Square pie = squarely disappointed.
A friend and I got slightly carried away shopping so needed some quick takeaway food to make our train. The food court was pretty busy on a Saturday lunchtime and though we both quite fancied Tortilla, so did about 50 other people waiting in the queue for it. We turned to Square Pie in the interests of speed as the queue was only 1-person long. That should've been a clue perhaps.
I went for the Skinny Spinach, Goat's Cheese and Sweet Potato pie because those are 3 of my favourite things and yeah, the word 'skinny' in front of anything just makes me feel good about myself even if it's only saving me 10 calories off about 400. 'Skinny' here means the pastry only forms the lid of the pie rather than the base and walls too, thus it comes in a thin plastic mould to keep the filling in. I knew it wouldn't be as 'hearty' without the full pastry case, but the lid was thin and mostly stuck to the mould. The filling didn't fill the inside either. And there was no goat's cheese. False advertising alert.
On the plus side, the scoop of sweet potato mash was yum. Though portion control left much to be desired as mine was about twice the size of my mate's (muhahahaa). It still wasn't close to getting good value for money though - after such a glum-looking pie I was £6.50 poorer and still hungry. If I hadn't been in such good company it would've been a glum-looking me too! read more