Takeaway & Fast Food

It probably won’t be a surprise to any of you than when I’m feeling a bit blue food is usually what cheers me up, and for several years now one particular place has always had the desired effect.

One of my fondest childhood memories is going swimming at The King Alfred Leisure Centre, coming out hair all wet and stinking of chlorine, and finding my mum waiting for me with a cone of salty, fat chips, drenched in vinegar. Chips never tasted or smelt as good as they did then and nothing warmed me up as fast either. Until I stumbled across BeFries on West Street, that is.

It’s a great concept “naturally fast food, that both tastes good and does you good”, so I can see why people were hyped that LEON was coming to Brighton. The restaurant chain focuses on seasonal, fresh, nutritious, fast food and opened back at the end of September, with an ‘all guns blazing’ PR push.

The days of a food truck just being a burger van in a roadside lay-by are long gone and Brighton now boasts many offering quality food. One that has really built a reputation for itself is, ‘The Real Italian Pizza Company’.

I was feeling incredibly lazy. I fancied pasta but wasn’t even prepared to take the time to cook the simplest of meals so I decided to give new restaurant Edendum ago. Let’s just say, hindsight is a wonderful thing!

Of the 49 countries I have been lucky enough to visit, Italy ranks near the top of all-time favourites. With a rich history, jaw-dropping architecture, glorious weather, friendly people and most of all mouth-watering food.

After a couple of days feeling under the weather my appetite was back with a vengeance. Still not sure how much I could eat at once, I was keen for food I could graze on that wasn’t overly spicy. We had planned on visiting Hen for a meal the week before to use some Good Money vouchers Eshé had been given by work.

Disembark at Brighton station these days and you’re greeted with not only the city’s eclectic mix of characters going about their daily lives but also the pungent smell of Indian spices that may have you wondering if you have in fact arrived in Delhi.

My takeaway choices of the last few weeks, whilst generally very good, hadn’t been overly healthy. When a friend of mine on a strict diet came over for a catch-up, it presented a great opportunity to see if she could stick to the rules of her diet and enjoy some takeout.

Sunday morning had been spent planning a three week trip across India for later in the year. The excitement and anticipation of the trip, along with all the jaw-dropping images packed with colour and food we had been reviewing had left us hungry. There was only one choice of cuisine we wanted: Indian.