Editor Pick
Food for Thought
- September 23, 2005
- Rated 4 of 5 by
justinef from London, United Kingdom
This is a very popular little cafe that serves vegetarian food, although it isn't all necessarily healthy and worthy!
Its menu changes daily, but they always offer three hot main course options for lunch and an additional dish for dinner, four types of salad, a quiche, a soup, two types of bread, fruit salad, and various sweet things, including their speciality, the Scrunch, which is a sweet concoction that is far from healthy.
You can eat in or takeaway. Queue up on the ground floor for takeaway or go downstairs to the small seating area. There are menus posted outside, and it’s advisable to make your choice from these before going in if you are having the takeaway option, as the queue moves quickly and most people are on their lunch breaks so in a hurry. If the weather is good, it’s a great place to get some food to take away to eat in Covent Garden piazza or a park.
The staff can sometimes be a bit surly, but are all knowledgeable about what is in each dish, so can answer any questions you have.
One of their special offers is a mixed salad and quiche, and each of these dishes is enough for a meal in itself and far too much just for lunch. The stir-fried vegetables and rice option is always on the menu, but it’s rather bland. Go for something more adventurous instead. The other main courses are usually things like curries, bakes, and stews, but often with an international twist. Mains cost around £4, which is pretty good value for this part of London.
From journal Beyond the Tourist Traps in London