Lunch Break: Healthy Soba, Adorable Thai And Gourmet Italian

If those predicting this weekend's final judgment are correct, you could be eating one of your last meals. Today's lunch break: Healthy soba from the East side, adorable Thai and a hidden Italian gem in the financial district. What's your pick for the ideal last meal? Let us know in the comments. By Yvo Sin.

Sobaya

229 East 9th Street
New York, NY 10003
(212) 533-6966
sobaya-nyc.com

Want a healthy lunch that will leave you satisfied? Soba - Japanese noodles made of buckwheat - boasts a lot of nutrients and in its undoctored form is a fat free, low calorie food. Sobaya offers house-made noodles, and also has a fantastic lunch menu that will stuff you silly without leaving your wallet empty. Try the grilled eel over rice, or the unagi don, which also comes with soba on the side. Or try the special lunch box which, for $17, comes with soba (hot or cold), green salad, cooked vegetables and chicken, broiled fish, tempura, fried bean curd stuffed with sushi rice, and dessert. Completely filling, and not exactly bad for you either!

Dee Daa

155 E 44th St
New York, NY 10017
(646) 396-6500
deedaa.com

Aside from its adorable name, Dee Daa is all about balance: balance among the four basic flavors, sweet, salty, sour, spicy. The premise is that you should find all four in your meal from Dee Daa; the menu is designed to be as mix&match as possible, allowing you to choose from a protein, main dishes, and sides. The main dishes are separated into curries, rices, noodles, or stir fry, while the sides are split into soups, salads and bites. Try the karee curry rice, which bursts with flavor and delicately straddles the lines between savory and spicy.

Capri Cafe

165 Church St
New York, NY 10007
(212) 513-1358

Capri Cafe falls solidly into the category of "Places You Walk By Constantly and Never Realize What a Gem They Are" - the storefront is fairly unassuming, easy to keep on walking by - until someone revealed the secret to you. Capri Cafe doesn't just deserve a second look, but a regular spot in your lunchtime destinations rotation. Walk inside to the aroma of so many wonderful dishes; order a pasta dish and be rewarded with deliciousness. Some are made with fresh pasta, so choose wisely (or ask), but all are a great and inexpensive option for lunch. The rigatoni napulitani (pictured) - along the lines of a bolognese - comes in at $8.95 and is enough to sate even the biggest eater.

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Yvo Sin is the founder and head writer of The Feisty Foodie.