Last month we could already enjoy the first days like spring. Warm rays of sun heated our body and made us come out of or dark and moldy houses. Forgetting about our aims to behave healthier this year, we ran to the icemen, ate lunches on terraces or spontaneously organized a picnic in the park.
It is always nice if you can go out of your house into the fresh air. But this also asks from you to be more creative on the way you get your food. In a city you can settle down on whatever terrace you like. Options are open to you so you can choose everything from simple to fancy. And if you don’t want to sit on a chair you can go to one of the many (city)supermarkets which cater for a as-you-like-it picnic in the park or on a bench along the water.
The beach houses provide usually sea or summer related meals like plates with fish and chips or barbeque grilled meats. The reputation of these restaurants is depends on the service, the atmosphere and only a little on the food they serve. Although it’s getting better since a couple of years the food served is usually not too healthy and certainly not original.
A new spring also means the opening of the season full of festivals. And it is not only the music festivals we could enjoy these days. You can choose to see theatre plays, be part of a sports event, visit an outdoor fair, and so on. There are many options for everyone.
As different as the festivals are, as monotonous is the food on offer. There seems to be a caravan of snack cars touring around all the events in a certain region or country. The food they offer is shit. It is fried, bad quality and usually very expensive. To me, it is one of the reasons to avoid these festivals or at least to make sure that I can have a good lunch. Preferably somewhere near the place where it all happens but in case it is not possible I will bring my own.
Maybe for this season we should plea to the men and woman organizing these festivals to pay more attention to the food department of their event. It is so important to have a good mail when you’re out all day soaking up lots of new impressions. Even though it is not the activity where people come for. And from the people touring around with their snack car we should ask them to be more creative and replace the usual stuff with more original, more healthy and more fulfilling stuff.
Let the spring begin!
