Subway Bread... the mystery

[moose]

Am I right in thinking it's company policy for subways ovens to have a vent that vents air from the oven out into the street through little slats in the Subway sign? (Have a look, they've all got them).

They definintely kick out a cooking bread smell that means if you're in a new town you can tell there's one around the corner just by sniffing.

That's not cooking bread, it's synthetic cooking bread smell.
The place stinks in so many ways. And joy of joys, there'll be more than 2000 of them on this little island by 2010.

 

[fortyplus]

I'm amazed how subway now seems ubiquitous in the UK. I always thought it was one transatlantic idea that would never make it over here - shit flabby bread, nasty slimy pre-processed fillings with tight-ass portion control, the very nadir of corporate elimination of any humanity from the product, which started off with very few redeeming features. Who'd eat a "submarine" - which I believe is US-speak for those flabby phalluses of hydrogenated sponge - when you could have a baguette? A fresh bap even?

Believe it or not, McDonald's burgers were better than Wimpy. You can see why McDonalds' worked here. Subway is well established in the US, and has tried several times to get a foothold in the UK, and up to now has failed. Now...

I blame New Labour.

Like Subway, a triumph of brand over content.

 

[equationgirl]

Subway and quiznos seem to be gaining ground in Dublin. Tons of them over there too.

 

[TopCat]

I would rather eat one of your turds.

 

[Guineveretoo]

It's that horrid, chewy, salty stuff. Not like proper bread at all.

IMHO, of course

 

[Badgers]

Never tried it

 

[Roadkill]

I've had subway stuff a few times and find it terminally bland. No matter what you have, it all tastes the same. Dull, dull, dull, like most stuff that trades on a brand name.

What was quite nice to see was that, when subway opened a shop near me in Hull, it didn't do all that well except in the evenings: during the day it was quiet, and the two independent sandwich shops in the street still had queues out of the door. The owner of the chippy said it had hurt his business though.

 

[pootle]

Dammit! Suburban is making me hungry again. I must stop looking at these threads.

On a slightly related note, one of the best things about my holiday this year was the bread, from the local shop. Greek bread seemed to be a little more "sweeter" I reckon. Anyhoo. It was delicious, and it makes me sad I didn't realise just how yummy it was whilst I lived in Palmers Green, where there was no end of greek bakeries.

Anyone know where I can find such deliciousl bread in or around Brixton?