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Pret A Manger vs Eat

Which one will it be?

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Neither - I've never had a bad sandwich from either Pret or Eat, but have some utter horrors from independents. If I'd had a sandwich with hairy mould on it I'd probably have the same response as you!

And no, I don't big up McDs and Burger King.

Or Leon's down Parkway
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*ahem* Leons is a chain/franchise restaurant company with major expansion plans - and having had some food on a few occassions from the restaurant at the top of Carnaby Street I was seriously unimpressed with a lot of it.

My favourite ever sandwich shop was called 'Ciabatta' and used to be on Kingly Court - truly delish sarnies with loads of cool ingrdients. But if I want a quick 'wich I'll go wherever is nearest. I simply don't buy into the whole 'Indpendent is best' line that some people are trotting out here.
 
kyser_soze said:
I simply don't buy into the whole 'Indpendent is best' line that some people are trotting out here.
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Yep and some of the indepent ones near where I work (not that near btw..) are really poncey and expensive.

It's like when people say that cheap clothes are always rubbish, it's nonsense, my Primark knickers are still going strong 3 years later :D
 
Never buy my lunch in either. I can't stand the way they load so much gooey crap into their sandwiches. Pret especially. I mean, do you really need mayonaise with every single sandwich filling that exists. Mayonaise and cheese for example - why?!?! :confused: It's just wrong and unecessary.

I much prefer to go to sandwich bars where they make sandwiches up for you and you can see and choose exactly what goes into them.
 
kyser_soze said:
*ahem* Leons is a chain/franchise restaurant company with major expansion plans - and having had some food on a few occassions from the restaurant at the top of Carnaby Street I was seriously unimpressed with a lot of it.
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*ahem* I think you may be getting confused here, Leon's down Parkway was owned by a certain gentleman called Leon and was certainly nothing to do with the aberation on Carnaby St.

Sadly, I think it finally closed last year as well, with Mr Leon retiring back to his native Eastern Europe. I doff my hat at the memory of his fine bread and freshly made ruski cakes.
 
SubZeroCat said:
Yep and some of the indepent ones near where I work (not that near btw..) are really poncey and expensive.
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Yes, but only some of the independents are bad.

All Prets and Eats, however, are an exercise in well-marketed but bland and uninspiring nosh with low nutritional quality. Take a gamble on the independent!
 
I used to work in Warren St/Fitzroy Sq and there were plenty of great, reasonably priced independents, not least that French place by Warren St station that used to do beautiful proper baguettes full of hot roast lamb and gravy for the price of a subway chemical concoction.

Where do you work PO?
:)
 
tarannau said:
I used to work in Warren St/Fitzroy Sq and there were plenty of great, reasonably priced independents, not least that French place by Warren St station that used to do beautiful proper baguettes full of hot roast lamb and gravy for the price of a subway chemical concoction.

Where do you work PO?
:)
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Green Park/Mayfair. I wonder why there is nowhere cheap round here :)
 
tarannau said:
All Prets and Eats, however, are an exercise in well-marketed but bland and uninspiring nosh with low nutritional quality. Take a gamble on the independent!
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Oh I'm sorry, I was going by my tastebud's reactions, whoops! :rolleyes:
 
PacificOcean said:
Green Park/Mayfair. I wonder why there is nowhere cheap round here :)
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There is a good place opposite a chain bar between Maddox and Hanover St. Also a blue place by Kingly Court on Kingly St that is very cheap, not Mayfair though.
 
Could someone make me a sandwich and bring it round to my house right now? Cheddar cheese and cucumber, lots of salt and pepper. I'll pay £2.20 but no more. Thanks :)
 
SubZeroCat said:
Oh I'm sorry, I was going by my tastebud's reactions, whoops! :rolleyes:
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Hang on a second, aren't you the one who is constantly giving others nutritional advice? Now it's all about taste on this thread and singing the merits of pret's chemical filled mayo rolls ya big inconsistent...

You can't trust a gal with only one tastebud anyway.

;) :p
 
tarannau said:
Hang on a second, aren't you the one who is constantly giving others nutritional advice? Now it's all about taste on this thread and singing the merits of pret's chemical filled mayo rolls ya big inconsistent...

You can't trust a gal with only one tastebud anyway.

;) :p
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Ok, first of all I don't eat Pret (or any sandwich) 5 days a week, I bring in my own lunch when I can (and that will be last night's healthy dinner) or I'll have sushi and miso soup or Pret.

Second of all, yeah I am the nutrition advice giver :D but I have a huuuge appetite that sometimes need appeasing quickly (i.e. convenience food). I also comfort eat, I'm trying to work on that....but yes I'm not perfect.

And finally, my tastebud is very capable thank you :p :D
 
Hehe and fairplay - I'm on the mild wind-up. I'm a great believer in the everything in moderation approach - I'm the occasional king of chicken wings and all other tings greasy after all. It's just the inconsistent focus on the same easy targets which wears me down. Everyone jumps on the anti McDs bandwagon for example, but I don't really believe the likes of Pret deserve that much better, let alone a whole thread of largely uncritical comments.

It's just another brand in a multinational corp's roster, just a more poncified version of McDs aimed at a more affluent. In some ways I hate their appeal to 'healthiness' and 'naturalness' far more grating - it's just more calculated and sly than the old 'pile em high and sell em cheap' burger philosophy. And the bulk of their customers are increasingly types who can't be bothered to really cook at home, yet feel slightly more assured by the bogus claims of healthiness and 'natural' ingredients.

I'll eat in Pret or Eat once in a while, even Subway... and enjoy the whole trashy experience. I'm always conscious it's a distant second to making decent food for myself.
 
tarannau said:
I'll eat in Pret or Eat once in a while, even Subway... and enjoy the whole trashy experience. I'm always conscious it's a distant second to making decent food for myself.
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Oh definitely.

I never have ready meals for dinner or even ready made sauces, I make everything from scratch, I enjoy cooking and my meals taste yummy. :)

(although you do get evenings where your knackered so you eat potato waffles and a salad in a half arsed attempt to eat alright :D )

I agree with what you're saying to some extent, however McD's is clearly less healthy than Pret (IMO).
 
Orang Utan said:
Bollocks, you're just lazy!
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I have to agree with our knuckle dragging friend here...

It's perfectly possible to make healthy, economical lunches every day of the week. I take a packed lunch to work every day. Don't think I spend more than 7 or 8 quid on the bits for 5 lunches.

It just takes a little preparation and forethought. All you people whining about it not being practical are just making up excuses.

The reality is you are weak willed and feeble minded. You'd rather pay 5 quid for some daft, poncy sandwich rubbish that probably only cost about 5p to make. You are a classic example of the indolence endemic to modern society, and no doubt ultimately responsible for all the bad things that have ever, or will ever, happen in the world.

:cool:
 
Bravo! You're all making a bunch of pricks richer cos you can't be arsed spending one minute of your day buttering bread
 
PacificOcean said:
What? Like Subway? :D
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No, not like Subway. There are loads of little sandwich bars near where I work - round the drury lane area. Most of them are really good, nice fresh food and no more expensive than Pret.
 
Orang Utan said:
Bollocks, you're just lazy!
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And how exactly, knowing my routine as intimately as you must do to be able to make these assumptions, did you come to this conclusion?

I must spend 3 nights / evenings a week away from home. How am I supposed to make sandwiches in this instance? Lose 45 mins in bed to nip home before work to make a sandwich? Fuck off!

It's all very well to cast aspertions on someone if they follow exactly the same routine as you, but a bit out of order if you know nothing about their life, wouldn't you say?

You're making me less inclined to make my own lunch now..
 
Take ingredients to work weekly, stick in fridge, make sandwiches at desk/in canteen
If you spend 3 nights a week at a lover's, ask nicely if you can keep some sarnie gear round her gaff.
If not, get up an hour earliers and run round yours (good way of getting some exercise AND you're eating healthier.
 
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