
25.05.2011 / Food & Leisure
Fast & good
Fast food and a healthy diet: must these actually be two worlds apart? While having a quick meal once meant resigning oneself to greasy and unhealthy recipes made with mysterious ingredients, fast food restaurants are now taking new shapes to meet the needs of lunch breakers looking for quality.
TURIN
M**Bun
Despite mimicking the world’s most famous fast food chain (M**Bun stands for “Mac Bun”, the local dialect for “so good”) Italy’s first “slow fast food” offers strictly zero mile food: hamburgers with local meat, naturally leavened bread, non-frozen fries, fresh vegetable soups, artisan beer, yogurt, cheese and desserts.
MADRID
Fast good
A creature of star chef Ferran Adrià, this chain (with four restaurants in town) aims at elevating the fast food concept by offering hamburgers made with high-quality national meat, fresh salads, sandwiches and Spanish bocadillos.
NEW YORK
Energy Kitchen
With 12 locations in New York City, Energy Kitchen is famous for serving non fried foods, just baked, steamed or grilled, and nothing over 500 calories. Dishes include low-fat breakfasts, salads, soups, burgers and other sides such as sweet mashed potatoes, steamed vegetables or brown rice.
LONDON
Eat
Born as a family company, this healthy fast food chain has now so many locations in town that they made an iPhone app to help you locate your nearest restaurant. The formula is easy: sanwiches, pies, soups, salads and desserts to be eaten in or taken away, with lots of vegetarian options.
BERLIN
Witty’s
Witty’s stall in Wittenbergplatz (right opposite KaDeWe) has set the first example of organic street food in Germany. Even more significantly, what they sell is currywursts and fries – along with homemade mayo and other specialty sauces.
PARIS
Cojean
A new healthy fast food concept with ten locations in town, offering fruit juices, vegetable juices, soups, salads, quiches, pasta and sandwiches in a zen décor. You can take your pick among the self-serve items, which change regularly depending on what’s in season, to eat in or take away.




