Too Good to Go in LONDON ! Reviewing a Magic Bag from Pret a Manger

Поделиться
HTML-код
  • Опубликовано: 3 янв 2025

Комментарии • 76

  • @GreenoEats
    @GreenoEats  10 месяцев назад +16

    Do you think I should do a full day in London eating nothing but Too Good To Go food? Let me know!

    • @GreenoEats
      @GreenoEats  10 месяцев назад +4

      And let me know if you would have been happy with this for £3?

    • @jessicanippes1730
      @jessicanippes1730 10 месяцев назад +1

      Fab idea ❤

    • @user-ye2ge4zo5lhennypenny
      @user-ye2ge4zo5lhennypenny 3 месяца назад +1

      Oh yes that would be great 👍 What about Christmas 🎄 just a suggestion 😀

    • @stephmorgan7444
      @stephmorgan7444 20 дней назад +1

      Yes, do it!

    • @stephmorgan7444
      @stephmorgan7444 20 дней назад

      @@GreenoEats I'd be happy with it for 3 quid, I just don't think it should be valued as £9 but maybe that's London for you xxx

  • @willmartin4234
    @willmartin4234 10 месяцев назад +5

    Would be great to see you give Bristol a go. happy to give suggestions as I love a too good to go!

    • @GreenoEats
      @GreenoEats  10 месяцев назад +1

      My niece is at university in Bristol, so I have been threatening to head up there for a while.

  • @jacquelinereid3589
    @jacquelinereid3589 10 месяцев назад +4

    A full day of Too Good To Go would be really interesting, especially if you limited yourself to say £10 - £12 for the day. Not the healthiest I'm sure but it could be fun

    • @GreenoEats
      @GreenoEats  10 месяцев назад +2

      There are a lot of options in London that's for sure - so maybe at least 1 of the meals could be relatively healthy I reckon. I'm going to put my thinking hat on, and see what I can do!

  • @horrowfide
    @horrowfide 10 месяцев назад +4

    I'd like to see a Greeno video from my home, the utopian metropolis of Newcastle..! No need for TGTG bags here, most stuff is half the price it is down south anyway...

    • @GreenoEats
      @GreenoEats  10 месяцев назад +2

      Ha ha, yeah that's true! It's about 7 hours from me on a good run mind, so what I'd save on food costs I'd wipe out on diesel, and then some 😂

    • @horrowfide
      @horrowfide 10 месяцев назад

      @@GreenoEats
      It'd be worth it just to visit Riley's fish & chips shack in Tynemouth. It's not next to the beach, it's ON the beach..!

    • @timbospencer
      @timbospencer 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@GreenoEatsCrash at mine mate. You can sample the delights of Durham whilst you’re here!

  • @user-ye2ge4zo5lhennypenny
    @user-ye2ge4zo5lhennypenny 3 месяца назад +1

    Hi Greeno 👋 love ❤ anything about the UK 🇬🇧 ❤

    • @GreenoEats
      @GreenoEats  3 месяца назад +1

      I wouldn't recommend that you come here then - your illusions will be shattered pretty quickly haha!! 😀

    • @user-ye2ge4zo5lhennypenny
      @user-ye2ge4zo5lhennypenny 3 месяца назад

      @@GreenoEats oh really love the old history especially the Tudor Period Greeno

  • @Gordon_Highlander
    @Gordon_Highlander 4 месяца назад +2

    Thanks for this presentation Greeno. You brought back a lot of memories for me. I remember being in London visiting the Tower of London, but also stopping off at the *PRET A PORTER* near the Tower. Back then, my toasted Ham & Cheese sandwich cost me £1.20. Cheers mate!

    • @GreenoEats
      @GreenoEats  4 месяца назад

      £1.20!! Blimey, must have been a couple of years back 😉

  • @Sharon46T
    @Sharon46T 2 месяца назад +1

    A day on TGTG sounds alright (breakfast, lunch and tea) on a tenner - good challenge! 👍😂

    • @GreenoEats
      @GreenoEats  2 месяца назад

      I might still do that one day 🙂

  • @jacquibradley1598
    @jacquibradley1598 3 месяца назад +2

    Hi Greeno, as a non-pastry eater this did nothing for me, but thank you. 🤗🤗👋👋

    • @GreenoEats
      @GreenoEats  3 месяца назад +1

      Ah fair enough 🙂

  • @Sh1tfaceMagee-db3px
    @Sh1tfaceMagee-db3px 4 месяца назад +1

    Yes, too good to go is a great resource, BUT don't forget (if driving) to take a decent cooler with you & a wet towel to help the cooler from the outside if stored in a car, because things like BP / m&s petrol stations can include meals & all sorts of meal prep as they are so wide ranging & comprehensively stocked.
    We use too good to go when abroad too, it is an app worth utilising, esp in plaes you go to a few times a year but have never tried, we use it in chamonix to great effect because the french standard for food is generally so high it has always been a winner.
    If your channel budget allows it, I would take a holiday in a place like chamonix in a self catering apartment (can recommend cheap & "good enough" through to a nice air b&b up by the train station (I take my sous viide stick there to cook with) & hit up the options, even the big superarkets have deli produce & some of the longest cheese counters i've ever seen) sushi counters, but our fave cheap eats restaurant option is the carrefour "crescendo" cafe, downhill in sallanches, eating reviews in a place like that is a joy to see as it is multimodal in terms of views, area, food, etc...

    • @GreenoEats
      @GreenoEats  4 месяца назад

      I am actually in France right now! Heading from the Loire down to the Dordogne as we speak. I might have to see what's available around where we are staying!!

    • @Sh1tfaceMagee-db3px
      @Sh1tfaceMagee-db3px 4 месяца назад

      @@GreenoEats Look out for big "carrefour" stores, they usually have the cafe attached, by both an outdoor door as well as inside, the lunch is fab, with ticket at the till & a bunch of cooks you hand your ticket to & ask for your steak / burger / fish done however you want (with the obvious limitations on steak, we tend to have "bleau" ...the salads, puds, allsorts offer tremendous value, so you might be there a while, ,,if I may recommend the 3 small mixed portion dessert selection, creme brulee (crispy snap) chocolat tartin ..& something else, less cloying than full size.
      They close early on sundays, & you need to check the hours as they kind of do a few meal services rather than being open all day long, ..as ever, coffee with dark choc on the side, excellent crepes etc etc, & cheap compared to elsewhere. Sat nav should sort you out, hope you have a "t" toll gate arm card on the car, french nightmare without! (same french company does the "smart dart" version for the QE2 bridge etc, worth their weight!

  • @GaryG1974
    @GaryG1974 3 месяца назад +1

    Although £3 is not even the cheapest TGTG bag, you raise the most perfect question: "what can you buy for £3" and the simple answer is not a lot! Even a single sandwich or (or not and) a coffee would cost more in most places but especially in London.
    I agree with you, those Ham & Cheese Croissant were not croissant. Putting a couple of folds into a pastry does not make it a croissant! The best description I can think of is Ham & Cheese pastries.
    I know TGTG is random potluck but, even though I do like Pret, that TGTG bag was a bit boring; 3 items 2 of which were the same. However for £3 it was still value for money.
    I know this video is 6 months old, but I would like to answer a direct question you ask at 04:49 about the idea of living off TGTG for a whole day i.e. breakfast, lunch and dinner. Yes, I think that would be really a fun idea and just see if you can actually do it for less than £10. I would be amazed if you could.
    That "Greeno Eats" sweater looked amazing! If you ever did setup a merchandise store, I would defintely get one of them.

    • @GreenoEats
      @GreenoEats  3 месяца назад

      It’s a shame I updated my logo since then, so don’t wear it any more 🤣 Maybe I should make myself a new one… Not quite sure the channel is ready for a merch store, but it’s something I have started to think about as an option!
      You’re right that the bag wasn’t the most exciting, but that’s the pot luck of TGTG I guess. But tasty, and could have been split between 2 to make an ok breakfast for almost no money.

  • @Lisa-q2p2u
    @Lisa-q2p2u 10 месяцев назад +1

    Greeno, really enjoyed this video 👍. A few more London videos would be nice 😊 Honestly didn't know Pret did magic bags.Just checking my nearest shop now.Hopefully get as good a deal as you did

    • @GreenoEats
      @GreenoEats  10 месяцев назад

      Hi Lisa, got a couple more London videos from the couple of days I was up there, which will be interspersed into the content over the next 2 weeks. Good luck on your TGTG bag!

  • @Sharon46T
    @Sharon46T 2 месяца назад +1

    £3.00 is a bargain!
    London prices though doubt you’ll get much in there! 😂
    Nice that it was warm though 👍

    • @GreenoEats
      @GreenoEats  2 месяца назад

      It was ok for the money wasn’t it 🙂

  • @user-ye2ge4zo5lhennypenny
    @user-ye2ge4zo5lhennypenny 3 месяца назад +1

    That would be great if you spent the whole day in London Greeno! Oh by thè way when are ýou getting out any Merch out?? ❤🎉

    • @GreenoEats
      @GreenoEats  3 месяца назад

      Merch - I think I am probably a little way away from people demanding coffee mugs with my face on haha!!

  • @Daniellelee852
    @Daniellelee852 10 месяцев назад +2

    £3 doesn’t get a lot in London especially breakfast, I got a pret breakfast bag last and was very surprised and lucky I got 2 veggie baps 2 bacon and egg baps and a porridge so I definitely got more than the £9 it says it was worth I also paid £3 for it

    • @GreenoEats
      @GreenoEats  10 месяцев назад +1

      Wow, you definitely got a great deal there! I was still pretty happy with my bag, certainly worth the £3 paid 😀

  • @sarahillingworth2718
    @sarahillingworth2718 10 месяцев назад +2

    Managed to have that spicy chicken burger from Macdonalds in Blackpool today, it was pretty hot, i had sn ice cream after lol 👍

    • @GreenoEats
      @GreenoEats  10 месяцев назад +2

      Glad you gave it a go. I think it is one of their better "special" burgers. The ice cream was a smart idea mind :-)

    • @theabandonedhunter3604
      @theabandonedhunter3604 10 месяцев назад +1

      Is it worth a try Sarah? 🍔

    • @sarahillingworth2718
      @sarahillingworth2718 10 месяцев назад

      @@GreenoEats yes I enjoyed it, it relieved my cold too lol 😆 it filled a hole 👍

    • @sarahillingworth2718
      @sarahillingworth2718 10 месяцев назад

      @@theabandonedhunter3604 yes definitely 👍

  • @bigdaddigaming
    @bigdaddigaming 10 месяцев назад +1

    For a quid each it's not bad for those pastrys and I know it's London prices but at full price it makes each pastry around 3 quid each witch is a right rip off,
    You should go up to Glasgow and get a bag there because I've never seen anyone go up the or from there do a bag

    • @GreenoEats
      @GreenoEats  10 месяцев назад

      Yep, London prices can be bonkers (especially in the places the locals don’t go!). Glasgow, that’s an interesting shout. Blooming long way from Dorset mind 🤣

    • @bigdaddigaming
      @bigdaddigaming 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@GreenoEats true, or go to my home county of Lincolnshire

  • @vincentmoses9770
    @vincentmoses9770 4 месяца назад +1

    Ginger Pig cornish pasties 11 out of 10.

    • @GreenoEats
      @GreenoEats  4 месяца назад +1

      Ooh, I haven't had a pasty from there.

    • @vincentmoses9770
      @vincentmoses9770 4 месяца назад +1

      @@GreenoEats you need one

    • @GreenoEats
      @GreenoEats  4 месяца назад +1

      @@vincentmoses9770 next time I am in London 🙂

  • @HelenherriotRachelshentonfan
    @HelenherriotRachelshentonfan 10 месяцев назад +1

    I would like to see a too good to go bag day greeno

  • @jhoneyb
    @jhoneyb 10 месяцев назад +1

    I'd love you to review Ned's Noodles next time you are in London.

    • @GreenoEats
      @GreenoEats  10 месяцев назад

      Not heard of that, whereabouts is it?

    • @jhoneyb
      @jhoneyb 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@GreenoEats They are a chain, but there's one near the London Eye/Waterloo

    • @GreenoEats
      @GreenoEats  10 месяцев назад +1

      @@jhoneyb I'll add them to the list !

  • @allenbracchi8922
    @allenbracchi8922 10 месяцев назад +1

    The cheese and ham croissant was well past its best , they are breakfast items .

    • @GreenoEats
      @GreenoEats  10 месяцев назад

      It was actually still pretty good - this bag was available just after "breakfast", I was able to pick it up at around 11am.

    • @allenbracchi8922
      @allenbracchi8922 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@GreenoEats my son used to work for Pret ( Victoria area ) , I asked him about the bags , he said they used to get complaints from people that sometimes there was 6 soups in the bag 🥴

    • @GreenoEats
      @GreenoEats  10 месяцев назад +1

      It can be a bit of a lottery as to what you get, but that's part of the fun 😂

  • @theabandonedhunter3604
    @theabandonedhunter3604 10 месяцев назад +1

    Top video Greeno as always! That market looked good!! Hope you have had a decent time in the capital sir ….. Smithy

    • @GreenoEats
      @GreenoEats  10 месяцев назад +1

      Cheers Smithy - always love a trip to London. Would HATE to live there, but a couple or 3 days mooching around is always a delight!

    • @theabandonedhunter3604
      @theabandonedhunter3604 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@GreenoEats I totally get that Greeno! I think I would be very much the same!! 😀

  • @icecreamforever
    @icecreamforever 5 месяцев назад +1

    Too Good To Go USED to be quite good but far far too many places are playing the system. Stopped using it about a year ago.

    • @GreenoEats
      @GreenoEats  5 месяцев назад +1

      There are still enough good ones out there to make it worthwhile, but yeah, a lot of places to avoid now too…

    • @Sh1tfaceMagee-db3px
      @Sh1tfaceMagee-db3px 4 месяца назад

      @@GreenoEats My daughter revels in Yo Sushi (plymouth) TGTG bags, bit if you pick up from a Yo inside a tesco (spits) the amount has varied dramatically, her restaurant is very generous, 2 good meals worth.

  • @jessicanippes1730
    @jessicanippes1730 10 месяцев назад

    A little boring maybe, 3 croissants, but 3 GBP is really fair 😊 I would enjoy 3 cheesy croissants 😊

    • @GreenoEats
      @GreenoEats  10 месяцев назад +1

      This is the chance you take with TGTG I guess, the items were similar, but luckily all very tasty!

    • @jessicanippes1730
      @jessicanippes1730 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@GreenoEats that is the big fun with TGTG. Sometimes it is not what you want, sometimes it is even better and more you can wish for 😉

  • @Andy-rr6qf8qj8x
    @Andy-rr6qf8qj8x 10 месяцев назад +2

    Hi..I dont know if youve noticed but many subscribers have been "unsubscribed" at random and have to re subscribe to the channel..this is random and affects all channels..you should ask you tube the reason as it will surely affect your stats and your potential earnings?I only noticed when a user on another channel said so.

    • @GreenoEats
      @GreenoEats  10 месяцев назад +2

      Ah interesting - I do notice the numbers go up and down a little, but just assumed that people had seen enough, unsubbed and moved on elsewhere!!

  • @jimmygreavesjimmygreaves1099
    @jimmygreavesjimmygreaves1099 10 месяцев назад +1

    Try surviving on nothing but too good to go bags for a week.

    • @GreenoEats
      @GreenoEats  10 месяцев назад

      Oh blimey, that could be a challenge, especially where I live as literally the only breakfast option in a 30km radius is Toby Carvery 🤣

    • @jimmygreavesjimmygreaves1099
      @jimmygreavesjimmygreaves1099 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@GreenoEats a Toby Carvery vegetarian roast seems pretty healthy but only available for collection after 9pm

    • @GreenoEats
      @GreenoEats  10 месяцев назад

      @@jimmygreavesjimmygreaves1099 yeah, eating patterns have to be adjusted if you want to eat things as you get them. Although most stuff is still good reheated the following day.

    • @Sh1tfaceMagee-db3px
      @Sh1tfaceMagee-db3px 4 месяца назад

      @@GreenoEats as per my initial reply look for the BP petrol stations that stock M&S, as we live in the countryside its a 7 mile car ride each way, so we tend to get 2 or 3 bags at a time, 9/10 it is a real win, but of course, the whole "willing to gamble" does have to be understood. you find the good places that are generous & vote with your feet.