Sushi is the new fast food

In an NHS study published this year 90% of men and 92% of women said that 'healthy eating isn't just another fad' but government predictions have suggested there will be a rise in levels of obesity in the future, such that by 2025 almost half of men and over a third of women in the UK are predicted to be obese.

There was a time, not long ago, when all you could buy to eat 'on the go' was a cheese burger or a stodgy sandwich but now there's a gradual shift towards more healthy fast food. Wasabi in Waterloo station has just opened with a fresh, bright design, made memorable with it's splashes of lime green and a beautifully designed staircase which takes up almost half of the tiny unit.



Further out of town, and just down the road from our offices, is Sushi_n at Wimbledon station. A more natural, cosy interior using timber but with the same selection of single wrapped sushi parcels and a hot counter selling bento. Something both places could have thought about though is using sustainable, natural packaging, like bamboo boxes to take the food back to it's Japanese roots.

Sushi also embraces the 'miniturisation' trend of bite sized nutrition, so chances are it will become more and more popular in the future and pave the way for new mini foods. I'm sure our fast pace lifestyles won't change but hopefully with more healthy fast food options out there we can try and prove those Government stats wrong!

By Emily