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Puritan Board Doctor
"I remember such cookery well from my own childhood, when it was part of the culture, so to speak. British women fought against flavor and triumphed in the struggle. They roasted meat until it went gray and unchewable. They boiled vegetables to a mush and hardly bothered to drain them. Spices or herbs were anathema. It made meals a trial and (I suppose as was intended) a test of character, like sport on a frozen pitch. If you could eat a British meal, you could walk naked to the South Pole." - Anthony Daniels
If we have to break it down that way, Pret is a British franchise, oddly with a French name, that offers a broadly international-ized cuisine - seems mainly American, British, and Mediterranean (Italian, Greek) influences, whether in the form of sandwiches, wraps, frittatas, soups or salads. Seemed to me the main French contribution was putting some fixins' on a baguette - don't even recall any croissants... At any rate, in my opinion, they've come up with a great blend of accessibility, convenience, variety, quality, freshness, and relatively healthy offerings far superior to the normal American fast-food experience. If you still disagree, let's get together at a Pret somewhere in London and discuss things. At the very least, we'll have a good meal! 