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in places which might seem pricier. At Spoon just off the Royal Mile in Edinburgh and Kember 8. Jones on Byres Road in Glasgow there's some classy food on offer, but you can still sit in and eat an excellent sandwich or soup for under a fiver. It will be satisfying because
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Meadows in Edinburgh offers a terrific range of fruit juices made from exotic fruits such as red guava.
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Glasgow Mon—Wed, Fri/Sat * Café Lava 8.303m—6pm; Thu 24 St Andrews Street 8.30am- 7pm; Sun 0747 553 7723 70.30am--5pm. Mon—Fri 8am—6pm; A small wonder amid Sat/Sun 70am—5pm. the mega fast food Faultless cafe food. brands of Princes Mall, including just-baked Some Thing Thai cookies. tasty soups. stands Out from its H great value sandwiches immediate competitors s; and coffee blended thanks to its fresh ": specially for the cafe. ingredients. ‘1": * Kember & Jones * Embo 734 Byres Road 29 Haddington Place 0141337 3857 0737 652 3880 Mon—Fri 9am— 7pm,- Sat Mon-Fri 7. 30am—4pm; 4* Qam—o‘pm; Sun Sat 9am—4pm; 5,; 70am—6pm. closed Sun. Great _ Slightly pricier than sandwiches. salads - some. but it's the and wraps are prepared quality and variety of to order in this popular “1 s i the ingredients that deli-style cafe. The f ‘5 o c 8 really mark out this coffee's great too. “ ‘ ’ excellent cafe’. fir Spoon ,. Be kind to your body and your wallet at the same time. Donald Reid * Tapa Come a 75 Blackfriars Street - r - , Bakehouse 0737 556 6922 T i picks out some wholesome options which also offer great value. 2, White/W Street Mom. 98mm”); Sm or the vast majority of f it's good. You will enjoy eating it. It both cheap and healthy. Indeed. Dennistoun, 07 47 554 7 0am—5pm; closed 3 us. eating healthily will taste of something real. most of the world's great cuisines 9987, Mon—Fri Sun. Owned by one of 5 need have nothing to ' Compare this with a ‘value' two- are about making imaginative use 8am—6pm; Sat Scotland's most 1‘ do with diet plans, fat- course lunch for £7.50 at a of cheap ingredients that will Bani—4pm; Sun talented chefs. this a: 1! free ready meals or pills and nearby greasy spoon — it might fill sustain you through a day's 70am—4pm.Plenty of jewel of a cafe offers a ' g potions. It's about good everyday you up. but with what? physical labour — take the people are crossing constantly changing choices. By tending towards What any serious sandwich ‘peasant' cooking of Tuscany or Glasgow to get their selection of simply places which offer freshly made. consumer will tell you is that the Provence. One reason Asian bread from this organic excellent cafe food. A natural. good quality food. you'll heart of good sandwich is good cuisine has been so readily dream of a bakery. bit more expensive than end up eating in a healthier. more bread. At Tapa Coffee & embraced is because of its clean * Grassroots Café some. but the food's ‘ balanced way. Just as i Bakohouse in the East End of flavours and freshness. and for 93—97 St George '3 worth every penny. ' importantly, you're getting better Glasgow, and Hondarsons. that cheap but healthy food it's worth Road. 0747 333 0534 * Henderson’s 5 value for what you spend. ! Edinburgh institution, they make keeping places like Wagamama Mon—Fri 70am— 94 Hanover Street r-j . g Take a small, independent cafe’ I their own bread and make it (pictured above) in Glasgow in 9.45pm; Sat/Sun 0737 225 2737 .1 like Caié Lava near Glasgow properly — in days rather than mind. In Edinburgh. it's mam—3.45pm, Mon-1F II 1 Cross or Embo on Leith Walk in : hours — and it is far more encouraging to see that local 5— 70pm. Cajun fries. 7am— 70. 30pm; Sat t Edinburgh. Integrity is a big part of nutritious and tasty as a result. independent restaurant Thai Me big veggie burgers and 83777—70. 30pm. C/osed 5 things here. ‘We care about what On the subject of cheap Up was bold enough to open up coconut green Thai Sun. it we make and how we make it,‘ is i ingredients. we often seem to a fast-food outlet in Princes Mall. curry form the The oldest veggie the philosophy at Cafe Lava. even 3 miss the happy coincidence that right alongside MacDonalds and backbone of this well- restaurant in the - " though their main lines are simply some of our cheapest food is also KFC. Some Thing Thai is not loved vegetarian cafe in country. this New Town A breakfast. soup and takeaway the most naturally healthy. Fruit high-end Thai food. but for [3.99 the West End. institution has a loyal g_.-j§’ sandwiches. Eat in places like this 3 and veg. Veggie cafes like you'll get a feed that's finger * Wagamama and devoted clientele '-' if and you know who made the 3 Grassroots at Charing Cross licking, happy and healthier than 97—703 West George thanks to its Wide sandwich: yOU're IOOking at them. i Glasgow are often an excellent the obvious choices. Street, 07 47 229 7 468 selection of salads and You know when it was made: after 3 choice for healthy, great tasting “ .‘ Mon—Sat noon—7 7pm; hot meals. you placed your order. And we're food that's also well priced. Sun 72. 30— 70pm. * Brazilian talking the same price as a Unless. that is. you think Fast food. Japanese- Sensation Q. cellophane-packaged petrol- something heavy like a steak style, in this Glasgow 7 77~7 79 Brice/alien -;_'. I. ’3 station ‘mega-deal'. sandwich and chips is going to branch of the Street, 0737 667 0400 4. '2 The same principles apply even set you up nicely for an international restaurant Mon~Sat, I 7.30am—
5pm.- closed Sun. Great value home cooking includes big rolls and baguettes in the daytime. and vast ponions of dishes Such as fejoiada. a creamy black bean stew that's a staple in Rio.