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Five to try: Lunch on a budget
14.01.09As we try to save money in these lean months, lunch can easily turn into slim pickings. To avoid the daily canteen sandwich and Diet Coke trap, we've found five of the best places in London to pick up a credit-crunch lunch this month...
Square Pie
The offer: the 5iver Fortnight began at Square Pie on Monday because, they say, “it's officially the most depressing fortnight of the year”. Download a voucher and get £2 off the usual price of a pie meal — comprising any classic pie, fresh mash, peas and gravy — until 25 January.
Where: branches at Canary Wharf, Selfridges, Spitalfields Market, Euston, Westfield and Twickenham.
www.squarepie.com
Leon
The offer: the lunchtime Winter Warmer special includes Moroccan meatballs with organic rice and slaw, hummus, flatbread and a lemon or blackcurrant quencher drink for £6.95 until April.
Where: Branches at Carnaby Street, Spitalfields Market, Regent Street, The Strand, Bankside, Cannon Street, Ludgate Circus.
www.leonrestaurants.co.uk
My Old Dutch
The offer: with the Monday Madness offer you can choose any pancake for £5 — on Mondays only, of course. Try a creamed spinach and cheese pancake with ratatouille, which usually costs £8.95.
Where: branches in Kensington, Holborn, Chelsea and Ealing.
www.myolddutch.com
Pizza Express
The offer: two-for-one takeaway and eat-in lunches are available until 29 January including the famous Sloppy Giuseppe pizza.
Where: all branches including Victoria, Strand, Haymarket, Bow Street, Soho, London Bridge and St Paul's.
www.pizzaexpressoffers.co.uk
EAT
The offer: the Light Lunch Meal Deal, reduced from £5.82 to £4.95, is available throughout January. It includes a healthy Rainbow-Sprouted Salad, a bottle of Sip water and a reduced-fat yoghurt with blueberry and pomegranate compôte, so you can slim while you save.
Where: all branches, including Oxford Street, Fenchurch Street, Tottenham Court Road and Heathrow Airport.
www.eat.com
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I stumbled across LJ Coffee House on Winnett Street in Soho and got a sandwich, beautiful handmade piece of cake and a cappuccino for a £5! Excellent value for money - and the coffee was stunning.
- Anthony Stuart, London
I had a tiffin lunch at Rooburoo recently and it was sumptuous! Must try, in Angel
- Sonya Kher, Maidstone, England
