Instead of eating out, we decided to all go back to Cara’s kitchen and make frozen pizzas. It was a money-saving decision, not one based on taste or adventure. I got this frozen pizza at the local Tesco grocery store for about £1.15 I think. It wasn’t horrible, the chorizo was nice, but the whole thing was a little greasy, and kind of light on the cheese. It was a good deal though, and eating with friends always makes the food taste better.
I grabbed a chicken avocado sandwich on the way to the Oxford Tube bus to London with Robbie and Cara. I really wanted some soup from Pret as well, but you are only allowed to bring cold foods on the bus. The sandwich was amazing, as everything from Pret always is. I might just have to eat there again today….
I ate at Pret, again. Sorry. It’s so good and they believe in sustainability, local food, and keeping preservatives/steroids/dyes/enhancers/etc out of the food. They don’t have organic food, which kind of sucks, but all of their food is all-natural, which is the next best thing. ALL of their packaging is recycled and recyclable! I wish we had Pret A Manger in the US.
Oh yeah, and I ate a sandwich. It was very good. The bread, baked fresh daily, was crunchy and slightly salted. The prosciutto was so smooth and also salty. The tomatoes were fresh and sweet, and the basil, even though I normally don’t like basil so much, was a good addition to the party in my mouth. The perfect amount of homemade mayonnaise tied everything together. The sparkling apple was simple, sweet, and had real apple flavor, (probably all the apple juice they put in it.) I’m so glad I found this place! It will be hard for me to stay away from it.
Pret is my new favorite lunch spot, it’s like Eat. but better. They sell sandwiches and salads and soups and weird drinks with a flair for interesting combinations that are inexpensive as well as delicious. My sandwich was awesome! Marinated grilled chicken that was slightly shredded and added to the mayonnaise, layered with thick pieces of salty English bacon, and a fresh punch of mixed greens. The soup was a bacon and tomato with crème fraiche. I normally don’t go for tomato soups, but it sounded so good, I just had to get it. And it was well worth it, so creamy and smooth with chunks of that amazing salty English bacon. The drink was pretty great as well, it was another “no nasties” sparkling beverage flavored this time with grape and elderflower! It was more tart than sweet, but also very pleasantly aromatic. Overall, it was a great lunch! I will be back to Pret again!
I felt like something a little lighter for lunch, so I picked up this orzo salad from Pret. It was pretty good, lots of orzo and rocket and lettuce with loads of kalamata olives and carrots and fire-roasted red peppers. The dressing was a simple vinaigrette. I washed it all down with a carbonated orange juice that claimed on the can to have “added no nasties, just juice and CO2.” It was a well good lunch for takeaway.
My first real bangers and mash dish in the UK! I had lunch at The Red Lion, and a friend suggested the sausage and mash. It was pretty delicious. The sausage was much like our breakfast sausage in the states, but better. The mashed potatoes were smooth and delicious, with a salty but balanced meat gravy. An excellent example of traditional English cooking.
This pasty was pretty awesome. Steak and Ale are a killer combination. There were also chunks of potatoes in there. The pasty dough was crisp and buttery on the outside and soft and flaky on the inside, a perfect vessel for takeaway food. To be fair though, I was so hungry I would’ve gladly eaten that pigeon and been as happy.
This was the first time I stopped in at this deli, but I walk past it almost every day. They have all kinds of amazing looking sandwiches ready to be pressed. The salami and cheese looked great, and it tasted so as well. Salty salami and creamy cheese on a crusty grilled baguette. It was great, I will stop there again I think.
This is the bag lunch we were given to take on our all-day trip to Stratford-upon-Avon and Warwick. The sandwiches varied greatly, but all the rest was identical. My sandwich was sausage and mustard and mayo. It was disgusting. I ended up feeding a lot of it to a peacock that was wondering around. But I ate the fruit and drank the juice. The peacock got most of my crisps too, because they were disgusting as well. After seeing someone else eating their Bounty candy bar, I didn’t have the guts to eat my own. Thanks a lot Oriel College.
This was my first trip to the famous EAT. restaurant that Rachel was obsessed with. I don’t usually like deli style turkey, but this sandwhich was pretty good. I think it was the cranberry sauce that made it work. There was also plenty of rocket on there. The crisps were good too, salt and vinegar crisps are always good.
Breakfast. Lunch. Dinner. 