Paddington Lunch Box

Tag: salads

  • Vapiano, Paddington

    Vapiano, Paddington

    A brief story about Vapiano, but first…ahhh don’t you love it when you arrive on the platform and your tube leaves…and the next one is in a mysterious amount of time that ends up being nearly 20 minutes. 🤬

    Another one of those commutes but at least ordering my lunch at Vapiano was blissfully simple. Order on an app, pay on the app and it turns up 10 minutes later. Super smooth and perfect for lunchtime.

    Menu at Vapiano

    The menu pretty much consists of pasta, pizza and salad – I went for the latter, and there is a lunchtime deal for just £9.95 on selected dishes. 😎

    I had the chicken Caesar salad…not an especially high amount of chicken, maybe a quarter of a chicken breast, but tons of kale, of course.

    Chicken Caesar salad, plenty of parmesan on top

    It actually worked well, the cheese, light dressing and the edible croutons made a good match. Would have loved more chicken but I guess that’s why they try to upsell on the app.

    Rating of 7.3 out of 10.

    I’d go back… colleagues eating pizza and gnocchi, respectively, seemed happy too.

    Wall with a sign "recipes are made to be broken" in a modern looking place
  • Laurents

    Laurents

    This week I went to Laurents, which is my kind of lunch spot if every I saw one. On the outside anyway.

    Outside Laurents

    Inside was a selection of Italian-inspired sandwiches – panini’s, focaccia bread sandwiches, etc. Plus a selection of salads which may have been more appealing were it not still freaking cold in late April.

    Plus in the back was a cute little seating area.

    A selection of paninis

    Yet my panini disappointed due to a lack of filling. What prosciutto there was was deliciously nutty with depth, along with a little tomato.

    But half of it simply had no filling.

    The minimal filling of my panini

    I wanted to love Laurents, and I suspect if I go again, have a summer salad then I’d leave with more joy than winning the office desk lottery.

    Alas 5.5 out of 10.