Theo Panda / 16 April 2025 / Categories: Food & Drink, Fast Food

Yuzu Lemonade from Leon

Healthy fast food places are popping up all over London and the Leon chain, opened in 2004 is now as familiar to Londoners as Pret A Manger sandwich chain or Wasaibi Japanese sushi chain.

I think of Leon as the healthy chicken shop. For the days when you fancy KFC or Nando’s but instead you go grilled.

It’s a Mediterranean place where the meat is locally sourced and served with a good portion of greens in a healthy bowl or salad and the menu changes season to season to take advantage of fresh produce in season.

I like the firecracker chicken bowl that delivers 26g of protein for £8.99 or the chicken Caesar salad which gives you a whopping 30g of protein for £6.99.

The firecracker chicken bowl is spicy, it definitely gives eastern/curry spicy vibes, smoky paprika marinated chicken, middle eastern spiced roasted veggies, greens, grains, a seven-seed mix, and Leon’s signature spicy Firecracker Dressing.

When you enter the shop it smells like a Lebanese or Turkish restaurant, the rich scents of Cardamon and Tumeric ever apparent.

The food is good and NOT expensive compared to other fast food chains. Why as students we like it. And easy to order via Just Eat or Deliveroo app.

The one treat they do make which isn’t cheap at £2.50 for a tiny bottle is the Yuzu Lemonade which is a mixture of lemons and yuzu juice. It’s a unique flavour combination I cannot get enough of and sadly I haven’t seen available anywhere else.

Yuzu fruit is a citrus fruit that combines the bitterness of lemons, the tartness of grapefruit and the sweetness of a mandarin orange with some say a hint of honeysuckle.

Try it for yourself. I think you’ll agree with me.