London is good for rambling around but it can be a bit overwhelming as it is just so big and there are so many places to go. As I lay in bed on a Saturday morning drinking my tea and eating my toast and considering my options, the obvious way to go is to plan my day around where I want to eat. I know not everyone is as gluttonous as I, but I think we all need nourishment, so why settle for a shop bought sandwich made by unloving hands?

On this occasion I actually had a few things to do in Oxford Street (Primark mooching), Soho (bamboo steamer purchasing) and Covent Garden (I forget, but something equally pressing), so I decided to get something at the vegetarian café ‘Food For Thought’ in Covent Garden. I had heard good things about the place and reviews seemed to summarize a wholesome, tasty, cheap and ever-changing menu, which sounded good to me.

The café itself, you could almost miss. Cosy is an understatement, but it serves its purpose and the smells from the front door stopped us from turning our backs on the bustle within. Our timing was all wrong and next time I would definitely avoid peak lunch time, as the place was really busy and chances of getting a seat were quickly dashed when we peeked downstairs. Luckily you can take out anything on the normal menu and the good thing about Food For Thought is you can see over the counter into the kitchen and ogle at the dishes, which really helped me make my choice!

I ended up getting a roasted vegetable and cheese quiche and salad, which seems like a boring choice but if you saw it you would understand. The waitress put a gooey slab of this into a container for me and I felt obliged to have a selection of salad as it looked so fresh and my quiche so cheesy. I can’t really sum up the food from my one little meal, but what I had was really good. For some people there may have been a bit too much cheese in the quiche, but that has never been a problem for me and you can’t please everyone! I think the emphasis here is freshness and flavour and cooking food that tastes really home made and filling, which is quite hard to come by when you are ambling around between shops.