A friend told me about Cook and the fact that they had just opened a branch in Romsey. Its right next to the fairly new Waitrose building in the new pedestrian walkway that cuts through to Romsey town centre. The concept is frozen ready meals.
They have half a dozen freezers full of frozen meals for 1, 2 or 4 or family meals. They are made in small batches in a cooking centre and each meal is packed with the name of the person who 'cooked' it. The family sized ones are also cheat meals in that you can decant them into ceramic dishes they also sell and pass them off as your own work! I visited one evening the had a Christmas tasting session. I was only going to have a look around and ended up buying half a dozen dishes. I sampled the Venison & Redcurrent
casserole which was amazing and so tender. I also tried salmon pate, mulled wine which was being passed around and some of their deserts. The dishes are not cheap, I paid about £5 for the Venison and £4 for the Coq au vin but
comparable with Waitrose ready meals I guess but the flavour really was amazing and I'll be back there soon to stock up as soon as my freezer has room. read more