Originally Posted by
ILuvParis
Visited my first Nando's recently. It was indeed tasty - although surprisingly expensive (but then it is in the U.K.). Went to the Gloucester Road location and it was brutally cold in there during that recent cold spell.
I'm also a big fan of Pret A Manger. Unfortunately, the U.S. locations don't have the tasty ingredients (as far as I know) on their sandwiches, like Branston pickle.
I also like Paul, the French bakery, in the U.K. In the U.S., they are only in FL so far.
Nandos makes a decent veggie burger.
I tend to favour EAT or Apostrophe over Pret in the UK, and the US version of Pret continues to disappoint.
Paul in France is good, moderately good in the UK (mostly lack of selection), variable elsewhere, and disappointing to me in the US (lack of selection as well I believe ingredients)
I used to enjoy Hale and Hearty in Manhattan but they seem to have declined.
Wasabi is a decent option in the UK.
(I consider all of the above to be 'fast food' by the way, although they don't really meet the definition of traditional US chain fast food)