Thursday, August 16, 2007

Pret a Manger



While we're on the topic of London...
There's a chain of cafe-like cafes called "Pret a Manger" which translates from French into "ready to eat." It's a place where you can grab n' go, or stay a while to enjoy the scenery (people watching to the max!). I would say that they appeal to the health concious yuppy, in a hurry to feed themselves so they can get on with making more money. I'm defintely in favour of their health concious ways even though I don't consider myself a yuppy by any means (that's a whole other battle).

Pret a Manger is home to fresh squeezed orange juice (my favourite!), flavoured fruit teas, gourmet sandwiches, soups, wraps, yogourt, salads, muffins, just to name a few.
I tried to eat at Pret as many times as I could because I knew that I wouldn't be able to find anything as good here in Toronto (Sorry, Hogtown). My favourite item by far was the "Hoisin Duck Wrap." This was a tortilla wrapped with slivers of Chinese BBQ duck meat (skin on) doused with hoisin (a thick and sweet Chinese sauce), red onions, cucumbers, leaf spinach. There was some mayonaise on it as well, but I wasn't such a fan of that. This is because I consider mayonaise to be my antithesis. You know how kryptonite is to Superman? Well, that's what mayonaise is to me.

Here is the link to this particular wrap: http://www.pret.com/menu/baguettes_wraps/1765.shtm

I've been reading up on their food philosophies and I can't agree more! If there was a Pret in Canada, I would eat there everyday.

For further knowledge on this wonderful establishment:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pret_a_Manger
http://www.pret.com/our_food/eat_with_your_head/

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silencio said...

It would be naive of me to suggest
that I've even come close to exhausting TO's cuisine (have only lived here for a couple years), but here are a few of my faves, though they are probably not new to you(?)
HoSu: Korean sushi bar
Friendly Thai: Best Thai food I've had here, though Thai Spring Roll is a close 2nd.
Karbouzi Bar & Grill: fantastic Greek
Focaccia: Italian - the spaghetti/seafood dish rules!
Libra Lounge: French, with nice retro decor

There's a few I like, but as I said, I'm not as profound with TO establishments as I'd like to be...what do you recommend? I'm up for anything besides Indian food. Tried to get into Indian while in London (Brick Lane's onslaught of Indian cafes), but only enjoyed the wine.

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