‘How can something taste so bland yet so revolting?’: ‘Food snob’ Frenchman slams Greggs sausage roll as ‘mushy gelatine’ and ‘cardboard passed through a food blender’ in scathing review of Britain’s favourite bakery
- Nicholas Henry, 29, was forced by his friend to have a Greggs for breakfast
- Friend forced the French national into trying a sausage, bean and cheese melt
- In a scathing review he labelled pastry ‘bland’ and said it ‘tasted like cardboard’
A French tourist has risked the wrath of Britons after labelling Greggs sausage rolls ‘bland and revolting.’
Nicholas Henry, 29, was forced by his friend to have a Greggs for breakfast after managing to avoid it for more than two and a half years while living in Britain.
But his friend Layke Lemercier decided it was time to spend £5.59 so Nicholas could finally have a Greggs, despite being a ‘food snob because he’s French’.
Layke bought Nicholas a sausage roll and a sausage, bean and cheese melt for his breakfast on Saturday morning so he could enjoy it while sobering up – and his review was scathing.
Nicholas was bought a sausage roll and a sausage, bean and cheese melt for his breakfast – and didn’t like either
Nicholas Henry, 29, (left) and Layke Lemercier (right), who treated him to a Greggs
Greggs, an honest review: The review was shared with other users on Reddit
Layke, who lives in Derby with Nicholas, uploaded the review to Reddit with the caption: ‘My French friend has lived in the UK for almost three years and has never been to Greggs.
‘Obviously being British I just couldn’t let it go, so I got Greggs sausage roll delivered to his door. An hour later he sent me this.’
Nicholas wrote: ‘I know British people are sometimes described as explorers or pioneers. And I have to admit that Gregg’s managed to do something groundbreaking with their sausage roll.
‘As I chewed and swallowed I simply couldn’t understand how something could taste so bland yet so revolting at the same time.
‘Amazing. The crust tastes like cardboard that was passed through a food blender and then compressed together into a puff pastry.
‘The sausage is all over the place, sometimes it feels like mushy gelatin, sometimes it’s spicy. Yet I chewed through it and bite after bite I could see it’s intrinsic value.’
He then reviewed the sausage, bean and cheese melt, which he admits he couldn’t eat because it reminded him of school food.
He wrote: ‘I don’t want to sound like an ungrateful b*****d…but this one I just couldn’t…I enjoyed the moment.
‘I enjoyed that Layke ordered me breakfast today after a rough hangover, and I got to experience a true British moment.
‘And I now appreciate why some guys in the morning go ‘d’you know wha’ mate? I could really go for sum fooking sausage roll now’. I get it now.
‘That’s what Gregg’s is. It’s like a nice neighbour. He sits there quietly and when you need him to help you fill up after a rough night, he will be there for you.’
Speaking today, Nicholas said: ‘I thought it was funny and I tried to be like a food critic with it.
‘The food looks very off putting. It is like a British institution; you haven’t done it correctly if you haven’t had a Greggs.’
Layke added: ‘He always refused to have a Greggs when we walk past it, as he is a bit of a food snob because he is French. I thought it was the best thing I read. It made my week.’