


To terminate the meal, nosotros had a scoop of Sesame Ice Cream (Rm 4); well-chilled as well as possessed the correct flavor. Texture was gritty as well as the Sesame pulverization was non eventually spread across the Ice Cream. Not likewise shabby for that price. 


Ratings:
Taste: 7/10 (1-3 bad, 4-7 average, 8-10 good) *for the Ramen ONLY* 5/10 for other dishes.
Price: 7/10 (1-3 expensive, 4-7 average, 8-10 cheap)
Ambiance: 7.5/10 (1-3 bad, 4-7 average, 8-10 good)
Service: 3/10 (1-3 bad, 4-7 average, 8-10 good)
Parking: 7/10 (1-3 bad, 4-7 average, 8-10 good)
Service Charge: Yes 10%
Non-Halal

Additional Information:
Address: 1-1-31, Elit Avenue, Jalan Mayang Pasir, 3, 11950, Bayan Lepas, Penang.
Business Hours: 12 pm to three pm; six pm to 10 pm. Closed on Mondays.
Contact Number: 604- 637 1122