Showing posts with label Pret. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pret. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Pret 'deluxe' sushi

For £4.99 (and a stonking £5.85 to eat in) it's a rip-off. The maki rolls are fine, you do get lots of ginger and soy sauce, and and at least the rice sticks together so it's easier for novice chopstick users to eat without spilling it everywhere. But the ginger is very dry and flavourless, and the same goes for the prawn, salmon and tuna nigiri. All-in-all, it's pretty rubbish and I won't be buying it again.

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Pret chocolate brownie

Now, I'm not sure if I've got a bit of a rotten apple here. As you will see from the photo, my Pret brownie (£1.10) definitely got the end of the chocolate chip barrel - it's more like mini chocolate shavings on the top of it. As I broke the corner of it it felt moist and I was pleasantly surprised - I always think of pret brownies as being pretty crumbly and lacking goo. But then the real surprise - I tasted it and I realised why it's different from usual - it's very eggy and undercooked. It also has an overpowering flavour of vanilla, which I could do without. But at least it doesn't taste stale. I'm not sure if this is a true representatative sample as I have had Pret brownies before and I'm pretty sure they weren't like this one, but as I bought it in a Pret I should review it as it is. Disappointing, but for unexpected reasons - 2.5/5.