wagamama
I had dinner at Wagamama last night, a trendy noodle & curry place in the Printworks, "the North West’s newest and most innovative entertainment venue." I had the yasai katsu curry, fried vegetables with curry, rice, and a salad. Yummy.
Wagamama has a chic twenty-first century decor, with a high ceiling, lots of stainless steel, indirect lighting, and bench seating at long tables bolted to the floor. The mega-hip servers - one young gent had a mohawk Frank Gehry could have designed - take your order on wireless handhelds that presumably transmit your order back to the kitchen. This set-up must have costa pretty penny, so I wonder how it contributes to cost-saving. Maybe it's just an investment in their post-modern image.
Whatever they're doing, it's working, because at 5:30 - early for a dinner crowd - they were doing a brisk business.
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I love Wagamama, having frequented the one in London quite a lot in Fall '95. It was only blocks away from where I lived and decently priced for good food. They used the handhelds then too, although I think instead of wireless they printed out tiny receipts, which they gave to the kitchen staff. Orders in alphanumeric code.
Their vegetable juice is wonderful.
Posted by: Jason | May 28, 2003 7:42 AM
The palm pilot seems to be taking off in restaurants- even a number of establishments in Melbourne have them now.
Posted by: mcb | May 29, 2003 10:32 PM
Alas, these were PocketPCs, and thus running Microsoft's OS, rather than Palm's.
Posted by: George | May 30, 2003 2:49 AM