-- Posted by tell me again at 9:58 pm on Nov. 22, 2008 In the large cities, is it easy to buy (reasonably healthy) cheap food on the go? I wanna know this for planning my budget. I'm thinking about corner stores where you can grab a sandwich or roll or salad. Examples about what i consider easy: Extremely easy: Asian cities where you can buy hot meals on the street without much of a line Easy: New York, where you can always find somewhere to get a sandwich (convenience stores, starbucks, subway, mcdonalds)   Pretty easy: Downtown LA, where you can find stuff but you might have to walk a block or so, not just anywhere you happen to be   Not easy: Kansas. Wtf.   -- Posted by musicfan3 at 10:00 pm on Nov. 22, 2008 Hahaha I would think so. -- Posted by tell me again at 10:02 pm on Nov. 22, 2008 Come to think of it.. I wouldn't consider LA "easy"... not all corner stores had food that you can unwrap and eat. And 1 block in LA is like.. infinitely long. -- Posted by tell me again at 10:14 pm on Nov. 22, 2008 Where are you, UK people? -- Posted by Arguia at 5:51 am on Nov. 23, 2008 There are a LOT of places you can grab sandwiches, rolls and salads. Supermarkets tend to be good places to go, cheap and they do healthy lines. There are other places too... quite a few of the places you mention are over here (e.g. starbucks). I never have a problem finding stuff for lunch wherever I go. Depending where you go you can also find cafes that do nice sandwiches at reasonable prices. -- Posted by Arguia at 5:52 am on Nov. 23, 2008 Quote: from tell me again at 6:14 am on Nov. 23, 2008 Where are you, UK people? At 6:14am? Asleep. xD -- Posted by LeanneS at 2:55 pm on Nov. 23, 2008 Yes. well here it is anyway. Every second shop is a food place and relatively cheap. -- Posted by The Samsoniteman at 3:05 pm on Nov. 23, 2008 Yes, but it's not the cheapest option. Go to a supermarket and buy enough bread and sandwich stuff for the length of your stay rather than forking out so many euros on bought sandwiches. For the love of god don't go to McDonalds or Starbucks. -- Posted by tell me again at 6:35 pm on Nov. 23, 2008 Thanks guys. I'm not gonna make sandwiches while I'm moving from place to place every day. Starbucks sandwiches and salads suck, but at least they were easy to find. I love mcdonalds. Their salads are huge, fresh and can do for lunch or dinner. And the "snack roll" is alright too. So is their breakfast. And coffee. Don't hate McD just because it's McD. -- Posted by Scottish Gal at 1:14 pm on Nov. 24, 2008 Theres load of fast food places in the UK you can grab food on the go for relatively cheap. Try Gregg's they do the best sandwiches and you'll pay about £2.99 on average for one. -- Posted by musicfan3 at 7:51 am on Nov. 25, 2008 The UK has bad food I heard. No one ever talks about London cuisine as something special. Go watch Bizarre Foods on the Travel Channel the UK's Episode. -- Posted by tell me again at 11:58 am on Nov. 25, 2008 I'm not going to UK, I just thought UK was the biggest European lot on LW, and who may have travelled to other parts in Europe. I'm going to Spain, Italy and France. -- Posted by MaryLin at 1:30 pm on Nov. 25, 2008 We don't have many corner stores here in Estonia, just supermarkets (which are cheaper than corner stories anyway). I've seen the same thing around Europe in the countries I've been to (Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany). Big supermarkets in different parts of cities, but not like every few blocks. There are some smaller shops in Poland and Germany though, then again not every few blocks. But there are always places on the road! -- Posted by airemaye at 6:24 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 LMAO at your opinion of Kansas. Sorry about that. -- Posted by GoloSLB at 6:35 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 In London there's this chain called pret a something (don't remember some french name) and its pretty good for that. -- Posted by maggie666 at 5:33 am on Dec. 20, 2008 for example in Poland you can find very small shops there you can buy alvays very fresh health and cheep food also supermarkets like everybudy knows and fast-foods -- Posted by piejesu at 1:30 pm on Dec. 22, 2008 Careful with the corner stores, that shit adds up fast, you find yourself going into corner stores for your 3 meals a day and for snacks/drinks because its so convenient...for me, with cigarettes, I was spending $20-40 a day in those damn corner stores on a lot of trips. -- Posted by LoveKay at 3:08 pm on Dec. 22, 2008 Where I'm from, not really. But fast food is cheaper. -- Posted by tell me again at 1:42 am on Jan. 3, 2009 Supermarkets actually work out quite well. So far I've been to: Rome, Florence, Venice, Paris. All big/touristy cities so it's been pretty convenient. Next to: Barcelona, Madrid. Possibly Nice.