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Food & Drink

L’Eat le lunch

Lilly’s Lunches isn’t the only way to have a midday meal delivered by bike.

A spinoff of nearby Paese, L’Eat Express (410 Adelaide West, at Spadina, 416-601-9226, leatexpress.com, rating: NNN) has been offering free delivery with a minimum $75 order by specially designed tricycle since February. Maybe a bit pricey if you only want a $6.50 grilled cheese, but for an office of six in the delivery zone – Queen West to Wellington, Portland to John – on those days when you’re stuck at work, it’s virtually a Value Meal.

A very good curried chicken salad studded with bits of apple comes sandwiched between slices of nutty Ace Bakery raisin bread, while deli roast beef with caramelized onion and a kick of horseradish arrives on house-baked focaccia (both $7.50). One bite of a veggie pizza slice with a thick whole wheat crust ($3.50) explains why it always sells out.

Though L’Eat’s Cobb salad – roast turkey, crumbled bacon, avocado and hard-boiled egg on mesclun laced with radicchio in blue cheese dressing ($10.50) – sticks to tradition, a daily special of grilled strip loin ($12) could lose its overly aggressive Indo spice rub. No faulting its sides of wild rice and lemony edamame salads, though. Regulars get them along with spicy rapini and roasted beets in cider vinaigrette as a terrific mix ‘n’ match salad for two bucks per 100 grams.

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