Have you ever been so busy at work that your lunch break would consist of a sandwich from Tesco (or Pret), and a view of your computer screen? Well in my case its home made sandwiches because i don't actually have the time to go get one from a shop.
Well this was the case until a few weeks back when a friend recommended getting lunch delivered to my desk. Delivered to my office? I thought, this is too good to be true and therefore began to think that i was becoming the butt of some joke. So i decided to do a little research before, just in case my worst fears became a reality. Onto the Internet i went, and into Google i searched for corporate caterers. Up top came a website i could hardly understand or navigate around, second a wedding caterer, then third was London's Flying Chef.
So i had a little read of their site and looked through their menus, all quite fancy and posh for a lunch isn't it? But nevertheless tasty looking. It said that all orders are for at least four people, which meant i needed to get some others involved, so i rallied some troops and my boss, who like me has a non-existent lunch break, and we ordered lunch for the next day via telephone. By this time i was beginning to think that my friend was telling the truth after all.
The next day the food arrived about 3 seconds earlier than the time we requested. A big platter full of little sandwiches, pittas, wraps and rolls, all with a variety of fillings. Now I'm no food critic but this was the best lunch id had in months, the last being at Chez Gerard. Perhaps the best thing though, was that each sandwich was filled how they should be, i.e. no poxy proportions of fillings like you get in Tesco, these were doorsteps in comparison!
Since then i have been a regular customer of London's Flying Chef, in fact, word has spread so fast that pretty much every company in our office block order food from them. Its even got to the point where the receptionists are on first name terms with the delivery personnel.
Top that Tesco!
Tuesday, 8 May 2007
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3 comments:
Ha ha nice post, yeah i work in the city and i must say that all of us in the rat race rarely have time to indulge in a nice lunch, Cafe Nero is about the best it gets for me.
I had a little peak at the flying chef menus and i must say they sound rather tasty but perhaps thats because i haven't had time for breakfast yet - do they do breakfast too by any chance?
Even so i may persuade a few colleagues of mine to get involved so we can try it out. They could do with more images on their website though!
Had never heard of these guys before now but having gone on their site and had a look around I am sorely tempted to order something now. Is it better to get a few people in on the act or can they cater for smaller groups of people?
I think you have to order for at least 4-6 people. So you'l need to get some others to join you. Definately better than any high street crap though - puts tesco to shame.
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