Blue Cat

their vegetable section is poor though and pricey

The_Citizen

It isn't the best but as Scamp has said I'm a lazy git as well

Meow

Yes it is. Not as big an area or as well laid out as the newer Barsha Co-op but excellent prices for loads of things. Check out the tea, pasta, tinned foods and toiletries too. And if you want reasonable meat than Choitrams is next door.

scrubbedexpat141

Park and Helmet is a favourite of mine, just very lumpy.

Good shout, thanks for that. I like that Choithrams too, just the chicken isn'nt as good as Spinneys/Waitrose I don't think.

My word I'm fussy, but thanks; hadn't considered tinned stuff from there too.

LaLaLayla

Cannot go to Lulu after they had a whole aisle full of skinned rabbits last time I was there. I spent all day trying to work out what kind of animal they were. They had their eyes, everything. Just awful.

Is the organic veggie market still next to Dubai Garden Centre on Saturdays? You can buy organic meat there, too.

shiva

spinneys chicken is shocking quality, pumped full of water and salts in an attempt to make it look juicy.

If you press a finger into a chicken breast it shouldn't feel mushy or soft, neither should the label included any ingredients other than chicken, if it says, water, salt and a few e numbers then the chicken has been plumped.

personally i find spinneys chicken unpalatable

plumping

disgusting

this isnt ****ing food

Millhouse

I'm with you there. The size of the breast is a give away too. They are massive.

Blue Cat

I buy fresh chicken every week at Lulu, it's not like chicken at home but it's not too bad.

Blue Cat

do you mean a chilled display cabinet in the butchery section?

scrubbedexpat141

I like it.

It's nicer than the stuff at Choithrams which shrivels to a thumb size lump after 15 minutes in the oven.

Meow

They had some in there today. It's meat and comes from an animal, just like everything you buy is little tray with plastic packaging. No point in kidding yourself it's something else.

The camel and goats heads that you get in Union Co-op sometimes are worse!

The downside of Lulu is the flipping traffic in that area. I thought I'd call in for a few things earlier as it was pretty much on my way, but the traffic into and out of that part of Barsha is awful.

Meow

Do yourself a favour and buy Sadia frozen chicken. It's not pumped full of chemicals and water like most of the 'fresh' stuff here. They mostly smell funny too.

scrubbedexpat141

Can you re-freeze it?

Blue Cat

you would murder me for less!!

Agree about Sadia I was in LuLu this morning as well

Blue Cat

after it's cooked yes but not defrost then refreeze raw