Those times when you're starving, but you've already had lunch, and it's only a couple of hours away from dinner, those times are the worst. Mc Donalds seems like a viable choice, even tempting, a cheap burger and fries to set you on your way. Oh but the guilt! The cheese, the unnatural ingredients, not to mention the never eroding fries that will keep your stomach gurgling for hours, imagine having to explain that to the person who has cooked you a delicious dinner, oh no. Mc Donalds won't do.
Walk a little further, down the street, turn either to your left or to your right, you're probably wondering where, well, anywhere! In central London that is.
Pret A Manger is on every corner, near every main station, and if you're those in Liverpool street and Victoria, well then you're spoiled for a choice of three Prets!
A chain this big is probably boasting, a rich boring company that does not care for its customers, just for the money. Well maybe, but it does sandwiches better than your mothers, fathers, aunts and uncles. Broad statement I know, but once you dig into one of their caramelised onions and brie sandwich, it would be very hard to disagree. The flavor of the mild brie compliments the poignant sweet onion, and it's all brought together with freshly baked french bread.
If you go specifically to have lunch or breakfast there, the sandwich is simply not enough. The food stations are cleverly sectioned out into drinks, snacks, salads and sandwiches and... dessert, much like shopping in a supermarket or Ikea, for spare parts to that desk you were meaning to build. And once you feel you have your selection of a healthy meal, your subjected to the cashiers treats, "Would you like anything else with that?" the healthy crisps, vegetable snacks, popcorn, and even... Chocolate. Damn my wallet! Why do you always stretch further when in the presence of Pret, I could probably find the same crisps cheaper, the chocolate more enjoyable, and the popcorn freshly made, it's the power of marketing my friends. Never underestimate it.
There's no real art to making these sandwiches, just fresh ingredients and a taste for what goes well. Some are simple, such as the dolphin friendly tuna, mayo and cucumber. Some are more extravagant, like the hoisin duck wrap.
But one thing is for sure, they are all 'kiss the ground and beam me up' delicious.
If you're having trouble finding one (you shouldn't), but just in case:
Can you say 'Mmmm'?
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