Here at Londonist we love to indulge in all sorts of devilishly scrumptious treats. However, we know healthy, conscientious eating is the key to a happy life. Quinoa, according to its Wikipedia entry, is a pseudocereal (rather than a true cereal) grown primarily for its edible seeds, originally cultivated around 6000 years ago in the Andes and held sacred by the ancient Incas. It’s tasty too, especially when prepared in a salad by Exmouth......

Let Londonist help you celebrate one of Britain’s most cherished traditions, the Sunday Lunch. The Flask 77 Highgate West Hill, N6 6BU Nearest Tube: Highgate 020 8348 7346 11am-11pm (Monday-Saturday); 12pm-10.30pm (Sunday) Expect to Pay: Typically, £8-10 for a main course Rating: 7.5 out of 10 It's a long, thirsty climb up Highgate Hill. Fortunately, it's topped by an oak-paneled treasure box that happens to sell beer, called The Flask. (Not to be confused with......

Welcome to Versus, where Londonist takes like for like and decides which one is more likeable. You don’t need Londonist to tell you how many jerks are on Wardour Street. However, you might require a bit of help deciding which one’s got the best sauce. No, this review isn’t about the peeps sidling between Oxford Street and Shaftesbury Avenue but about Mr Jerk and his rival Jerk City: two competing Caribbean restaurants on the......

Shish 2-6 Station Parade, Willesden Green NW2 4NH 020 8208 9292 11 am – midnight (Monday-Friday) 10:30 am – midnight (Saturday) 10:30 am – 10:30 pm (Sunday) Expect to pay: around £3 for an appetizer, £7 for a main, £6.50 for a cocktail Rating: 8 out of 10 We enjoyed last month's cocktail sampling visit to the Willesden Green location of Shish so much that we decided to see how the restaurant fared around......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. La Bodeguita Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre SE1 6TE Nearest Tube: Elephant and Castle 0870 011 3810 Monday 12:00 noon - 5:00 pm Tuesday - Thursday 12:00 noon - 11:30 pm Friday 12:00 noon - 2:00 am Saturday 12:00 noon - 3:00 am Sunday 12:00 noon - Midnight Expect to Pay: £8-15 for mains (£5 two course lunch deal)......

Let Londonist help you celebrate one of Britain’s most cherished traditions, the Sunday Lunch. The Snooty Fox 75 Grosvenor Avenue, London N5 2NN Nearest Tube/Overground: Highbury & Islington/Canonbury (so close!) 020 7354 0094 Expect to Pay: £7.95 to £10.95 and £12.95 for the legendary "Full Bifter" Rating: 8 out of 10 The Snooty Fox is a perfect lazy, lounging Sunday afternoon boozer. Tucked away by Canonbury Station away from the hustle of Islington the kitchen......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. M Manzes 87 Tower Bridge Road SE1 4TW 020 7407 2985 Nearest Tube: Borough Mon: 11am - 2pm Tue-Thurs: 10.30am - 2pm Fri: 10am - 2.30pm Sat: 10am - 2.45pm Expect to Pay: Between £2.70 and £4.90 for pie and mash, £3.20 for eels and mash. Rating: 9 out of 10 Ahh traditional London fare. Food born out of......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Daddy Donkey Trailer in front of 100-101 Leather Lane EC1 Nearest Tube: Farringdon 0794 074 7676 11am-3pm for (Monday-Friday) Expect to Pay: £5-6 for a massive burrito (erm, we mean “burro”) Rating: 9.5 out of 10 A few weeks back we went burrito taste-testing for our new VERSUS series and, let down by our findings, felt as if we’d......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Palmers 40 Old Street, EC1V 9AE Nearest Tube: Barbican 020 7250 0002 11am-2am (all week) Expect to Pay: 3 pounds for a medium kofta or shish and salad, 2 pounds for humus and salad. Rating: 7.5 out of 10 Yes, we know, this is a kebab shop, a high street kebab shop. Or in this case an Old Street......

Psst. Wanna to know about the bestest, most yummiest cupcakes in all of London? Of course you do. They’re at Bea's of Bloomsbury, a new (as in today’s the first day they’re open to the public) café at 44 Theobald’s Road offering “inspiring cuisine, artisan cakes and pastries and the finest teas and coffees.” Londonist got invited to a private tasting last week and were well chuffed to sample Bea’s delectable offerings. Delicious. Thank......

Let Londonist help you celebrate one of Britain’s most cherished traditions, the Sunday Lunch. The Eagle 159 Farringdon Road EC1R 3AL Nearest Tube: Farringdon 0207 837 1353 12.30pm-3.30pm, 6.30pm-10.30pm (Monday-Saturday) 12.30pm-3.30pm (Sunday) Expect to Pay: We’ve never seen any mains listed for more than £12 on the blackboard Rating: 9.5 out of 10 Having the (dubious?) distinction of being the first pub to call itself a “gastropub,” The Eagle is the sort of place......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. PETITOU 63, Choumert Road, Peckham LONDON SE15 4AR Nearest Station: Peckham Rye PHONE NUMBER: 020 7639 2613 9am – 5.30pm, Tues – Sat; 10am - 5.30pm Sun. Expect to Pay: £5 - £6 for a ‘main course’ Rating: 9 out of 10 Time for South London to get itself on the lunch menu. Petitou is an absolute treasure nestled......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Kastner & Ovens 52 Floral Street WC2E 9DA Nearest Tube: Covent Garden 020 7836 2700 8am-5pm Lunch (Monday-Friday) Expect to pay: about £7 for a hot dish and a slice of cake Rating: 7 out of 10 If you’re working in central London it’s often hard to find decent takeaway food besides the greasy spoon down the road serving......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Coffee, Cake and Kink 61 Endell Street WC2H 9AJ Nearest Tube: Tottenham Court Road 0207 419 2996 11am-8pm for Lunch(Monday-Thursday) 11am-11pm (Friday-Saturday) Expect to Pay: around £7 for a huge cup of coffee and a sizable piece of cake Rating: 8 out of 10 Curiosity doesn’t always kill cats. In fact, when curiosity insisted we poke our lunchtime whiskers......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Here's our look back at the good, the bad and the hungry of 2007. Since starting What’s for Lunch? in May, we have reviewed forty lunch venues throughout London. We tried the arty, the hearty and the terribly farty. We stirred up a bit of controversy with a mildly approving review of an evil hot dog vendor. And, we......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Betjeman’s 44 Cloth Fair EC1A 7JQ Nearest Tube: Farringdon 0207 600 7778 12pm-3pm for Lunch(Monday-Friday) 6pm-9pm for Dinner (Monday-Friday) 12pm-11pm for drinks (Monday-Friday) Map Expect to Pay: £10 or more for lunch Rating: 8 out of 10 Across the street from celebrated Club Gascon (with a list of accolades out its coulis) and hardly more than a belly roll......

“… Christmas turkey pie from Eat.....mmmm..... pie. Can we have a review of that too please?” So pled a Londonist reader in that Pret appreciation thread which sparked up in response to our last What's for Lunch? post. Of course, Londonist isn’t against a little pie every once in awhile. Especially Christmas pie. We’re not massive fans of Eat, but (like Pret) the only thing we can really fault ‘em on is their ubiquity.......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Wahaca 66 Chandos Place WC2N 4HG Nearest Tube: Charing Cross, Covent Garden, Leicester Square 0207 240 1883 12pm-3:30pm, 5:30-11pm (Monday-Saturday) 12pm-3:30pm, 5:30-10:30pm (Sunday) Map Expect to Pay: Most dishes cost around £3.50, platos fuertos (bigger dishes) around £8 Rating: 8 out of 10 “Tender, marinated pork served with smoky black beans, green rice and pink pickled onions.” That’s pork......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Seven Stars 53-54 Carey St WC2A 2JB Nearest Tube: Chancery Lane, Temple 0207 242 8521 11am-11pm (Monday-Friday) 12pm-11pm (Saturday) 12pm-10:30pm (Sunday) Map Expect to Pay: £10 or slightly more for mains Rating: 9.5 out of 10 This week’s What’s for Lunch? finds us back in the pub. And, considering we’re nestled in and having a scrummy meal across from......

Londonist spent all of its money this week getting drunk at its 3rd birthday party. Hopefully, you were one of the many people who decided to join us. As a thank you, London On The Cheap is back (hurrah!) showing you what fun and fabulous free stuff you can entertain yourselves with next week: Sunday: We had an extra hour today so you get an extra day of news from us. Out to Lunch......

Bored of eating your sandwich at your desk or trying to resist heading out to Oxford Street and spending more money than you have in your lunch hour? Well MINI may have the answer as over the last few weeks they've been instigating a series of learning lunches. They've already taught a bunch of people how to lie effectively (!) and this week it's time for a session all about talking your way back......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Indian YMCA Student Hostel 41 Fitzroy Square, London, W1T 6AQ Nearest Tube: Warren Street 020 7387 0411 Lunch served 12pm-2pm (Monday – Friday), 12.30pm-1.30pm (Weekends and Bank Holidays) Visit the restaurant’s website for breakfast and dinner hours Map Expect to Pay: around £5 Rating: 9 out of 10 Two amply filled bowls of curries, a heaping mound of pilau......

The O2 is really putting on some astonishing large-scale music events. The venue is quite exceptional - even punters sat behind Barbara Streisand (so they could only see the back of her head) left her concert singing its praises. The battle with Wembley is clearly well under way as to who is the biggest and best venue - but size isn't everything and at the O2 we're glad to see a programme of free......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Latin Square Restaurant & Havana Bar 43-45 Farringdon Road EC1M 3JB Map Expect to Pay: Around £5 for a Daily Lunch Special Rating: 7 out of 10 Londonist needed an escape from all the rain this week and so visited the Latin Square Restaurant & Havana Bar. It's found just around the corner from Farringdon tube and not hard......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Sfizio Café 35-37 Theobalds Road WC1X 8SP Map Average Lunch Price: £2.70 for one panzarotto Rating: 8 out of 10 Londonist has a confession to make. Several weeks back, when we visited City Snacks for our first What’s for Lunch? review, we were actually planning to grab a quick bite a few doors down at Sfizio Café. Much to......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. F. Cooke 9 Broadway Market E8 4PH Map Average Lunch Price: Under £5 Rating: 9.5 out of 10 The Shady Old Lady’s Guide to London calls this “stalwart” of Broadway Market the “perfect example” of a pie and mash shop, “complete with sawdust on the floors and eels in the window.” Reviews at London Eating are similarly glowing, with......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Kurz & Lang 1 St John St EC1M 4AA Map Average Lunch Price: £5 Rating: 7 out of 10 Londonist recently paid a visit to German fast food eatery, Kurz & Lang, where we sampled the “wurst” meal: Bratwurst, sauerkraut, potato cubes, and a slice of rye bread. All for five quid, it was good value for money. We......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Toku Restaurant (at the Japan Culture Centre) 212 Piccadilly W1J 9HG Map Average Lunch Price: £10 Rating: 8 out of 10 Consistently ranked among the best Japanese restaurants in London (usually noted for its authenticity as in this ItchyLondon listing and this LondonTown.com review), bustling Toku is indeed a noteworthy Piccadilly Circus landmark to keep in mind. And it’s......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Waterside Café Barbican Centre EC2Y 8DS Map Average Lunch Price: £8 Rating: 8 out of 10 There’s no middle ground when it comes to the Barbican. Londoners either love it or hate it. To those readers who love this futuristic concrete wonder, read on. Barbican’s Waterside Café, located lakeside at the Barbican Centre, might not offer the best meal......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Benugo Throughout London Average Lunch Price: £5 Rating: 7.5 out of 10 Snoop around the Internet and you’ll find several references to sandwich shop Benugo’s free WiFi. For example, this post by Gavin Bell suggests that other cafés ‘should take the lead from Benugo and offer free WiFi like they offer free sugar’ because the ‘cost per month of......