Subway fast food outlets
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Big fucking wow - it's not as though the staff really know what they're doing in there. Pick a basic sandwich and let them guide you through the process - just point at the salad things you want to add essentially and choose from a selection of artificial breads and weird sauces. And that's about it.
subversplat
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Well, it's one of the few takaway chains that will guarantee you a vegan meal, so that gets it plus points in some way....
subversplat
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Sometimes you just need stodge to fill a hole thoughtarannau said:Yep, it knows how to make a taste free sandwich using unnatural ingredients better than most
subversplat
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Lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, onion, red onion, jalapenos, olives and gherkins. Maybe there's a couple more but I can't remember themGeri said:
The sauces are all over the place - honey and something, "ranch dressing", some garlic thing and bog standard mayo and ketchup.
geminisnake
a complex mass of conflicting ideas
Wookey said:Ooh, you dirty puppy.
Glad it wasn't just me Geri said:
1) Choose your bread from the list (including whether you want 6" or 12"),
2) choose from a list of preset combinations, like Meatball Marinara, Steak&Cheese or Sweet Onion Chicken Teryaki,
3) choose whether you want cheese or not
4) choose whether you want it toasted or not
5) choose what salad items you want (if any)
6) choose what sauces you want
7) choose if you want a meal or just the sandwich.
ChrisFilter
Like a boss.
tarannau said:
Most of the indepedents round my way charge about £4 for a meatball sandwich. Subway is £1.99 on the right day.
pogofish
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madamv said:
That is maybe the only thing that can be said for them, AFAIK they are the only mass-market food firm here that does not use the Chorleywood Bread Process.
They use the US equivalent process instead but that is a world away & a hell of a lot better for you than CBP. Hence the reason that many UK customers comment on the "strange, light/soft/spongy" texture of Subway bread.
I'm sure I'd heard from a reliable source that Subway pumps an artificial smell out the front on their shops. This allows them to give the impression of it all being done on site without having to open in A5 (hot food) premises or applying for a change of use.
It all seemed plausible but I can't find anything but other blog comments or forum posts to back it up so it's probably bollocks which is a shame as it was my favorite conspiracy story. Can anyone tell me it's true? I'm sure they at least fan the smell out though.
There is an awful lot of discussion about the 'subway smell' though. I don't actually mind it though
As for the subway experience, I quite like them although I find the franchises to be a bit hit and miss.
I know exactly what you're talking about, put me off for a long time too. I felt the same with coffee shops (lots of confusing pronunciations, tall = small, confuses the fuck out of me)
It all seemed plausible but I can't find anything but other blog comments or forum posts to back it up so it's probably bollocks which is a shame as it was my favorite conspiracy story. Can anyone tell me it's true? I'm sure they at least fan the smell out though.
There is an awful lot of discussion about the 'subway smell' though. I don't actually mind it though
As for the subway experience, I quite like them although I find the franchises to be a bit hit and miss.
Geri said:
I know exactly what you're talking about, put me off for a long time too. I felt the same with coffee shops (lots of confusing pronunciations, tall = small, confuses the fuck out of me)
LilMissHissyFit
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Crispy said:
Usually around £5.50 an hour even in london
DJ Squelch
King Of Insides
I like a nice veggie sub, apart from having to ask for a six incher.
I quite like the odd Subway now and again - I'm pretty restrained considering there are three of four on the 2 mile strip just round the corner from from me.
Only problem is the cost - a fiver for a 12 incher with all the trimmings. Tasty mind, though very fattening.
Only problem is the cost - a fiver for a 12 incher with all the trimmings. Tasty mind, though very fattening.
moonsi til
worked it out now!
I like Subway. I have the 6'' veggie delight on wheat bread with cheese,lettuce,tomatoes,onions,cucumber,olives,peppers,jalopeno peppers and sometimes sweetcorn. I usually have it toasted.
sleaterkinney
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I went in there once and felt ill just looking at the food.
Johnny Canuck3
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miss direct said:
They smell of yeast?
Why is it that when these perfectly acceptable chains open up in UK, they manage to be fucked up in really weird ways?
Johnny Canuck3
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Wookey said:Contradiction in terms there, love!
Nah. Over here, Subway, KFC etc are just purveyors of food. Those who don't like it, don't eat there, those who do, do; and all without fanfare.
God awful food and all at the expense of the local independent chains.
The thing I hate most is the bread probably, its just terrible. You simply cannot compare it to a freshly baked baguette or a crusty loaf. Reformed meats, sickly sauces, and pristine salads that are tasteless.
And fucking hell the decor, its so miserable and lifeless - exactly the problem with all multinational chain stores.
I accept that people can like different things, fine, but Subway - how? Why?
It also pisses me off that they masquerade with all this 'eat fresh' and 'healthy' bullshit. Most of the stuff on the menu is just as bad as anything else, and it makes me laugh when they try to offer cheese with everything by default. And fresh? How exactly do they get away with that? Lettuce and tomatos which are pre-chopped and bagged in a factory then shipped out to the stores, is that fresh?
The thing I hate most is the bread probably, its just terrible. You simply cannot compare it to a freshly baked baguette or a crusty loaf. Reformed meats, sickly sauces, and pristine salads that are tasteless.
And fucking hell the decor, its so miserable and lifeless - exactly the problem with all multinational chain stores.
I accept that people can like different things, fine, but Subway - how? Why?
It also pisses me off that they masquerade with all this 'eat fresh' and 'healthy' bullshit. Most of the stuff on the menu is just as bad as anything else, and it makes me laugh when they try to offer cheese with everything by default. And fresh? How exactly do they get away with that? Lettuce and tomatos which are pre-chopped and bagged in a factory then shipped out to the stores, is that fresh?
