ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?
Discussion
Du1point8 said:
wagyu beef £6.99 for eight ounce (227g) steak
Who is going to be the first to try it?
I would but there is no Aldi near me on lidi
Who is going to be the first to try it?
I would but there is no Aldi near me on lidi
hornetrider said:
Just read they are only starting to stock it on the 12th. Gahh, denied!
I've put a date in my diary. Had some from the Worcester ASDA a while back and it was lovely...
I think wagyu / kobe is a bit of a marketing scam... its no better or worse than any good quality cut of meat and this whole 'we massage the cows' nonsense is exactly that... nonsense.
I'm out camping for a bit and was passing an Aldi on one side of the road and a Lidl on the other so I decided to grab some food... purely from this wagyu thing I decided Aldi would do, to see if they had any other decent stuff.
I was cooking on a portable bbq so limited in what I could reasonably prepare - I went simple with half a kg of thinly sliced supposedly good quality beef, and some sliced mushrooms to cook in butter. A french crusty baguette would make easy to make/eat sandwiches.
I have to say, I'm disappointed. The meat wasn't the best quality, given the price. The bread was fine and fresh at least. What was more disappointing was the complete lack of choice. There seemed to be the occasional half decent looking thing (smoked salmon, some cheese)... but most looked like either cheap crap (most of the burgers, the full chickens), had a very poor lack of choice (bread, olives) or was completely non existent (chilled beer, nuts, tin foil, kopparberg or other non apple cider)
I could scrape together a meal for one, even if it wasn't the best. No way you could manage a weekly shop there. For me thats a killer - I need to go to one supermarket and get everything... if I'm going to run around from shop to shop then I might as well use butchers, bakers, etc etc
I won't be going back. I've no idea why anyone goes at all.
I'm out camping for a bit and was passing an Aldi on one side of the road and a Lidl on the other so I decided to grab some food... purely from this wagyu thing I decided Aldi would do, to see if they had any other decent stuff.
I was cooking on a portable bbq so limited in what I could reasonably prepare - I went simple with half a kg of thinly sliced supposedly good quality beef, and some sliced mushrooms to cook in butter. A french crusty baguette would make easy to make/eat sandwiches.
I have to say, I'm disappointed. The meat wasn't the best quality, given the price. The bread was fine and fresh at least. What was more disappointing was the complete lack of choice. There seemed to be the occasional half decent looking thing (smoked salmon, some cheese)... but most looked like either cheap crap (most of the burgers, the full chickens), had a very poor lack of choice (bread, olives) or was completely non existent (chilled beer, nuts, tin foil, kopparberg or other non apple cider)
I could scrape together a meal for one, even if it wasn't the best. No way you could manage a weekly shop there. For me thats a killer - I need to go to one supermarket and get everything... if I'm going to run around from shop to shop then I might as well use butchers, bakers, etc etc
I won't be going back. I've no idea why anyone goes at all.
the wagyu beef doesnt arrive until the 12th from what I have read , which steak did you buy the 21/28 day matured is excellent we had 28 day Ribeyes from LIDL for lunch today and they were truly excellent, served with chestnut mushrooms , shallots, pointy peppers and baby corn and fries.
mad4amanda said:
the wagyu beef doesnt arrive until the 12th from what I have read , which steak did you buy the 21/28 day matured is excellent we had 28 day Ribeyes from LIDL for lunch today and they were truly excellent, served with chestnut mushrooms , shallots, pointy peppers and baby corn and fries.
No idea, the most expensive one that looked thin enough to go in sandwiches easiest, since I had no cutlery. I did try and buy some, but Aldi don't sell that either! It was poor in comparison to similarly priced meat from Intermarche/Continente/Pingo Dolce (all regular supermarkets) and way way worse than what the same money would have got me at a local butcher.Its a sad day when you make a beef steak sandwich on a real barbeque, and the best bit of the meal was the chocolate cookies you ate after it.
mad4amanda said:
the wagyu beef doesnt arrive until the 12th from what I have read , which steak did you buy the 21/28 day matured is excellent we had 28 day Ribeyes from LIDL for lunch today and they were truly excellent, served with chestnut mushrooms , shallots, pointy peppers and baby corn and fries.
Yup .....they are very very good indeed.HarryFlatters said:
IanA2 said:
Have you tried Lidl's steaks, either their aged or deluxe range? They are surprisingly good.
Yep, I've had a couple of rib-eyes and they were excellent. As are the lamb leg steaks
Aldi's Aussie Riesling is really lovely too, £5.99 a bottle at the moment
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