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It's too hot in London to eat a heavy meal. Holidays are taking up our budget on travel costs. How to eat in the open air and economically?
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In London in July 2018 everybody is enjoying the heatwave. 78 F. 26 C. Light summer clothes. Light colours. Lightweight.
Easier to pack - sleeveless tops, shorts, bikis. You need sunglasses, sunshade or sunhat, and suncream. But in air con cars and hotels or hotel bedrooms you might want a long-sleeved night gown. You might also want a brimmed hat and long sleeves and leggings and socks if you are hiding your skin from damaging sunlight and mosquitos - or if you had to much sun yesterday and your skin now look like a pink and white cherry or a crumpled, wrinkled walnut. Now that we are dressed, let's take a stroll along the nearest High Street.
Indoor Open Window Eating
Hatch End High street (just down the road from Pinner and Harrow) is typically London, but more so, with about twenty eating places all in walking distance. The restaurants are on both sides of one short High Street. The two sides of the road linked by a pedestrian crossing in the middle, with lights to stop traffic. Along Hatch End High Street I found at least three restaurants with either windows or doors open.
If you want to sit in the sun, try the sunny side:
Costa,
Mosfilo (Greek and fish),
Izgara (Turkish grills),
Steak restaurant (evenings),
Chuck (upmarket burgers and drinks);
Sakonis Indian, and on the corner
Porta Grande Italian in the former Fellini.
Towards the railway station at the end, you will find outdoor seating at the front of the Wetherspoons pub. If you don't mind vehicles, you can watch passers-by and traffic. Alternatively, walk through the pub to the back garden for benches around tables amid grass and trees.
We sometimes have to yo-yo from one table to another to avoid smokers. We once swapped garden tables twice, then, having had enought sunshine, ended up inside.
Next door to Wetherspoons, a large pizza place also has a back garden often open (if they have enough staff).
On the other side of the road, you can sit in the shade indoors with cooling open windows and doors at several restaurants:
Black Pepper
Dona Teresa, Italian, or
Casa Mia, Italian.
For more on Casa Mia see my later post.
Useful Websites
visitbritain.org
visitengland.com
visitlondon.com
temperature in london
jdwetherspoon.com
casamiarestaurant.org.uk
It's too hot in London to eat a heavy meal. Holidays are taking up our budget on travel costs. How to eat in the open air and economically?
Answers
In London in July 2018 everybody is enjoying the heatwave. 78 F. 26 C. Light summer clothes. Light colours. Lightweight.
Easier to pack - sleeveless tops, shorts, bikis. You need sunglasses, sunshade or sunhat, and suncream. But in air con cars and hotels or hotel bedrooms you might want a long-sleeved night gown. You might also want a brimmed hat and long sleeves and leggings and socks if you are hiding your skin from damaging sunlight and mosquitos - or if you had to much sun yesterday and your skin now look like a pink and white cherry or a crumpled, wrinkled walnut. Now that we are dressed, let's take a stroll along the nearest High Street.
Indoor Open Window Eating
Hatch End High street (just down the road from Pinner and Harrow) is typically London, but more so, with about twenty eating places all in walking distance. The restaurants are on both sides of one short High Street. The two sides of the road linked by a pedestrian crossing in the middle, with lights to stop traffic. Along Hatch End High Street I found at least three restaurants with either windows or doors open.
Fish and chips, dine inside, dine outside, or take away, at Sea Pebbles. Photo by Angela Lansbury.
If you want to sit in the sun, try the sunny side:
Costa,
Mosfilo (Greek and fish),
Izgara (Turkish grills),
Steak restaurant (evenings),
Chuck (upmarket burgers and drinks);
Sakonis Indian, and on the corner
Porta Grande Italian in the former Fellini.
The front of Wetherspoons pub, The Moon and Sixpence, always celebrating something. I took this photo last St Patrick's Day.
Towards the railway station at the end, you will find outdoor seating at the front of the Wetherspoons pub. If you don't mind vehicles, you can watch passers-by and traffic. Alternatively, walk through the pub to the back garden for benches around tables amid grass and trees.
We sometimes have to yo-yo from one table to another to avoid smokers. We once swapped garden tables twice, then, having had enought sunshine, ended up inside.
Next door to Wetherspoons, a large pizza place also has a back garden often open (if they have enough staff).
Hatch End station with its clock and weather vane. Photo by Angela Lansbury.
Black Pepper
Dona Teresa, Italian, or
Casa Mia, Italian.
For more on Casa Mia see my later post.
Useful Websites
visitbritain.org
visitengland.com
visitlondon.com
temperature in london
jdwetherspoon.com
casamiarestaurant.org.uk
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