At Marks & Spencer

Muesli bars and cereals are always a choice of snack for us. Or it could be breakfast. I refuse to eat 3 meals a day or huge meals outside. Not when we could cook here or rustle up an easy salad. I can do salads very well, so I'm not particularly inclined to settle for less than mediocre quality at the cafes or even hotel lounges who can't do hearty salads.

We've been cooking every other day, so supermarkets are of interest to us. The man is of course curious about all of them. I'm only interested in the wares. If it's just down to the bff and I, we go for the so-called frozen meals at Marks & Spencer (玛 莎百货). They've got a frozen food section. Wieeee. It isn't difficult to fry up or microwave these pre-cooked packs. Heh. The bff is just as lazy as I am when it comes to cooking. However, she's way superior in the sense that she can actually cook rather well, if forced to do so.

Since the store's eeeky start in 2008, it has gotten their act together and put out wares that the consumers in Shanghai appreciate. Now, it has more than frozen fish pies, potatoes and pizza. We didn't bother looking at the clothes. It's exactly what we have at home, and I'm not bothered about buying more winter wear from this store. I prefer other labels. The bff stocked up on packs of pilau, wholegrain and basmati. She buys the bigger packs from the supermarkets. But as a matter of laziness, she still buys these microwaveable ones to toss into canned soups or easy stews.

I was pleased to find the frozen foods section well stocked and almost identical to those in London, and slightly bigger than Singapore. I grabbed familiar boxes of lightly dusted fillets of plaice and haddock. Those would be great for lunch or a light dinner. I also spied a box of Scottish kippers that were already marinated with butter. Woot. Definitely an option for breakfast since it only needed heating up!