10 of the UK’s best places to buy a takeaway picnic – readers’ tips | Food and drink

Successful tip: Therapeutic curry, north Devon

A little bit hut/cafe seems on the seaside in March annually in Woolacombe, north Devon (it’s beginning simply earlier than Easter this 12 months). Away from the bustle of the principle vacationer seaside, the cafe is on a smaller, calmer Barricane seaside, and within the night it serves Sri Lankan curry – which is tough to return by in Devon. There’s one thing therapeutic about consuming Sri Lankan delicacies, listening to the sound of the waves, seeing the solar go down and watching the spectacular swimmers. Curry evenings are decided by the climate and introduced on Instagram: @barricanecafe. Deliver towels or folding chairs to sit down on. Cafe 10am-5pm, curries 5pm-7pm, though curries can promote out.
Emily Haynes

Seafront pizza and ice-cream, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Put on

I’m licking my lips simply occupied with this place! Seize a takeaway pizza (from £7.95) from award-winning Di Meo’s (day by day 10am-8pm) on Whitley Bay seafront then go and sit on the newly refurbished promenade and watch all of the completely happy canines and their homeowners enjoying on the gorgeous sandy seaside. Then return to Di Meo’s for an Italian gelato (from £1.95), and stroll alongside the promenade to the lighthouse. Perhaps even go for a paddle, or do a spot of rock-pooling.
Julie Alderson

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Haggis and native scallops, Isle of Harris, Hebrides

On the highway to Luskentyre is Lorna’s Larder (open day by day from midday, closed Solar), a tiny truck parked in a gravel layby by the turn-off to the Golden Road. It’s a welcome spot for a takeaway lunch overlooking the lochs, or it’s a five-minute drive right down to the seaside. In addition to the standard soup and sandwiches, there are some native delicacies on supply. The hand-dived scallops – caught by Lorna’s companion – are an indulgent addition to the menu, and there’s a “Harris Burger” with haggis topping. Flavours of the island pepper this picnic.
Vanessa Wright

North Africa in southside Edinburgh

Picnics provides don’t get higher than the vary of huge Sudanese wraps on the Nile Valley Cafe (6 Chapel Avenue, day by day 11am-9.30pm), one of the best of which is a scrumptious crunchy falafel with salad and their signature spicy peanut sauce. We’ll carry them to the close by Meadows to shovel down earlier than they go chilly. All of the wraps are across the £4 mark, and you’ll seize a gentle drink and a baklava to up the picnicky vibes. It’s a family-run enterprise with no web site (they don’t want one, as each Edinburgh southsider is aware of they’re there). I’ve been visiting for greater than 16 years and it by no means fails to hit the spot.
Rebecca

Cafe for Covid walkers, close to Bury

Buckhurst Lodgeside (Mon-Fri 11am-3pm, Sat-Solar 10am-4pm) is a “walk-only” oasis within the Cheesden valley, between the Pennines and the River Irwell, north of Manchester. The pop-up timber cabin opened within the new 12 months to serve the growing numbers of walkers and cyclists passing by. The lodge itself, now a haven for wildlife, is without doubt one of the many remnants of the early industrial interval to be found within the “forgotten” Cheesden valley. Let’s hope all of the newly energetic folks exploring the native countryside maintain going after Covid to get pleasure from the cold and hot drinks, pies and pastries, in addition to protecting match.
Jim Metcalf

Bengaluru to Bollington, Cheshire

Six days every week (10am-3.30pm, closed Tue) the Indian Goat meals truck units up at Bollington recreation floor, near the Peak District in east Cheshire. Along with beautiful Indian gentle meals it does a wide variety of muffins and drinks, together with sizzling chocolate with cinnamon and marshmallows. There are many benches throughout the well-kept park, and on the playground and skate park inside 50 metres. To work off the energy, the Middlewood Way, a 10-mile strolling, biking, and using route, overlooks the park and the Macclesfield Canal runs shut by. Free parking.
Gary

Decadent picnicking, Oxfordshire

The Sun Café and Bar (day by day 9am-5pm, 10am-5pm Sunday) in our Oxfordshire village of Wheatley has stored us going by means of the various lockdowns. It’s a heat Cotswold stone pub, a brief stroll from picturesque inexperienced fields, the place you possibly can seize a takeaway espresso, brownie or sausage and bacon bap to maintain you occurring the canine stroll. Take the spherical strolling route previous the Spinney as much as Shotover nation park and again once more, stopping for his or her sizzling cinnamon sugar-coated mini doughnuts served with a nutty chocolate dipping sauce. A decadent indulgence we’re all in want of proper now.
Rachel Bearn

Bikers’ hut, Epping Forest

We commonly trip our bikes from the sting of east London into Epping Forest for tea and a well-known regionally sourced sausage sandwich (£4) on the Original Tea Hut (day by day 9am-5pm) close to Excessive Seaside. For greater than 80 years it has been a well-liked spot for motorbikers, in addition to cyclists and walkers. Our favorite lockdown reminiscence is of the solar showing after a soggy stroll by means of the forest in pouring rain: we queued alongside Grayson Perry, who was in full Lycra, amid leather-clad bikers who have been completely unaware of their proximity to a neighborhood – who occurs to be a nationwide treasure.
Susan Fidler

Bijou by title solely, Hampshire coast

Don’t let the title idiot you, the Bijou New Yorker sandwich (£6.50) isn’t small and dainty: it’s layers of salty pastrami and tangy cheese served in a big candy bun, on the Bijou Coffee House (10am-3pm, closed Mon) in Barton on Sea, a stretch of sand and shingle coast with a couple of outlets. It presents a variety of sandwiches, rolls, candy treats, all beneficiant parts, and a robust cup of espresso. You will discover a spot on the seaside and revel in views of the Needles off the Isle of Wight, or enterprise into the New Forest.
Emma Russell

Not-too-distant pasty, Cornwall

By far one of the best Cornish takeaway is the mighty pasty! Now, we’ve tried a couple of and we expect there’s nowhere that fairly compares to Gear Farm Pasties served from the farm store (Wed-Sat 10am-2pm) close to Mawgan. Gear Farm is a family-run enterprise that additionally sells recent natural veg and great brownies and blondies. Pasties come meaty, veggie, tacky or vegan (order forward, they get busy). We like to choose a couple of up earlier than heading on a stroll to close by Tremayne Quay: by the point you’ve walked by means of the woods to the river the pasties are cool sufficient to eat and you’ll chill out on the jetty overlooking the wonderful Helford River.
Layla Astley