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90 St Mary Street has seen businesses come and go over the years, the last incarnation was just another fast food restaurant whose unique selling point, as set out by the huge sign in the window, was ’We sell WKD’. They didn’t last six months.
The premises have been derelict for over a year and has now been bought by a franchisee who is turning it into Wok to Walk, a trendy noodle bar that started life in Amsterdam and has become renowned for their quick and tasty meals to eat in or to take out in traditional noodle boxes, packaging that is commonplace in LA, Paris and Hong Kong, but until now Cardiff has firmly held onto the plastic tub that burns your hands if you try to take it out of the carrier bag, if the lid hasn’t already popped off and left the contents congealing at the bottom.

Cardiff is set to become one of only 8 other cities to have a Wok to Walk franchise. Others can be found in the bohemian capital, University Place in Greenwich Village, New York, the only store in the USA and SoHo in London, the only other location in the UK.

The 3-step menu at Wok to Walk is evidence of their claim to serve “fresh, nutritious, tasty food that is cooked in front of your eyes and served to you in minutes.”

But, what will set Wok to Walk apart from the other fast-Asian takeaways that have been set up in Cardiff, like China China, which is just down the street, or the Tasty Wok, around the corner on Wood Street? Granted, the concept is quite different, the others being buffet restaurants and not noodle bars; but will the new kid on the block be able to deliver the ‘fresh, nutritious, tasty food’ that they boast? InsideCardiff has been invited to take a look around before the grand opening, so hopefully we’ll be able to take a taste and answer that for you.

Wok to Walk are aiming to have all works finished soon and to open in the first week of September.