Summer Lunching, Happened so Fast

It’s almost time to get our umbrellas out, dig out the coats we thought would be redundant for the next few months, and convince ourselves that the unseasonably bitter wind and accompanying downpour aren’t ruining our day out at the beach: that’s right, it’s summertime! Time for pasty white bodies to be seared a juicy pink; for orange, streaky torsos to be unleashed without warning or invitation upon poor unsuspecting shoppers - yes, we’re a strange lot when it comes to summer, we don’t quite know how to handle it. But one thing we’re pretty good at these days is summer scran.

Gone are the days when summer menus meant salad and only salad. And gone are the days when that salad was half an iceberg, a quartered rock-solid tomato, and some random shapes of cucumber. Apart from anything else, it’s practically written in law now that every meal be at least 30% avocado, and you must photograph your meal