Trying the Viral Super Easy Lasagne Soup Recipe
This Lasagne Soup recipe has taken the internet by storm!! We got the inspiration from the wonderful Bored of Lunch who gave us an expert guide through the recipe. After trying it ourselves all we can say is how easy and fantastically delicious it is!
This Lasagne Soup recipe has taken the internet by storm!! We got the inspiration from the wonderful Bored of Lunch who gave us an expert guide through the recipe. After trying it ourselves all we can say is how easy and fantastically delicious it is!
However, it’s caused a little bit of a stir because people on first glance just think that it’s a form of Spag Bol but you need to take our words for it - it is SO MUCH MORE! It’s lovely and creamy and full of those delicious lasagne flavours that fill us with delight!
Check out the initial recipe from Bored of Lunch and then our version of it below:
And now you can watch our attempt at making it here:
We just want to start off by giving our props to a kitchen gadget that doesn’t always get much appreciation… how incredible are slow cookers? At the moment we’re obsessed and this beef lasagne soup recipe is working just the treat in it. What’s fantastic is how easy it is to cook this in the slow cooker - just pop everything in and let it cook away for a few hours and your delicious soup will be waiting for you! It’s fantastically easy. In our opinion - slow cookers are lit genius and if you’re thinking of your next kitchen gadget we recommend it!
The recipe:
So we’re going to start off adding some garlic - when we decide how much garlic to put in we’re going to suggest that you put enough garlic in so that your breath be stanking for a few days.
Then of course some diced onion.
Then we decided to add a red pepper in; mainly just because it was going off in the fridge - so why not chuck it in there!
Then you want to add in your herbs - not your spices! We decided to go for a bit of oregano and lil bit of basil just to keep it interesting.
Next we’re going to add our chopped tomatoes and don’t you just love it when the tin comes with those ring pulls and you don’t need to get that crusty can opener that never works out of the draw.
Anyway… you’re then going to add your two tablespoons of tomato puree.
Salt - always - salt. Salt, salt and more salt - for that flavour mmmmm!
Obviously you need to add your beef mince and what’s even better you don’t need to brown it off - it’ll all cook in the slow cooker!
You’re then going to add some Worcestershire sauce and some beef stock and make sure you mix it in well!
Then you’re going to pop the lid on and set it 4 hours and all you can do then is wait.
About half an hour before you’re ready to eat it we’re going to go in with the lasagne sheets. They say to use fresh lasagne sheets but they didn’t have any in the supermarket - and if you watched my video it always tastes that lil bit more fresh when you don’t drop them all on the floor.
You’re then going to add some cream.
A whole ball of mozzarella ripped up into piece- gosh sometimes a piece of mozzarella just slaps - really been in the mood for anything cheesy or creamy at the moment.
You’re then going to pop in a bit of parmesan.
And leave it for a little while to melt in.
The results:
Oh goodness! This dish smells absolutely delicious when you lift up the lid. Really hoping for that cheese pull when we scoop it all out - need that stringy mozzarella to do its bit.
So the verdict on the lasagne soup - this is a new winter fave! It’s delicious - the lumps of mozzarella intertwined with that strong onion garlic and herb base is just fantastic. Definitely a new slow cooker favourite!
If you’ve tried it - let us know your thoughts in the comments: Is the lasagne soup a hit or a miss for you? Till next time.
This French Drink Tastes Exactly like Mint Ice Cream
Recently, we had the pleasure of spending some time in the idyllic French countryside, and when in France it’s important to engage in the culture. This time we weren’t looking at baguettes or croissants. This time we tried a children’s classic. You may have heard of it or maybe not with the very French name of: Teisseire Sirop de Plantes Menthe. We translated it to Mint Syrup… now, people might think this is a weird sounding drink and if you’re a little nervous to try it! Do not worry! We’ve done it for you - check it out below:
Good day friends!
Recently, we had the pleasure of spending some time in the idyllic French countryside, and when in France it’s important to engage in the culture. This time we weren’t looking at baguettes or croissants. This time we tried a children’s classic. You may have heard of it or maybe not with the very French name of: Teisseire Sirop de Plantes Menthe. We translated it to Mint Syrup… now, people might think this is a weird sounding drink and if you’re a little nervous to try it! Do not worry! We’ve done it for you - check it out below:
Now these syrups seems to be very much the French equivalent of the more British cordial/ squash like Robinsons Orange! A British classic. A lot of people have been telling us that we need to try this syrup because we’re such a big fan of the mojito and mint and lime type drink.
On first inspection when you pour this syrup out you will notice; IT IS VICIOUSLY GREEN! Just look at my reaction…
We’re going to be trying it first with some water because our fave condiment girl - Condiment Claire says that back in the day all the French kids would have it with milk. You can find her video just below:
With Water:
We’re not quite so sure about the mint and milk vibe… kinda feels like when you’re brushing your teeth and then you have a glass of milk after it and it really doesn’t go together! It seems quite wrong. So, we’re going to try it with water first.
On first impression the best word I can give it is… interesting… very interesting. It’s definitely minty. Kinda tastes like mouthwash. For some reason we thought it would be limey - no idea where that came from but definitely not what we were expecting with the water.
With Milk:
This time we’re gonna try this sucker with milk, it feels wrong just saying it. It sounds rogue. Mint milk - like these things just do not go together and it was very argued in the comments as well whether this was even something that people had as kids or not.
It looks wrong - is Condiment Claire having us on? Is she playing a joke on us? But maybe, in the area she was from it was a common thing? Like we were big fans of having celery and peanut butter and we’re certain that’s not a common snack everywhere else - you wouldn’t find that up in Yorkshire.
On looking at it again for a second time it looks a bit like a sweetie. Maybe on the same lines as a banana milkshake. And if you looked at Condiment Claire’s video you’ll see they have so many different flavours to choose from like passionfruit, strawberry and even grenadine. This has kinda got us thinking that we need a full taste test on these bad boys…
So, the mint one with milk. The taste of it we were not anticipating. If we were going to describe it, it sort of tastes like the inside of an After Eight in a drink.
To be fair to it… it’s actually not as bad as you might be thinking. It’s A LOT better with the milk than it is with the water. Hot damn… that’s surprised us. What the heck?
We’ve got it… it tastes like melted mint chocolate ice cream or like mint ice cream.
If ever in France you guys need to try this.
Let us know in the comments what you think and if there’s any of you crazy cats who prefer it with water you’ve got to let us know!
Till next time.
This is the Best Pasta Spot in London
For a long time we thought we were set on our favourite pasta place in London. We were big fans of Padella, a cute pasta restaurant in Borough Market that was delivering the goods… like so much so that we would give it the Grackle stamp of approval to people in conversation. It was our favourite, the one, the best… or so we thought!
For a long time we thought we were set on our favourite pasta place in London. We were big fans of Padella, a cute pasta restaurant in Borough Market that was delivering the goods… like so much so that we would give it the Grackle stamp of approval to people in conversation. It was our favourite, the one, the best… or so we thought!
We’ve been dying to try this new spot on the block - Flour and Grape. Found nestled in the busy streets of Bermondsey we could not wait to try it and luckily enough our day came and we managed to go when there was no queue and oh my goodness this place blows Padella out of the water.
Take a look below and see our review:
Now don’t get me wrong Padella is still good. We just think that Flour and Grape is a whole level up. If we’re going to eat out then the likelihood is that we’re all going to do a sharing thing as we like to get a little taste of everything. That’s just the way it has to be so you can talk about the different foods and everyone knows what’s going on.
So we started with some Nocerellas as you know I just can’t hold back from those sweet olives. We then moved onto the main dishes and we ordered a selection: We had the Anolini - which was a delicious spinach pasta, The Ravioli with ricotta pumpkin and almonds! YUM! We also had the spaghetti Carbonara which was just delightful. All of the items we ordered were creamy and delicious and just had that perfect blend of Italian flavours that makes pasta feel like home.
If you saw my reaction to them all it went something like this…. ‘oh wow… oh my goodness…’ and that continued for quite some time as we obsessed over this pasta. It was giving some seriously good times.
The main takeaway from my experience here is that the food is just absolutely delicious. A solid 10/10. We loved the service which was fantastic; they were attentive and chilled and even better is that the still and sparkling water was complimentary!
Overall, the vibes at Flour and Grape are immaculate - they did everything right from the food to the portion sizes to the atmosphere; making this is my new favourite pasta spot in London.
If you have any recommendations for pasta spots you need to let us know in the comments… or if you’ve been to Flour and Grape and you wanted to fan girl with us… just leave a comment!
Come to British Costco with me!
There is nothing like a trip to Costco. Its exclusivity and expansive wide ranging delights are almost worth a day out exploring in themselves. We like to plan in a Costco trip every now and then stock up on some of our favourite things, but sometimes it’s important to take stock of all of the goodies that it has to offer, and for you American’s you get a taste of some of the English Costco options.
There is nothing like a trip to Costco. Its exclusivity and expansive wide ranging delights are almost worth a day out exploring in themselves. We like to plan in a Costco trip every now and then stock up on some of our favourite things, but sometimes it’s important to take stock of all of the goodies that it has to offer, and for you American’s to get a taste of some of the English Costco options.
Here’s 22 of the fun things we found.
22. Sriracha Hot chilli Almonds
We’ve never seen these bad boys before. Sriracha fans will go nuts for these! (Pardon the pun LOL!)
21. The Jelly Bean Factory
The mix of 36 flavours in a beautiful jelly bean jar all for £26.99 - looking back into our childhood we would have spent all of our pocket money on this bad boy.
20. Sour Chupa Chup Lollies
We’re always partial to a sour sweet and we’ve never seen these fun sour chupa chups before. Cannae wait to try these on - how sour is sour?
19. Kirkland Jumper (Grey)
This cheeky lil bad boy was only £15 - kinda wanted it - such a Costco standard.
18. Violanta - Cookies Full 45
Again very intrigued to try these… unfortunately Costco was lacking on the samples today but really did want to try these cookies.
17. Rowse Honey
This is the biggest one we’ve ever seen and we love it.
16. Bonne Mamam Raspberry Conserve
Can’t fault it - best jam. Period. Full stop. We’re out.
15. Pure Vanilla Extract
We took a pic of this so we could do some maths and work out if it’s actually better than the vanilla we currently use. Might be a while cos… maths ain’t ma strong suit.
14. Dried Gourmet Mushroom Mix
I’m curious… nothing more to say. Just curious.
13. Kusteaz Buttermilk Pancakes
Anyone tried these? Are they any good? Who knows… but they piqued our interest.
12. Chocolate Chips - Semi Sweet (51% Cacao)
These are such a must buy for bakers and plus they're dairy free so good for all you lactose avoiders!
11. Cheerafa
A classic cheese string dupe. Nothing like some fresh reelable cheese sticks! Yum.
10. Pizza Pocket Pepperoni (Piz-wich)
These are gross - do not buy these - been there… made that mistake. Don’t be like us… save yourself!
9. Auricchio
Never seen this cheese before - no idea what it’s like but we’re ready to try it.
8. Parmigiana.
3 things. Buy it. Grate it. Freeze it. WHAM BAM! That’s a parmigiana for you…
7. Korean Walbi & Pull apart Cheese Bread
Both of these would be very welcome at a party… very keen to try.
6. Pot of Prawns
If any of you remember that classic moment from Shark Tale… so funny!
5. Chocolate Sheet Cake
We’ve wanted to try this forever and the plain one is delicious.
4. Classic Costco Cookies
Does anymore need to be said - the OG of cookies.
3. Bread Rolls
Sometimes you just need something to put in the freezer so you’re ready for an emergency lunch.
2. Kirkland - Everything Bagels
Never found these in the UK before - so much fun! Really excited to try them.
1. Fresh Rambutan
Papa B loves these bad boys and to top it all off they look like crazy lil sea creatures.
Is this Viral Chicken Shop in London worth it?
There’s nothing like a fan favourite, Chicken and Chips! It’s a classic, a staple, a meal eaten far and wide across the UK. We recently sought out a VIRAL rotisserie chicken and chip shop named: Bébé Bob; a restaurant that is winning with its name - but is it winning with its chicken? We’re going to find out…
There’s nothing like a fan favourite, Chicken and Chips! It’s a classic, a staple, a meal eaten far and wide across the UK. We recently sought out a VIRAL rotisserie chicken and chip shop named: Bébé Bob; a restaurant that is winning with its name - but is it winning with its chicken? We’re going to find out…
They say that this restaurant was ‘born out of a love for rotisserie chicken, caviar and fine wine’ and to be fair we can imagine that a lot of people share those loves! We’re definitely there, at least for the chicken! Bébé Bob is a sibling restaurant to Bob Bob Ricard and it’s located in the Golden Square in Soho - and it’s definitely the most ‘glamorous rotisserie’ we’ve seen.
Check out the experience below:
Bébé Bob focuses on doing one thing - Rotisserie Chicken and Chips and you know our key saying: If they only do one thing then that thing is probably gonna be incredible!
It’s an interesting thing to note when you look at a restaurants menu. Does a restaurant have a really wide ranging menu or a very focussed, finely curated one. There’s pros and cons to both, but the trend seems to be the restaurants that focus on fewer things tend to do them maybe a little better.
We went in for the express lunch, as the menu can be quite pricey otherwise - so you need to watch out for that. With the express lunch you get a salad and fries included with the chicken for the extravagant price of £24 opposed to just the rotisserie chicken for £29 in the evening.
Now as you know, we’re big olive lovers! Olives, bread and crisps are our favourite food and when we go out we must get the olives! You know when those Olives just smack. These ones were really good - they were meaty and full of flavour. We also got some bread which was expensive: £4 for four pieces of bread, seriously? But, once you get over the price you realise that this is the kind of exquisite, sweet, delicious, mouthwatering bread that you get in the far off lands of France. It was absolutely banging.
Finally, on to the main event. The salad, chicken and chips. Shall we start with the chips? The chips were excellent, very hot and crispy on the outside which is essential in a well cooked chip. It also had some kind of delicious seasoning to give it that extra bit of something that really made it slap. On to the chicken... If you’ve ever had the good fortune to enjoy a supermarket rotisserie chicken you will know how delicious it is. Filled with all the juice, the moist perfectly cooked chicken and that crispy flavoursome skin, how do they do it? Supermarket rotisserie chickens are phenomenal and this chicken didn’t taste that far off it. It was juicy, but the skin wasn’t quite so crispy, and the flavour didn’t quite hit like that supermarket rotisserie.
To summate on this experience, it’s a good time, but if you’re really in it for the chicken it’s probably better to just go and get a rotisserie chicken from the supermarket. It’ll save you a whole lot of money and you’ll enjoy it just as much. There we go we said it and we’ll hold to it. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
The Best Breakfast Spot in London!
For this outing we’re heading to try the tantalising delights of Milk Beach in London. They’ve got two restaurants - one in Queen’s Park and one in Soho. Milk Beach have branded themselves as an ‘Modern Australian’ dining and we won’t lie we’re intrigued to head out and try their famous breakfast. One of the things I love is when restaurants chains allow a bit of diversity and Milk Beach has different menu’s at the different locations.
Welcome back to Here and There and this time we’re trying out the BEST breakfast spot in London. One of the things we pride ourselves on fair patrons is giving honest reviews of the hyped up spots on the internet. You may have even heard it said that we’re the Simon Cowell of Food reviews - FIRM BUT FAIR.
For this outing we’re heading to try the tantalising delights of Milk Beach in London. They’ve got two restaurants - one in Queen’s Park and one in Soho. Milk Beach have branded themselves as an ‘Modern Australian’ dining and we won’t lie we’re intrigued to head out and try their famous breakfast. One of the things I love is when restaurants chains allow a bit of diversity and Milk Beach has different menu’s at the different locations.
When we walked in - oh my goodness - we loved it! It was exactly our vibe from the soft pink of the sign, to their modern decor and minimalist design. We’re also a big fan of wooden features and Milk Beach had that aplenty. But, sometimes with restaurants that look really stylish they don’t always live up the hype. We get a bit worried that it is all style over substance. It’s not actually going to deliver the good food! And at the end of the day - when you go to a restaurant the food is what’s important y’know!
We ordered breakfast and we went for the pancakes - they looked absolutely delicious, with some yoghurt and a caramelised banana. And let me tell you… it was absolutely heavenly. We’re not exaggerating here, but this is the best pancake breakfast we have ever had in London. The yolk was perfectly yellow and drippy, the banana was like a creme brulee - crispy on the outside and gooey on the inside. The pancakes were thick; which isn’t our usual style. We’re more of a crepe family, but they were soft in the middle. Delicious!
Overall, Milk Beach was absolutely fantastic! The service was incredible, the food was insanely delicious and one thing that always sells me at these places is the staff. They could not have been more attentive and friendly. Plus! They all looked like models… like what the heck!
Milk Beach totally lived up to the hype - we had an incredible time. Finally, cos you know we love a look around the bathroom. They even had cocktail sticks for your teeth in the bathroom, what a great idea! We loved it.
If you’ve been to Milk Beach we would love to know your thoughts in the comments!
Does Yoghurt Cake Work with a Pot of Joy?
We’re going to try a variation of the classic Yoghurt Cake recipe using a Pot of Joy! Come and have a read and find out how it turned out…
We want to start off this blog with a shout out to one of our favourites: Condiment Claire.
Claire is well known on #foodtok and is a great source of fun and inspiration when it comes to unique and interesting food creations. We credit Claire with the inspo for today’s blog - a variation of her classic Yoghurt Cake recipe. Claire made the Yoghurt cake recipe famous on TikTok. It’s where you use yoghurt and the yoghurt pot to measure out all your ingredient and produce a delicious moist cake!
You can check out here version here:
We’re going to try a variation of this but rather than using the classic yoghurt pot… we’re going to use a Cadbury’s Pot of Joy! This doesn’t have the same texture or viscosity of yoghurt but we think it could be pretty tasty and really it just intrigued us… so why not try it y’know! You can check out our attempt below:
Basically, the way you want to do this is to weigh everything in a yoghurt pot, whether it’s a half a cup or a full cup, bigger or smaller - it doesn’t matter too much as you use the yoghurt pot as your standard of measure.
We’ve taken this premise and rather than using the typical yoghurt pot we’re trying it with a Pot of Joy - a Cadbury’s favourite. We were pretty intrigued to see if this would work as a Pot of Joy isn’t your standard yoghurt - it’s got that different texture and has way more sugar.
Therefore, we decided to reduce the sugar needed in the recipe to compensate for the Pot of Joy.
If you want to follow along properly the recipe is linked below! Also, before we forget - if you know a baker and want to make their life 100x better - you need to get them a mini spatula! Life changing.
As you can see if you watched above:
We started off cracking an egg and mixing our sugar together
Then we added some vegetable oil.
Zested some clementine
A splash of vanilla
Some baking powder
A dollop of flour
Then our Pot of Joy
At this point we were debating whether it would be worth adding some ground almonds for that lil bit of crunch!
We then mixed it all together
Then we thought that choccy chips would have been a GREAT shout alas we held off.
We added the mixture into our cake tin and it was looking pretty good!
Pop it into the oven for 40 minutes.
And here we have the finished product - it looked on the outset pretty fantastic. It’s warm and the texture is squishy and moist - one of the things we’ve noticed about the yoghurt cakes is that they are just so MOIST! Oh gosh and the chocolate orange smelt so good too.
The Verdict:
Overall, the texture and the moistness were fantastic! Exactly what we were looking for but the taste was just a little disappointing. It just wasn’t chocolatey enough - not chocolatey enough AT ALL. On reflection we think it definitely could have done with some chocolate chips or maybe just go back to the normal yoghurt cake recipe and add some cocoa powder with the yoghurt.
Don’t get us wrong - it’s nice - it just could of been better.
At any rate - we really enjoyed making it. It’s a fun way to make a cake and there are so many possibilities that you could play around with. We’re thinking a marble cake next time. If you’ve had a go at this, we would love to know how you got on in the comments. Till next time.
Full recipe below:
Ingredients:
1 cup (250g) plain yoghurt
2 levelled cups (250g) plain flour
1/2 cup (100g) caster sugar
1/2 cup (80g) vegetable oil
2 eggs at room temp
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1 pinch salt
Instructions:
Preheat the oven to 180C° and place the rack in the middle position
Grease a 9x5x2.5 inch loaf pan with oil/ butter and grease proof paper
Mix eggs and sugar, then add oil, vanilla essence and mix again. Add yoghurt and mix it into a smooth consistency. All in one bowl
Whisk flour, baking powder and a pinch of salt together and add to the wet batter until just combined.
Pop mixture into the lined cake pan
Bake for about 35-40 minutes, until a skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
When the cake is done, remove it from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool
What is British Rocky Road!?
It has come to my attention that not every country in the world is aware of the delicious delights offered by a chunk of Rocky Road. And that is absolutely crazy to me as it's such a British staple; all bakeries and Christmas fairs have them, like we grew up making and eating this stuff and I can’t believe people don’t know about it because in the UK it’s just everywhere.
It has come to my attention that not every country in the world is aware of the delicious delights offered by a chunk of Rocky Road. And that is absolutely crazy to me as it's such a British staple; all bakeries and Christmas fairs have them, like we grew up making and eating this stuff and I can’t believe people don’t know about it because in the UK it’s just everywhere.
As I was browsing on TikTok, y’know as you do, I saw this lovely American Girl making some Rocky Road and when I looked at the comments they were all asking what it was - they thought it was an ice cream flavour! I couldn’t believe it so I thought to myself, the world has got to be told about this secret.
So today, we're going to make a batch of the classic British staple that is Rocky Road. Some of you may have heard of the Australian Rocky Road, it’s also a big thing in Australia, but they tend to add lots of gummy sweets to theirs and obviously that goes against all of our British sensibilities.
The English one is quite basic, I won’t lie to you, but it’s also really good!
And we decided to use this BBC Good Food recipe to make it!
Check out how it went here:
I’ll lay out the key info and ingredients below before we continue.
Key Info:
The Prep time in this recipe was: 15 minutes
Cook time was: 5 minutes.
It should serve: 15 peoples
Ingredients:
200g digestive biscuits (Rich Tea can also be used)
135g butter or margarine
200g dark chocolate (70% cocoa works best)
2-3tbsp golden syrup
100g mini marshmallows (chopped regular marshmallows work too)
icing sugar (to dust)
Optional:
raisins, dried cranberries or any dried fruit
nuts
popcorn
honeycomb, broken up into pieces
We started off by greasing our baking dish - ideally it should be an 18cm square brownie tin lined with baking paper.
It then says that we should put the digestive biscuits in a zip lock freezer bag and bash it with a rolling pin, but we just find it SO satisfying getting to cut them up - just one of those funny quirks. You kinda want to get it so there’s a mix of biscuit dust and a 50p coin sized lump.
While you’re getting this sorted; in a large saucepan you want to melt your butter, chocolate and golden syrup into a nice melty mixture. For the golden syrup a Grackle top tip is to put a little bit of vegetable oil onto your table spoon so the golden syrup slips right out without leaving a mess.
You’ll be thanking us later for that nice clean spoon, mm mm mm!
It should be heating up slowly and creating that hot chocolatey goodness - that hot chocolate sauce - melty melty chocolate. YUM!
Also can I just say… bit of a tangent but I think we need a bit of an Ice Cream revolution up in England. Like, why don’t we have Rocky Road as an ice cream flavour? I’m quite intrigued to try it actually. A little bit of crunch, the gooey marshmallows and all that chocolatey goodness. I think it’d be a winner. Even thought chocolate is definitely the worst flavour of ice cream! Don’t hate me for saying it, it’s just true.
Once you’re ready, take all of your biscuits and then our key ingredient - mini marshmallows - and any of the other ingredients you might want to include. Some people add raisins and such but that’s a preference thing. We didn’t include any because we were just going for a classic rocky road. Then you just want to stir all of those bits into the chocolatey mixture!
I must say that the standard mini marshmallow really does NOT hold is structural integrity in England, they seem to just melt right into the mixture which is SO annoying.
But once it’s all in, just give it a good mix and put it into your prepped baking tin.
Then you just want to pop that into the fridge until it’s set.
When you take it out of the fridge people always have a different approach. Some people pour chocolate all over the top, some like to decorate, but as you know we just couldn’t wait to take a bite and so we say just jump in and cut yourself a slice!
And there you have it - a classic British Rocky Road!
If you thought this looked tantalisingly delicious and you gave it a try, let us know how you got on in the comments! We’d love to know how your little slice of British Rocky Road went down.
Till next time.
Come and Experience The World’s Only Peanut Butter Shop!
Come and check out the only dedicated peanut butter shop in the WORLD! If you’re a nutter for peanut butter than come check this blog out!
Mighty Peanut Butter Lovers - guess what we found in the depths of Rotterdam’s streets. A shop dedicated to peanut butter! You’re gonna be a nutter for peanut butter once you’ve seen this. Take a watch of the video below to get the full scoop!
While cruising through Europe we happened to land upon of one of the Netherland’s best kept secrets. Everyone thinks it’s known for its clogs and tulips… but the real reason you need to go to Rotterdam is for the Peanut Butter shop - De Pindakasswinkel!
Yes, this is a whole shop designated to Peanut Butter - a literal dream for all peanut butter lovers.
It was incredible how many peanut themed items they had - one that caught our eye was the absolutely massive tub of peanut butter! You seriously couldn’t miss it!
They also have loads of little merch items floating around such as socks and t-shirts, which is such a fun novelty! Even so, apparently Pindabas means peanut boss! Well, I think anyway?
Anyyyway… we were astounded at how many different flavours there were! There were options like garlic friend onion, white chocolate and pumpkin spice! Lit so many different flavours - and we LOVED that there was the option to try all of the different flavours, because you’ve got to be pretty brave to try garlic friend onion peanut butter.
Annoyingly we only had a day in the city, because they even do a workshop where you get to create your own peanut butter flavours! We so would have done this if we’d been able and it looked like so much fun!
Anyway, this is everything I got (take a look at the photo above) and if you’re ever in Rotterdam - you need to check it out!
The Biggest 20’’ Pizza in London!
Check out the biggest 20’’ pizza in London - we visited HomeSlice and had the best time…
What’s up Home Slice - as you may know, we’re on an eternal quest to find the biggest cylindrical shaped foods in London! We’ve done the cookie, so now it was time for the biggest Pizza we could find! Come with us as we take you around the streets of London and land on our own slice of Italian heaven, a pizza that is a whole 20’’… This bad boy has been on our radar for a while and we know you’re going to love it!
This perfect pizza place is called HomeSlice, they began back in 2011 and have restaurants in Central London. Starting in marketplaces and local events, HomeSlice quickly developed into a fan favourite and settled down ready to deliver us with some top quality Pizza.
We were dubious at first about HomeSlice. You know when you hear on the vine that a pizza place is just so good and you’re getting all excited and you’re salavating and just the thought of a delicious slice of pizza is driving you WILD! Well that’s where we were, and really we were worried it wasn’t going to live up to the hype. We’ve been dreaming and prepping for this pizza for so long. It could not dissapoint.
One of the things we love with our food is just that lil bit of customisation. We loved that at HomeSlice they had the option to get half and half or just one flavour. So of course we got the half and half; opting for half margharita and half salami.
And let me tell you, oh let me tell you. It was beautiful. Delectable. Succulent and wonderful.
The crispy crust was cracking and it had the perfect floppiness in equal balance with the crisp and the crunch of the crust. That tomato base was enjoyably sweet and each mouthful was mesmerisingly delightful. Oh yes - this pizza lived up to the hype.
In saying that, we probably wouldn’t get the margharita again because as margharitas are it was a bit plain. But it’s important when you go somewhere new to make sure you try the plain flavour, so you can work out if it’s the pizza base and sauce or just the toppings that are giving it that luciousness.
Overall, it was really good. The salami was unmatched and we wish that we’d had space enough to try all of their different flavours - they just had so many and we can’t wait to go back. If you’re out and about and craving a slice of scumptious pizza - HomeSlice is where it’s at and you need to try it out!
We travelled 1.5 hours to visit the best bakery in London
We travelled 1.5 hours to find this incredible bakery - check out the blog to find out how it went! I’ll give you a sneak peak - we loved it!
Sometimes something keeps popping up on TikTok and it looks too good not to try! This was the case with this bakery… it looked UNREAL. So, we travelled 1 and a half hours on three different modes of transport just to get a taste of their sweet buttery goodness! Check out the adventure down below:
We walked, bussed, and trained it to visit this haven of baked goods. You’ll find Toad Bakery in Camberley in SE London and they do the most amazing pastries. They’ve got a wonderful selection and the thing we love most is that they’re not just the same ol' pastries you’d see in your standard bakery.
Credit to - ToadBakery
On all the Tiktok’s we looked at they said that there were always really long queues… just another great sign of how good it is right? But, of course we went on the hottest day of the year, and that sun really did clean those queues out. It’s always great when queueing isn’t an issue - just gives everything that sweet breezy feeling, especially in that heat! Eeek.
But oh my goodness golly. This bakery is worth it. It was absolutely fan-tastic! The staff were beyond lovely, the atmosphere was fun and friendly and we loved the baked goods. They had some of the classics like croissants and cinnamon buns - which the Family are always a big fan of. But, we loved the combination of some more alternative ideas - and they really did work! Also, who doesn’t love that their bread is all Sourdough?
Toad Bakery is absolutely worth it - even if you’re an hour away!
If you’re not convinced check out their website or why not check out our YT video below - then you can enjoy the whole experience from start to finish!
If you’ve been and loved it - leave a little comment - we’d love to see how you got on!
The Real Life Charlie & The Chocolate FActory!
Come and explore the real version of Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory with us… The Lindt Chocolate Factory in Zurich - it was literarily chocolatey heaven!
We’ve finally achieved our childhood dream. You’ve all had it, gazing up at the TV watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and just wishing that you could go and live in a real life chocolate factory. So we did! We traded in our golden ticket, hopped on a plane and found ourselves at the door of the Lindt Chocolate Factory in Switzerland. And oh my gosh - you guys… it was a chocolatey haven of goodness!
Come and share in the magic with us below:
The Lindt Chocolate Factory is in Zurich - and it is truly where all your chocolatey dreams come true. It’s a fantastical, magical palace - a real life version of Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory! Or the closest thing on earth to it. It was everything we’ve dreamed of and more!
Obviously to get the full experience we had to do the audio guided tour - this told us a little bit about the history of chocolate and some other interesting facts. It led us through this wonderful chocolatey themed forest - and we were so excited as this has been on our bucket list for SO FLIPPING LONG!
Now we’re not without our quirks and we just love old food packaging, it’s fascinating. It was great to see all the displays and we absolutely loved it.
But now for our real favourite bit… the Unlimited Chocolate Fountain!
You get a little spoon and you get to try as much as you want. It had everything, dark, milk and white chocolate and oh my gosh it was so good; like molten sweet nectar! Also, at these places it can feel so restrictive but we loved that nobody was watching or telling us that we’d had enough. You could just keep going up for more - heaven right!
To make it feel even more like Willy Wonka’s they had these massive tubes and you just had to stick you hand under it and it would pop out a fun different shaped chocolate. It was kinda like a game as they had different sections and you had to guess what flavour was what… so so cool how it just shot out of there! Honestly, dreams coming true!
We then moved on, and there was this wall where you could move and control the stars. It might have been for kids but we didn’t care… we were having way too much fun! I just couldn’t get enough - it kept getting better and better.
There was then a space where you could take some photos in a giant Lindt Ball. But, behind the giant lindt balls were tiny Lindt balls and you just got to try all of the different flavours! What a treat.
This whole experience only cost £12 which if we’re being honest is almost the cost of a box of Lindt in the supermarket!
We cannot recommend this place enough - if you’re ever in Zurich you HAVE to go.
If you’ve been to a chocolate themed place as fantastical as this, why not post it down in the comments so we can go and relive our dreams all over again.
The Jennifer Anniston salad recipe!
Jennifer Anniston has been an icon for as long as we can remember; we’re gonna take not even 2 minutes of your time to run you through it so you can take that little bit of Anniston magic for yourself!
Jennifer Anniston has been an icon for as long as we can remember; plus Friends is practically one of our most favouritist things on the planet and so we like to keep up to date.
Keeping up to date means knowing the secrets to Jennifer Annistons life… and by that we mean - what the heck does she eat. In all of our digging we came accross her secret salad recipe. We’re gonna take not even 2 minutes of your time to run you through it so you can take that little bit of Anniston magic for yourself!
So this is the secret recipe to Jennifer Annistons favourite salad; we know there’s been a lot of speculation… but this is information straight from the gal herself.
Ingredients:
Chicken
Bacon
Salami
Tomato
Iceberg Lettuce
Chickpeas
A sprinkle of Parmesan
Italian Dressing
I know what you’re thinking… and your right it’s nothing ground breaking it’s just an everyday salad. But, if you enjoy an everyday salad who are we to say anything about it!
Viral Doughnuts that are worth the hype!
We thought it was about time that we went and tried some of those viral doughnut hot spots that EVERYBODY is raving about. It’s good to be up to date… we love a doughnut… so let’s get into it!
We thought it was about time that we went and tried some of those viral doughnut hot spots that EVERYBODY is raving about. It’s good to be up to date… we love a doughnut… so let’s get into it! We tried three places: Longboys, Doh’ hut and Bread Ahead, and we’re going to give you our honest thoughts on them so doughnut go anywhere!
Longboys
First up we tried Longboys - now people had been raving about them for a while and boy was it good! They use a light brioche dough which is beautifully light, it feels like you’re biting into a cloud. It’s not too heavy or sickly that sometimes can happen with other doughnuts. The lightness makes it really enjoyable and you don’t feel gross afterwards.
We got the chocolate hazelnut flavour and it was so good! We loved it, they had the perfect balance of flavour so it wasn’t too rich like some doughnuts can be but still had enough flavour to really tantalise that taste buds!
Fully recommend definitely worth the hype!
Doh’ Hut
We love it when a bakery does something unique and imaginative and so we were so inspired by Doh’hut who have brought together two of our favourite things. Doughnuts and Bagels to design ‘The Dagel’. We think this is so much fun and you know us over here at Insert name here We’re savory people through and through.
We decided to try a whole assortment of doughnuts, but we got the cream cheese and spring onion Dagel and do you know what for something that is half doughnut half bagel it really did taste like a bagel - but the texture was doughnutesque which gave it a light and springy quality.
The sweet doughnuts we tried as well were delicious and we really enjoyed trying them. They were flavourful, and not too rich and had a light texture to them.
Another one that we recommend.
Bread Ahead
Everyone has been banging on about Bread Ahead for a long time… and it’s taken us a while to investigate the hype as we haven’t really been convinced. But, we decided it was time and we went and tried Bread Ahead.
We started off with a chocolate and honeycomb and we actually found it to be quite dark and bitter in its flavour, it didnt’ have the lightness and sweetness that we would expect in our doughnuts. It almost felt like it had been overcooked in oil that wasn’t quite right… you kind of just feel that taste in your mouth. We were not impressed at all…
Bread Ahead is definitely NOT worth the hype.
Thanks for joining us on our Viral Doughnut adventure. Let us know what your favourite doughnuts in the comments and if you find any hidden gems make sure you let us know!
The best and worst food… at Disney Land Paris!
Everyone at some point has had a dream of going to Disney Land. Or if not, you’ve been impacted by Disney in some way - it’s magical, the characters, the movies, the memories. We were lucky enough to visit Disney Land Paris and of course the magic for us is in the food. We’re going to tell you all about the best… and worst things we ate at Disney Land Paris!
Everyone at some point has had a dream of going to Disney Land. Or if not, you’ve been impacted by Disney in some way - it’s magical, the characters, the movies, the memories. We were lucky enough to visit Disney Land Paris and of course the magic for us is in the food.
We’re going to tell you all about the best… and worst things we ate at Disney Land Paris! Enjoy…
The Disney Beignet
We’re gonna go from worst to best… and in our final position was the Beignet. This was such a dissapointment as it was so dry. It was like they’d shipped us off to the Sahara, and you know you can’t have that with a Beignet. It didn’t have the similiarity to a doughnut and to be honest the apricot jam filling was just a little mismatched.
We gave it a 2/10.
Chocolate Chip Short Bread
We really thought this would be like those gorgeous melt in the mouth chocolate chip cookies that you can get from Tesco, but unfortunately it tasted far more in line with a stale biscuit. A real dissapointment as it looked so good - but really didn’t live up to its potential.
We gave it a 2/10.
Disney Madelaide
This Madelaide was not the one. It looked really pretty and as we always say the first bite is with the eye! But that’s where the flavour ended as texturally it was crumbly and the flavour was pretty bland. A really dissapointment because of how pretty it looks.
We gave it a 3/10.
The Pizza (ft. Garlic bread)
The next on our list was a bit of improvement. We had a pizza but it was more of like a pitta bread pizza and therefore it wasn’t super crispy. Luckily the Garlic bread was pretty good and if you just need a bit of something to fill you up this worked wonders!
We’re giving it 5/10.
Cake Pop
Up next we have the cake pop. This was such a sweet little item, and it tasted sweet too. It was fun and enjoyable and a nice little sweet treat as you’re wandering aroudn the park.
We gave it a 6/10.
Pretzel Sandwhich
The Pretzel Sandwhich… it’s a lot better than it looks. We thought it was going to be really dry but actually the cream cheese stopped it from drying out and it actually had a really good flavour! Would recommend.
We gave it a 6/10.
Turkey Leg
We couldn’t believe that the Turkey Leg was here in Disney Paris - we’d seen it at Florida but we were so excited to try it. It was actually really flavoursome and way better than it looks. We really enjoyed chowing down on this!
We gave it a 7/10.
White Choc Marshmallow
We had this sweet little White Choc Marshmallow and it was absolutely dreamy. A real treat that we really enjoyed - so fluffy and gooey and yummy.
We gave it 8/10
The UP Ice cream (Cookie Dough)
Finally we have the ‘Up’ ice cream from our favourite film - you guessed it - UP! This was cookie dough ice cream and by far the best thing we tried while we were here at Disney. There’s nothing better than a good ice cream.
We gave it 10/10.
If you get the pleasure of going to Disney Land Paris on a holiday we would love to know what you tried, loved and hated! Let us know in the comments your fave foods!
Is the giant £25 croissant worth it?
Right now you’re wondering what the heck is happening… has everyone gone mad! But this was our genuine reaction to the GIANT CROISSANT!
OH MY GOSH!
WHAT THE HECK IS HAPPENING!!!
THIS IS INSANE!
NO… NO… NO…
IT’S RIDICULOUS!
IT CAN’T BE RIGHT… ARE YOU SERIOUS!
I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF RIGHT NOW… IT’S LIKE MY DREAMS HAVE COME TRUE!
Right now you’re wondering what the heck is happening… has everyone gone mad! But this was our genuine reaction to the GIANT CROISSANT! I just couldn’t stop laughing, it felt so surreal. Is this what it’s like to be real tiny and see normal sized food? I think everyone can agree the food is so much better when it’s really really tiny or gigantic! Wow this bought us a lot of joy.
Today we’re talking about the Giant Croissant from Philippe Conticini - you’ll remember him from our London Crawl Blog - but we had to take a moment to talk about his £25 Giant Croissant.
We’ve had so many cynics tell us that these giant pastries aren’t worth it. But the sheer joy that this has brought us is worth it. It gave us that feeling of levitation, where your so giddy with excitement it’s like your stomach is trying to float out of your body! We might even have been salivating into a new state of euphoria! Just it being sat there, on the table, was exciting.
Over the years, we’ve had a lot of viral pastries… and they’ve been nasty! Everyone’s posted up saying how great they are… and let’s be real… it’s all been lies! It’s okay… I get it… so we’re so intrigued. The sheer unique size has been a joy but does the taste match up?
Here’s our verdict. The size is wonderful, but the actual taste isn’t the best… it’s not the worst… but it’s not the best. It’s got a similar texture to a supermarket pan chocolat. The texture is a little chewy and the flavour isn't our of this world. We think that this is just fun for the novelty of it.
Let us know in the comments your thoughts - do you get as much enjoyment out of tiny food as us?
We tried The most expensive cookie in london!
Fellow cookie officianados, when it comes to Cookie’s we know exactly what we’re talking about and when we hear about a deluxe cookie you know we have to try it. So we went out and found the MOST expensive cookie in London and we’re here to tell you all about it
Fellow cookie officianados, when it comes to Cookie’s we know exactly what we’re talking about and when we hear about a deluxe cookie you know we have to try it. So we went out and found the MOST expensive cookie in London and we’re here to tell you all about it, so that you can add a little cookie excitement to you day.
We headed off for our expedition into London - there’s always something exciting when you’re on a cookie hunt in London, and found ourselves at Hyde Park Station and heading to The Berkeley that is the home of world famous pastry chef - Cedric Grolet. Of course we were very excited to get stuck in.
So we enter in and we couldn’t believe it. This was unlike anything we’d ever seen. It was elite. Everything was elite. The building was elite. The layout was elite. The pastries looked elite. It was unreal. And you always know you’ve gone to the next level when you can’t find a price tag anywhere. This was no ordinary bakery - this was like an pastry art show.
The aesthetic was just incredible, we were loving it. Even more so we appreciated the staff who were lovely and so genuine. For a second we’re going take you away from the pastry and tell you about the toilets! Flipping heck - the toilets were amazing. We had so much fun because they had these awesome swirling vortex flushes and you know we just can’t help marvel at an incredible toilet.
The Food
We started our experiement with a fresh mint tea - just a little pallette cleanser before we delved into the baked delights. You will never guess how much this mint tea was… £9! We could not believe that they were charging almost £10 for a mint tea - it’s daylight robbery. What’s even crazier is that we paid it - the things we do for a fresh mint tea.
On to the Cookies. As stated we consider ourselves to be on the more experienced side of cookie tasting… an expert you may say… perhaps even a professional cookie taster so we feel we know what we’re talking about here.
I’ll justs say this… it was a good cookie, but it wasn’t amazing. The texture was slightly gritty and it didn’t have the soft, melty to die for texture that we look for, and in that the flavour was good but it wasn’t mind blowing fantastic. Fortunately, the pistacio cookie was much better in our opinion. It had the balance between sweet and salty and the texture had lost that grittiness of the first one but, it was NOT worth £25.
So there you have it… a good cookie, but not a great cookie! If you have the strength to pay £25 and try it for yourself - let us know what you think in the comments.
Trying London’s croissant crawl!
Over here at INSERT NAME HERE we’re not so much the pub crawl kinda people. We love the premise - but we prefer the pastries. So we were beyond buzzed when we realised the new crawl on the block was a CROISSANT CRAWL!
Over here at Here and There we’re not so much the pub crawl kinda people. We love the premise - but we prefer the pastries. So we were beyond buzzed when we realised the new crawl on the block was a CROISSANT CRAWL!
The croissant crawl isn’t just a stop and pop by any bakery you can find oh no! It has a purpose. A purpose that seeks to connect three of the ultimate, most wordly reknowned and famous croissant innovators in London. And we are here for it. We want to experience the flaky, buttery, squidgy deliciousness that is the laminating process of making croissants.
How does it work?
The crawl works like this: It’s a journey between the man himself - Phillippe Conticini, Le Deli Robuchon and finally but by no means last Richoux. The brilliant thing about the crawl is that you can complete the crawl in about 40 minutes - which adds all the fun of a day out wandering London - but also you get the more original and unique croissant creations.
Phillippe Conticini
This is our first stop, and it’s nice and easy being located close to Kensington Station. Firstly, what a display.It was a smorgassboard of delicious pastries, glowing and shining, filling your eyes with delight. From luxurious and delicately crafted croissants to the most mouth watering pain au chocolats there were XL croissants that looked like they could feed a family. It was mesmerising.
It was like a tapestry of pastry, and the croissant was it’s center piece. Light, flakey and delicious. You’ve definitely got to try it!
Le Deli Robuchon
Le Deli Robuchon is the next step on the crawl, right next to Green Park station. It was an elegant space and the pastry counter immediately caught my eye from the end of the room. We were excited for this because of the quirky take on a traditional fave.
Here we had, The Cube. Like what! They’ve turned a croissant into a cube. How awesome - brilliant - genius! We could not wait to get a taste of this bad boy and we know you won’t be able to either!
Richoux
Our last stop on the crawl is at Richoux which luckily is only 5 minutes away from Robuchon. Richoux was a little more intimidating as it was less of a traditional bakery and more like a restaurant - luckily because they obviously know how good their pastries are they had a takeaway pastry counter for us.
At Richoux they’ve had a imaginative idea to form the Cruffin - you guessed it - half muffin/ half croissant! The swirling flavours invite you in and as you know the first bite is with the eyes!
Overall Thoughts
The best croissant was most definitely at Richoux - the flavours were intoxicating mixing dreamy vanilla and raspberry that complimented each other perfectly. It was refreshing and different and utterly delicious.
This was closely followed by Le Deli Robuchon the pastry was flakey and buttery and felt excellent on the tongue and everything mixed together to form a perfect bite.
Phillipe Conticini was our least favourite of the 3. It wasn’t flakey but had a more burnt texture to the bite, the filling was tart and didn’t compliment the pastry.
If you want to go from best to worth - start with Richoux and go backwards.
If you want to go from worst to best - start with Conticini and end with Richoux.
Each of these croissants are going to set you back aroudn £7 which isn’t cheap - but Richoux was most definitely worth it.
Let us know your favourite croissant in the comments below!
The Best Sandwhiches in London!
We’re not going to lie to you; here at Insert name here we love a sandwhich! Whether it’s a lil bite for lunch or an afternoon tea. We LOVE it. So we thought we would do some exploring and find some of London’s best sandwhich so you can join in with our passion.
We’re not going to lie to you; at Here and There we love a sandwhich! Whether it’s a lil bite for lunch or an afternoon tea. We LOVE it. So we thought we would do some exploring and find some of London’s best sandwhich so you can join in with our passion.
Here’s a little look at what happened:
The most expensive Sandwhich
We started off at a British fave, an icon, a symbol of British pride. You guessed it. It’s Harrod.
After having a little parousal of the offerings we found our most expensive sandwhich. It was a beautiful looking Wagyu steak sandwhich here is the official Harrods description:
Did somebody say Wagyu steak sandwich? Comprised of mouth-wateringly good Chillean Mollendo Wagyu sirloin, deep fried to perfection with a blushing pink centre.
But we think it was actually a bit over priced. It definitely had a good flavour, the dressing on the inside was nice and the steak was melt in your mouth. But… and this a big butt because you know we don’t like our bottoms soggy. THE BOTTOM OF THE SANDWHICH WAS MOIST. DAMP. SOGGY. So in our overall assessment we decided that this sandwhich was definitely not worth the £28 we paid for it.
The Least Expensive Sandwhich
Our second sandwhich is a lesser known favourite. A hidden gem you might say. And we’ve always said that the best places are the ones the locals go to eat. This place was picked with an assortment of different people and it had the cheapest sandwhich on offer - a classic cheese sammie for only £2.
This little gem is called the Maestro Deli and it had a heap of sandwhich options. The deli itself is comprised of local workers and they were absolutely lovely. Salt of the earth and put a smile on my face.
We love getting involved in the food we eat and we loved that in true deli form we got to choose our bread (classic white), we got the option of salt and pepper, and it’s made right in front of you.
Ahhh, nothing better than a good ol’ cheese sandwhich - flippin delicious.
We had so much fun finding these sandwhiches. Tell us in the comments your favourite sandwhich place or your favourite sandwhich (no matter how weird the filling).
Everything you can get for FREE on your birthday!
What better way to spend a birthday than running around and finding all of the free goodies on offer. To help you in your search we’ve gone ahead and tried it ourselves - so that you can go and treat yo self on your birthday.
I think we can all agree here… nothing tastes better than free food!
If you really wanted you could pretty much create a birthday week of free food - all it would take is a little planning, your ID and a few reward apps. They’re no fools nowadays.
And what better way to spend a birthday than running around and finding all of the free goodies on offer. To help you in your search we’ve gone ahead and tried it ourselves - so that you can go and treat yo self on your birthday.
Here’s how it went: Disclaimer this is in England
BOOST
We started the birthday celebrations by heading to BOOST JUICE - and of course in classic fashion we had to go for the most expensive one we could get- £7 - it turned out to be a juice with mint in it… so maybe next time I’ll just go for a smoothie.
Birthday Freebie: A FREE BOOST
How to claim: You need to sign up to the BOOST Vibe Club and you score a free boost on your birthday via the app.
HOTEL CHOCOLAT
We then headed off to Hotel Chocolat - one of my absolute faves. Their deal is really good because you can either get something for £5 or put £5 towards something. I decided to go for a bag of Gemstones as I just can’t get enough of that rich chocolatey goodness.
Birthday Freebie: £5 loyalty card
How to claim: You need to sign up for a Hotel Chocolat VIP card and then active it online. Make sure you’ve signed up a few weeks before your birthday so you don’t miss out.
T&C’s: Rewards will be sent two weeks before your birthday and it’s valid for 30 days.
LIDL
You can’t have a birthday without popping into a supermarket and luckily on your birthday Lidl offer the choice between a doughnut and a cookie. We went for the cookie - you know what Lidl’s cookie really hit the spot.
Birthday Freebie: Free Doughnut
How to claim: To get your free doughnut you need to sign up to the Lidl Plus App and then the coupon will show up in the vouchers section.
T&C’s: This voucher is valid for 7 days.
KRISPY KREME
Krispy Kreme is a fan favourite. Everyone knows about their birthday offer - a WHOLE free doughnut! Yum. You can get any doughnut for free which we think is excellent and of course we had to go for the chocolate sprinkle one because it’s the best, and let me tell you we enjoyed every single last mouthful. Yum, yum, yum!
Birthday Freebie: Free dougnut of your choice
How to claim: Join Krispy Kreme rewards. You get a free dougnut just for that - then add the birthday rewards to your app to show it in store.
T&C’s: This offer is only valid in store and not in supermarket krispy kreme stands.
COSTA
You know we can’t do a birthday without a lil trip to a coffee shop - and you know we’re usually starbies fans here… but when Costa have a deal on let me tell you my loyalties are switching sides. Costa offer a whole slice of birthday cake… unfortunately they had run out of birthdays and so we got a piece of carrot cake - which hit the spot!
Birthday Freebie: Free Cake!
How to claim: You need to sign up for the Cost Club and then enter your birthday on the website/ app. Then on your birthday you get sent an electronic cake voucher! What fun.
T&C’s: These vouchers have a 7 day expiry on them.
GAIL’S
This is a bit of a new one to the line up. We’ve been a Gail’s fan for a while. If you download their rewards app than on your birthday you can help yourself to one of their morning goods. Of course we had to go for the Almond croissant because it’s so flipping good.
Birthday Freebie: A Sweet Treat (Morning Goods)
How to claim: You need to download the mobile app to your phone and you will be given a voucher on your app during the month of your birthday.
GREGGS
Finally, to finish off our day we had to visit Greggs and get a little sweet treat. We got a cupcake and it was delicious. What a great way to finish your birthday off.
Birthday Freebie: Free cupcake, cream cake or doughnut!
How to claim: To claim download the Greggs app and check the ‘rewards’ tab on the day of your birthday.
T&C’S: Valid for on month after issue.
A few other birthday options we didn’t try are listed here:
Tortilla
Birthday Freebie: A Free Burrito
How to claim: Join the Tortilla Club and you’ll be emailed a voucher on your birthday for a free burrito.
Pizza Express
Birthday Freebie: A Free Desert, pizza or bottle of prosecco.
How to claim: Sign up for the Pizza Express Club and you’ll qualify for your birthday freebies!
Subway
Birthday Freebie: A Free Cookie
How to claim: You need to join the Subway Rewards and you’ll get an email on your birthday allowing you to scan your app in-store for your free cookie.
T&C: The Cookie can only be claimed at participating stores.
We hope that we’ve inspired you to go and treat yourself! Let us know in the comments you fave birthday freebies.