Yeah I now know why I haven't been to Rice for so long... In fact I actually was going to give it a 1 star rating until I realised that they're actually pretty good at one thing - and that's creating food fast, but not good fast food!
Having been to a party in town and not exactly full after the odd canape I decided to try and grab a quick bite on Deansgate before jumping in my taxi. I was pretty shocked to see the vast majority of places such as barburrito shut on a Weds night at 10pm and went with Rice for convenience. Their Jambalaya caught my attention and I asked how long it would take - 3 minutes (with my taxi saying they'd be there in 5 mins) so this ticked the right box.
They were right about the timing but God, what an awful box of awfulness! It probably doesn't help that I consider myself the rice king by regularly cooking my trademark risottos, paellas and my own jambalaya at home but this was just a box of rice with no taste, shriveled up meat, uncooked peppers and onions - of dear!
I was still hungry but decided to bin the 2nd half of my Rice box, mental note to self - don't settle for convenience over quality again! read more