Finally hit up a little place I've oft walked past on New Cavendish st on my way to such noted Lunch haunts as makeMINE, Benugo and the Oxford St Benito's Hat.

It's a very small sandwich shop called Daley Bread. A sign outside shouts 'Hot Pork Baps w/ Stuffing and Apple Sauce' and on the reverse, 'Spicy Chicken Kebabs'. The smell is always, as you might expect, tempting.

On venturing inside, some fears were realised. The pork was not steaming, pulled brilliance, it was thinly sliced under a plastic counter - all 'hot' ingredients were microwaved at the back. That said, a large selection of humungous baps and an even longer queue hinted at hidden promise.

After a long wait, I had a soft wholemeal bap, spread with butter, apple sauce, rocket (my extra request) and the pork and stuffing, both of which had been heated on a glass plate.

Eaten al fresco, this was an interesting one. It was a monster, and cost 4 quid. Although not that cheap, it seems so which is more of a sad indictment of current value/food pricing on the streets of our capital. 

It was good, efficient, did the job. I wouldn't go back in a hurry. 

Back at the office I ate the feet and lower body of a surprisingly good dark chocolate Easter Bunny in the Lindt style my Grandpa had given me from a pre-easter Aldi shop.

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But not lewd.

A naked burrito - sans wrap - taken with (and courtesy of) regular burrito colaborator Sebastain de Mountfalcon.

Benny's Tricorne was the destination.

I went for the salad option, with rice and black beans. Then I opted for double meats - grilled chicken and braised pork.

All of the various salad stuffs, including red jalapenos and a huge blob of guac. 

I also had my first go on their extra hot divola salsa. Sour cream and cheese to take the edge off.

A few chips on top and a Corona with slice of lime.

The salsa was mouthscorchingly hot on the first bite but my palate quickly acclimatised. Top salad, company and conversation.

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Today a Lunch Club staple, the 321st tagged sandwich, was enlivened with the bounties of a Saturday shop at Borough market.

Aside from a very light spreading of squeezy Hellmann's light mayo, the first of the three ingredients was the titular south Italian spicy, spreadable spiced pork salami. A truly divine meat, this N'Duja had a medium level of chilli cut through with farmed pork belly. I think it is my most favourite form of meat at the present time.

Sitting on top of the spicy red spread were thinly sliced triangles of Berkswell cheese. Lauded by the founder of La Fromagerie for its prominence amongst world cheese, this slight grittily textured, very nutty cheese was enhanced by a very slight drizzling of honey, and then sandwiched between two slices of Morrison's pumpkin and sunflower seed loaf.

The sandwich was great. I regretted the absence of some leaves when I constructed it in the morning, but upon eating delighted in the simplicity of cheese, bread and meat.

A packet of mature cheese Kettle Chips concluded a exquisite epicurean intro to the week, juxtaposed by several cups of Earl Grey.

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Sunday's dinner was a dish from probably the best vegetarian cookbook since Mr Ottolenghi's soft and squidgey Plenty.

Dennis Cotter's For The Love of Food has some great ideas in there, despite sometimes being overwhelming in the sheer range of flavours on offer. However making a good use of the dwindling supplies of last weeks organic food box made the nigh on impossible choice of choosing a reality. Namely a nice firm caulifower and some leeks of varying size

Caulifower florests were raosted with a lively paste of ginger, garlic, tumeric, coriander (fresh and seeds,lomon juice and cardomon seeds. Whilst this roasted a sweet and soothing pilaf of leeks, ginger garlic cocnut mile and tomatoes added at the last minute.

These two components were given further zest and finesse with a killer salsa of chopped pistachio nuts, green chilli, lemon juice, slat, green pepper, spring onion and coriander.

Quite an array of ingredients skilfully combined in Mr Cotter's recipe, but a trip to @chatsworthroad market (where I'd had another go at Banh Mi 11's catfish!) saw the quality of produce alongside the veg box further elevate the meal. Delicious as it was for dinner, for today's lunch it was in another league. Truly wonderful lunching courtsey of myself if I do say so. Leftovers are back and they are winning.

Doug the Devourer

No lunch to speak of, as today I played in a football tournament from mid-day to the early evening.

We played under the Wembley Stadium arch at the Lucozade Power League. Two bottles of gratis 'new' cherry lucozade (very nice) and a peanut and raisin yorkie, taken for energy before the final group game, consisted of almost all my intake.

We represented, in full regalia, the German team, and after a poor showing in the group, scraping into the plate, we eventually went to the final where, dead on our feet, we lost to England.

I had a single sausage from the BBQ that begun at around 3.30 before the semi final for much needed energy (no bun). We were under sensible captains orders to avoid the burgers til our competition finished. As such I did eat two of those, much later; they weren't lunch.

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Use of the word chef being generous here but special this sandwich most defiantley was.

Pret's ever changing series of sandwiches see's the current flavour as grilled asparus and egg mayonnaise, with mustard, cress and Italian mature cheese (whatever that is).

My colleague was eating one in the minutes leaving up to my intended departure and it looked pretty darn good. Confirmation from my colelague that it had made him happy was all I needed so off I dashed to see (taste) for myself.

Indeed it was very good. The mustard, egg mayo gave a nod to the delicious hallandaise/aspargus combination. Cress being, again, a really good addition to a sandwich. £2.99 was not a bad price either when you compare what some supermarkets charge for their lacklustre 'special range' sandwiches. Drank a coke - full fat.

More of these to come I'm sure.

Doug the Devourer

It's been awhile.

Aside from the odd cheeseburger here and there and a recent double sausage (no egg) mcmuffin, I've not had a full meal from this most consistent of restaurants for some time.

Today, with a free lunch slot, I proposed to Laurence some kind of joined up affair. He proposed McDo. After throwing out a few, largely burrito orientated options, I agreed.

He was repaying me for a recent burrito, and at the counter of the Warren Street Branch I ordered a weekly special - the Chicago. Bacon and a salsa mix with a lot of mayo seemed to be the largely ovoid burgers accoutrements.

I also added in the grid shaped chips - these were lovely, though lower in volume than a large fries but with a tasty southern style coating. The burger itself was good as McDo always is - though a bit slippery ultimately I ate the last bite as disintegration was imminent - i.e. ideal.

I also added a greedy double cheeseburger to my large meal (coke to drink). This, though dependably fat, salty and sweet, was perhaps a burger too far that left me feeling a bit 'done in' for a short while after eating. Especially in light of a football tournament I'm competing in tomorrow. 

Very satisfying return all the same, and eaten too quickly - much like the first fag after a smoker's lengthy absence. 

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Today was a day I'd arranged to have a bite, long overdue, with Claire Scott, friend of the Lunch Club and occasionally titularly referenced. It was grim outside and we both have quite a bit of the old work to do. So it was proposed we dine in the office cafe.

Now I'm not the office cafe's biggest fan. Even when it's doling out free nosh. However I'd already spotted today they were doing some kind of kebab special. Not quite sure what a Pita is - did they hire you to write the menu? But I was wary to say the least. 

My fears were part allayed by the fact they did not take card, and Claire subbed me the £4.20 to cover my food. I joined the queue, and interest was initially piqued by the presence of the kebab-shop staple (of which I am a hearty recent convert) the bright green, pickled chillis. 

I asked, as usual, for loads of meat - and after my pitta (an unusual, almost bread roll styled device) was laden with a very good slaw, the server, shaky of hand though he was, duly dished up lots and lots of rich brown lamb meat into the mix.

Both sauces - chilli and garlic mayo, went on the top, before a side salad was constructed from bags of florette, tomato slices and the aforementioned green chillis (x3).

I further pimped my salad with a few spoonfuls of sunflower seeds and some chilli oil from the bountiful condiment arena. 

Yum. This lamb was amazing. Not sure how they done it, but they managed to pack donner flavours into tender, fibrous and melty lamb. Both sauces were top notch, with an epic zing off the chilli, and the salad did the business. Pickled chillis rise higher in my estimation - what was I doing ignoring these little spicers for so long?

Back at the desk and a cup of tea with a couple of biscuits completed a most surprisingly enjoyable lunch.

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Back to work after a bank holiday morning is always tough. Some of the hardest days of the year them be.

Luckily I was a man equipped.

The remnants, not inconsiderable, of some kind of dinner party that had been got underway during my weekend soujourn to Leiden, exceeded two tupperware containers worth of scran.

You were there, you know the calibre.

Zero chance of any quiche danger striking here.

The monster at the top was best - a superb chorizo, red pepper and cheese deep number. Of almost as good quality was the mint, pea and feta and goats cheese and onion thinner slivers above. In fact typing this has just convinced me to go grab another from the fridge. Lovely.

Potato salad very nice and creamy too. Far from a light lunch, but excellent for it.

Two pieces of slightly battered, clingfilm wrapped Millionaire's shortbread followed. 

E.P.I.C.

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The often mis-spelled Levantine Arabic salad of cous cous, parsely, mint and tomato was my lunch today. I'd made an absoute heap of it last night. Mine had really ripe tomatoes in it, some home grown spring onions and I'd bet far more mint and parsely than your average Brit would throw in (but I expect still less than a Lebanese housewife would add). I also added some diced cucumber. Salt, pepper and Lemon juice were the seasonings.

Delicious

Doug the Devourer