Thursday 15 December 2011

Christmas sandwiches - Pret a Manger


This is the series where I try all the bg chains' Christmas sandwiches and decide which one is best (this year). Some of the places have more than one festive offering, but I'm only trying the turkey with all the trimmings, to give enveryone a fair chance. In the inteserst of full disclosure, I like Pret a lot. Before our office move half way across London there was a Pret next door and sometimes I would go in there two or three times a day. But now that this is no longer the case, the spell has been broken and I'm on the prowl for coffee once again.
Anyway, here's the breakdon of the Pret A Manger Christmas Sandwich:
-Every sandwich sold ensures a 25p donation to a homeless charity which is a very nice deed, you could also buy one of the sadwiches and give it to a homeless person, then they would have the sandwich and the money
-There is a lot of cranberry in this sandwich, it's very sweet
-There are thick generous slices of stuffing, which taste dusty because of the dried herbs
-A lot of mayo, which together with the cranberry obliterate the turkey (not a bad thing). Mayo is the best thing about a leftovers sandwiches anyway.
-Nice soft granary bread
-There was unexpected crunchiness right in the middle, I dug around to find little shards of fried onion which was a pleasant surprise.
-Masses of spinach, it's green and fresh, but flavourless

Overall 7/10

2 comments:

  1. Er and a million calories!

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  2. Yeah, but I'm halving salmon for Christmas lunch, so this is my only chance to get some turkey!

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