u/jaredce

Inspired by this post:

https://bsky.app/profile/youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com/post/3mtbpvtwm5s2h

> as someone who's out and about quite a lot I'd like to call it now and say that, while it was always quite hard, it's now officially no longer possible to find a lunch in (centralish) London that's broadly affordable, broadly healthy and broadly tasty, and god that's really tough for morale

What are the below £10 lunches in centralish London that are affordable, healthy and tasty?

There are some ideas for covent garden here: https://www.reddit.com/r/LondonFood/comments/1tdojik/healthy_cheap_lunch_around_covent_garden/

but if you're the other side of oxford street, you might not want to schlepp to covent garden.

£64

Just tap water

Smashed Cucumber Salad

Fallow Siracha Honey Wings

Smoked Korean BBQ Wings

Chicken Salt Fries

House Kim hi Slaw

Strawberry Eton Mess Soft Serve

Think I have to realise that I'm not a fan of wings covered in sauce, instead preferring to add my own sauce as I go. Would have preferred some hot sauce to go with these (I didn't ask), otherwise perhaps a bit too on the sweet side.

That said, the chicken was very good. Not dry at all, the skin under the sauce has crispy and had a great bite to it and there was plenty of meat to get stuck into.

I've had better smashed cucumber salads, I feel like I might make better at home. It lacks the potency of the chilli and harshness of the vinegar followed by the coolness of the cucumber. That said, decent chunks of cucumber.

Chicken salt fries, maybe too much salt, and maybe too many dregs of fries. Very crisp though. Whether it's the crunch of the chicken batter or the crispness of the fries, they know how to cook.

Good chunks of strawberry in the Eton mess, good chucks of meringue, but I want more meringue or maybe some of those big chunks smashed up a bit more.

Great service, lovely wait staff.

Been there, enjoyed it for the most part, don't need to go again.

These have been my go to beaters since I got them. That rip has been there for a while now. Love these.