Restaurants | 15 October 2005

The newly released Zagat survey has just named the top ten most popular London restaurants and put Wagamama, a cheap noodle bar restaurant, at number one. So how come I’ve never been? Especially when you consider there are now 50 of them worldwide, 24 of which are in London, and a new one appears to open every ten minutes. Go and answer your door and there’ll probably be one in your living-room by the time you get back.

I think it’s possibly because I have always equated Japanese food with sushi and, while I know sushi is very fashionable and an art form and all that, I’m afraid I just don’t care because I don’t like it. Last time I thought I would give it a go I bought a tray (from M&S, I think), but then didn’t eat it and neither did anyone else. In the end I put it down for our cat, Gnasher, who took one sniff at it and then walked disdainfully away, and this is a cat who spends all day every day licking his own balls with what appears to be great relish, so I think we can safely say I have a point.