General Musings

[Charlie Kelly]

Pineapple cream tarts.  

[Drederick Shanktum]

My da worked for greggs, he's dead now. Make of that what you will.

[2MatoFish]

Red thai chicken sandwich and a pink jammy is some top scran.

Used to live off their sausage rolls when I was a student. They've basically trebled in price in a decade though and the pastry is rarely at its flakey best anymore so I usually opt for McDonalds the bakers and their steakbakes.

[CritchSmile]

Has anyone ever had a Shell Garage Peppered Steak Slice?

[PHOODLE-OUt]

How the fuck can a burrito not be filling?  

Is that the South Gyle Greggs you go to? The most depressing place in the fucking world round that estate.

There's a wee place on one of the side streets in town, might be Frederick Street, and you just add what you want on it. Very good but probably a bit pricy to do every day, but no more expensive than a Subway or anything like that.

It's just a wee diddy one. Aye, shite choice for scran there. Since I've been through the west I've not had the urge to walk 10min to the one round the corner.

[Walter Sobchak]

There are about 10 in a very small radius from my office. In an emergency the mexican oval bite isn't the worst, tbf. Wouldn't buy a cake, but out of scottish bakers' cakes, surely a custard slice is the ne plus ultra?

Rog bringing up the 'indie' sandwich shops as a cheap option, but they're all hipster as fuck around here and about £5 for a sandwich alone. So good though. Man from Iran panini from where the monkey sleeps is pinilla. Have got this wee greasy spoon near though, henry healy's, which is decent for a cheap toastie or soup.

[Papin]

The food options at the gyle are fucking terrible. When I'm in London I usually get a Naked Burrito from a wee place in Canary Wharf, if I'm trying to be healthy.

Plus 1 for a Pineapple Cake from Greggs.

[Fire Doinks]

Used to quite like the Pizza Hut express there tbh. Chili fries were dank as fuck.

[PHOODLE-OUt]

Big fan of subway tbh

[Johnny]

Greggs is clart. The meat in their steak bakes is ganting. Same for their sausage rolls

Hardly ever go but I like Baynes the bakers cause they do macaroni pies

[CritchSmile]

Evacuation in maybury area just now.

[Jeff Resnick]

Evacuation in maybury area just now.

This perhaps?

http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/ou...-1-4343783

[Walter Sobchak]

Big fan of subway tbh

Like some other things in life, 6" is not big enough, and 12" is just a bit too much.

[Vieri]

Subway is shite IMO. Not arsed for it at all.

[pondlife]

Love Greggs chat; dished out a few pozzies.  Makes me happy.

Pretty much lived off (the original) cheese&onion pasties and a fruit slice, along with the Teviot Union pizzas, throughout my undergraduate years.  Fucking travesty the state of that pastie now, and I don't think they even do the fruit slice.  

Mind, I swear I probably went back into afternoon classes with cheese dimples and sweet raisin juice dripping off my chin.

[Drederick Shanktum]

I do like a cold sausage roll from them. And the toffee donut I tried recently was

[Del-icious]

Big fan of taco mazma for a burrito

[Zizou]

I just read they are doing home delivery in a few places now if you spend over £20

[pondlife]

Friday evening; start of the weekend.

"Well Hun, what do you fancy tonight?"
"Oooh, I've been gagging on a spicy burrito and a pineapple cream tart all week. You going for yer Red Thai chicken pannini and the yum-yum six pack, Daddy-O?"
"Aye fuckin' right, get the Prosecco, in the freezer, they'll be here in 20 mins".

[Herman Boyce]

Johnny slagging off Gregg's sausage rolls as if they're readily available with top cuts of meat elsewhere

If it's wrapped in pastry and selling for around £1 it's a pretty safe bet a large percentage of it is lips and arseholes.

+1 for a red Thai chicken sandwich though.

Was working near the Royal Mile today and I'll second that tons of independent places fleece you a fair whack for a sandwich. Other than newsagents that serve pre-packed rolls or Greggs/Subway type places, you're looking at around £4-£5.


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