THE HOLY GRAIL OF POSH READY MEALS?
If you've been reading this blog for a bit, you'll probably know of my tireless pursuit of high-end ready meals. Well, I was in Waitrose the other day (always a treat in itself), when I discovered a new line of products called Bigham's Private Dining. What particularly caught my eye was a packet of two parmesan crusted chicken breasts with a sunblush tomato, garlic and oregano butter filling.For 6 quid 50.
Naturally I'm thinking, how can they charge that much for two bits of stuffed chicken... surely they can't be that good? Well I had to forfeit most of the essentials on my shopping list in order to buy them, but I did, and I'm pleased to report they were a stonking success.
Now obviously one can't feast on this kind of nosh every night, unless you have a Premiership footballer's wage coming in, but, for those special occassions when one is cooking to impress, these totally kick the ass of Tesco's kievs.
I sent an email to Bigham's customer services department telling them how pleased I was with the meal, that I'd be making them 'By Royal Appointment', and how about they send me over a few freebies to celebrate?
Got a very nice response back from a chap called Edward Lynton-Harley (even their names sound bloody expensive) thanking me very much for the honour and saying that, while they couldn't send me any complimentary products, he did recommend I also try their Beef Wellington, which was apparently a finalist at the 2006 SuperMeat Awards and also the Meat Awards 2005 in the lamb category.
Well, I won't be able to afford one for a few weeks yet, but it'll certainly be top of the shopping list should I ever have the pleasure of cooking a romantic meal for Zara.
