Traveling to UK, give me healthy food suggestions.

Plenty of places offer "light" menus. Loads of them highlight meals under 500cal, but a lot of chains now post the calorie information online so you can check anyway.

I can't offer specific places because I don't know where in London you're going to be, but you won't struggle for lighter options! You must try some of our stodgy foods while you're here though!

Chains Wagamama and Pizza Express have lighter options/nutritional info online. Nandos probably does too. In general in the UK the portions are smaller than the US. London also has loads of vegan/health conscious restaurants.

This article has lots of suggestions: https://www.countryandtownhouse.co.uk/food-and-drink/best-healthy-restaurants-london/

London is a lot NYC in terms of restaurant/food choices. There will be plenty of healthy options available. But if you want to fit in extra calories take the opportunity to do a lot of walking. Central London is very walkable.

I'm a Londoner too and agree about the Time Out suggestion. If you tell us which part of London you are staying maybe locals can give restaurant suggestions.

Ottolenghi is delicious and healthy but in the price range I save for special occasions. Itsu is a cheap Japanese chain for lunches that also does 50% off all their sushi and salad boxes 30 minutes before closing time in the evenings so is a fantastic deal if you are on a budget. It's not the best sushi in London but we can have a huge takeout sushi feast for two for £10 using their end of day discount.

There are a lot of great healthy, cheap ethnic options but that depends on the neighbourhood.

yirara wrote: »

I wish I knew where in London this was: a big community where one could eat authentic vegetarian Indian food. Not those massive amounts of cream based sauces with a bit of meat swimming in but big piles of veggies with a bit of sauce/dry 'sauce'. Super yummy, and not too heavy I'd think.

My guess would be Tooting Bec. Lots of Sri Lankan places there too.

acpgee wrote: »

yirara wrote: »

I wish I knew where in London this was: a big community where one could eat authentic vegetarian Indian food. Not those massive amounts of cream based sauces with a bit of meat swimming in but big piles of veggies with a bit of sauce/dry 'sauce'. Super yummy, and not too heavy I'd think.

My guess would be Tooting Bec. Lots of Sri Lankan places there too.

There are parts of London with big Indian communities and they tend to have the best authentic places, but you’d also have to avoid the tourist trap ‘curry houses”. Wembley/Ealing/southall (NW london) has a big Gujarati community I believe, and there’s good vegetarian there. Bangladeshi community and lots of restaurants on Brick Lane in east London. For modern Indian food which is fresh and exciting I really like Dishoom at Granary Square, which is the new development near Kings Cross station. There’s also Caravan there, which does great modern European sharing plates.

If you find yourself wandering around hipster neighbourhood Shoreditch I would pop into nearby Kingsland Road just south of the Geoffrey Museum. There are a dozen Vietnamese restaurants there, all very healthy, light and affordable. If you want to bring your own wine, Mien Tay (both the cafe and the larger restaurant across the street) and Loong Kee allow that. Corkage fee is around £1 a head for the table.

If you are wandering around the antiques markets of Notting Hill, pop into nearby Westbourne Grove for middle eastern food.

You do have to choose with care on Brick Lane as some of the restaurants are tourist traps with touts lurking outside. The best Punjabi food in the neighbourhood are actually just off Brick Lane itself. These are Tayyabs on Fieldgate Street, Lahore on Commercial Road, Needo Grill on New Road. The Brick Lane area is interesting to explore if you like street art.

For most "chain" places, they have the nutritional info on the price tags - places others didn't mention are pret a manger, EAT or Subway come to mind. TimeOut is your friend, so is Secret London - have a fantastic trip!

I’d second Borough Market, and second advoiding Harvesters like the plague! Lots of independent cafes and delis in London, just get off the tourist trail and you’ll find them on almost every corner.