Eating out is expensive

At least in London, which got named most expensive dining capital in the world, by restaurant rating company Zagat earlier this week.

Dinner for one with a single drink in the U.K. capital costs 39.09 pounds ($79.44), compared with 35.10 pounds in Tokyo, which has slipped behind Paris, at 35.37 pounds. Meals in New York and Los Angeles cost 19.30 pounds and 15.63 pounds, respectively.

I couldn’t agree more, but than everything in central London is expensive. Food, drinks, hotels, tickets, housing etc and it all come from the last couple of years booming economy. London is not the second most costly city to live in after Moscow.

But having spent a bit of time in London over the last years I’ve now learned as soon as you leave the city centre one can find very good and cheap food. The last example being Culture Grub down in Waterloo where we had five different dishes and three beers and only paid £30. So a bit of a walk always helps if one wants to save money.