Dining out at restaurants is a fairly easy experience once you know what you are looking for.  I will cover a few different cuisine types, with Lebanese and Turkish coming out on top as the most enjoyable and most suitable for an alkaline night out.

Turkish/Lebanese

You can’t go too wrong with this type of cuisine as they use a lot of vegetables and 100% alkaline condiments.  Choose wisely for an 80/20 selection and eat to your hearts content.

* Hummus Beiruty – Hummus with lemon juice, hot pepper and parsley

* Hommus Balela- chickpeas with lemon juice, olive oil & garlic

* Tabouleh – Parsley, tomatoes, lemon juice, mint, crushed wheat (or quinoa) and olive oil

* Stuffed Vine Leaves – stuffed with rice, parsley, mint, tomato, lemon juice & olive oil

* Foul Madamas – Broadbeans with lemon juice, olive oil & garlic

* Lentil Soup

* Salads – Spicy Salad, Tomato & Onion, Fattoush, Mixed Vegetables

80/20 Meals – better options for fuller meals

* Lamb with Vegetables, Chicken with vegetables, Stuffed Cabbage

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Thai

** Remember to ask for your meals prepared with no sugar

* Veges stir fried with ginger/chillies/onion/sweet basil and other herbs or tofu

* Stir Fry mixed veges, Stir fried broccoli (they do it nice and light)

80/20 Meals

* Red and Green Vegetable/Tofu Curries come out on top, even with a little bit of rice, this is the best option

* Pad Thai noodles with vegetables

* Tom Yum soups

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Chinese

** Remember to ask for your meals prepared with no msg

* Mixed vegetables, Choi Sum, Pak Choi, Stir fry bean sprouts, Stir fry french beans, Stir fry broccoli

* San Choi Bow

80/20 Meals

* Prawns/Chicken/Beef with mixed veges

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Indian

Usual Indian restaurant fare is not that fantastic for alkalising, high in oils and other trans fatty acids (the fried stuff), sugars and full fat sauces.  So choose carefully.

* Channa Pindi – chickpeas prepared with onions & tomatoes

* Mixed Vegetable Curry

* Baingan Bhurta – grilled aubergines sauteed with onions, tomatoes, chilli’s and ginger

* Mixed Salad

80/20 Meals

* Dal Makhani – Urad Dal and red kidney beans flavoured with cumin seeds

* Vegetable Biryani (yum)

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Italian

Salad of chicory hearts

Mixed Vegetable Soup

Wild Chicory Salad with capers & anchovies

Endive Salad with Pear

Green beans with olive oil

Broccoli, garlic and chilli

80/20 Meals

Crab & Avocado salad with tomato dressing

Mozzarella with avocado, tomato & basil

Lentil Soup

Vegetable Pasta

Fish with steamed/grilled vegetables

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French

* Mixed Salad

* Broccoli, Cauliflower and Celeriac casserole

* Asparagus with tomato & herb dressing

80/20 Meals

* Smoked Salmon & Asparagus

* Fish with baby vegetables

* Tomato salad with black olive oil, basil & red onion

* Cauliflower croquette with vegetables

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Spanish

* Large Gordal olives with olive oil & orange

* Salted Marcona almonds

* Spicy toasted broad beans

* Catalan spinach with pinenuts and raisins

* Green salad

80/20 Meals

* Spinach omelette

* Pan fried Seabass with beetroot and orange salad

* Tomatoes, tuna and beetroot sprouts

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Japanese

* Sashimi with avocado & Salad

Japanese is quite easy being able to choose whatever you want to be made on the spot. Great for 80/20 meals out!