CHINA: A bian dang containing rice, meat or eggs, dumplings, and crunchy vegetables.
Chinese employees will either bring a packed lunch from home or buy a "bian dang" on their way to the office. This boxed up meal, whose name literally translates as "convenience," often contains rice, fried meat or eggs, dumplings, and vegetables.
Some employees in China are reportedly encouraged to take a short nap after lunch to encourage productivity in the afternoon. As a result, some establishments will give their workers up to two hours away from their desks in the middle of the day.
or "Shepherds pie" (lamb stew with potatoes covering the top. Keeps warm till after noon)
Oh and "Cornish pasty" like the shepherds pie but all encased in pastry.
I typically did one of these most lunchtimes when I started working when I lived there , all washed down with a pint or 2 of course