This was a proper Lidl meal - pie and veg supplied by Lidl. Oaklands is Lidl's brand name for fresh veg. The parsnips and cauliflower were from British farms and were fresh and tasty. Really good quality. The veg pie is £2.49 for a decent sized 450g.
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This is a really tasty pie. Creamy with a hint of cheese, the flavours blending nicely. Perhaps a tad sweet, but that's a quibble, we all enjoyed this, and would be happy to buy it again.
Date: Oct 2020 Score: 8
I love this. A perfect combination - the freshness and zest of the peppermint, with the dark, malty, earthy sweetness of the liquorice. Lots of companies are doing this combination right now, and I'll be interested to try the others, but from my experience of comparing peppermint teas, I suspect there won't be any significant difference, and I'll end up with the cheapest.
Date: Sept 2015 Score: 8
Maribel is Lidl's brand name for jams and jellies. The strawberry jam is 50% fruit, 450g for £1.09. Tesco Finest is £150 for 340g. We tried it against the Tesco Finest and it stood up well.
Good taste of fruit, though it was a little sweeter and less fruity than the Tesco. However, for the price this is a good deal.
Date: Oct 2020 Score: 6
We did a taste test of Lidl Tuna Chunks in sunflower oil against the Tesco one. Lidl's brand name for tinned fish products is Nixe. They cost 75p while Tesco cost 79p. Tesco do a discount if you buy four, but the Lidl cans are larger, so the Lidl Tuna is slightly cheaper. But there's not a lot in it, and can be partly off set by the points collected if you have a Tesco clubcard. However, the Lidl can has a ring pull, which I prefer. And the tuna has larger chunks than the Tesco and looks much better - a deeper more attractive colour and texture. The Tesco tuna looks grey and mushy (cat vomit Chrissie says), and has smaller chunks. The Lidl so far is winning - cheaper to buy, larger tin, easier to open, and much better looking. However when it comes to the taste test two of us preferred the Tesco. I found the Lidl to have a moderate tuna taste which is somewhat dominated by the sunflower oil. If the tuna was in olive oil I wouldn't object to the taste of the oil, but sunflower is a slightly bitter tasting oil with a suggestion of corn. The Tesco was more clearly tuna flavoured, though the flavour seemed to have been enhanced by the salt. Indeed, Chrissie disliked it as she felt it was too salty.
We then did a taste taste of the Lidl tuna against Princes Tuna Chunks in Sunflower Oil. £1.25 for a 145g (102g drained weight) tin, so considerably more expensive. The Princes tuna appears to be dry - it contains far les oil than the Lidl. And the appearance is closer to the Tesco, which surprised me, as I somehow thought that the Lidl tuna was processed by Princes. On tasting, the Princes won out on a 2 - 1, same as with the Tesco. The Princes tastes very much like the Tesco, so it seems likely that the Tesco tuna is processed by Princes.
Date: Oct 2020. Score: 5
This is not a fresh brioche, it's one of those long life things. This is branded Rowan Hill, which is Lidl's own brand for packaged bakery goods. It is exactly the same product as sold by Sainsbury's, Asda, Aldi, and was sold by Tesco (they have discontinued it). Made in France with rum soaked raisins, individually packed in plastic, and then sold in packs of six. Lidl and Aldi sell it for £1.09. Tesco used to sell it for £1.00 (would likely be the same price as Lidl if they were selling it today). The others sell it for a little more. So it's a fair deal on price if this is what you want. But it's not a great product. As with most of these long life products it simply doesn't taste fresh and natural. The rum soaked raisins give it a lift, and it is soft and creamy, but it doesn't taste great - it is sort of chewy and cardboardy at times. To be fair it is edible, just not entirely enjoyable. Nobody in the family liked these. The fresh morning goods by Lidl are much better.
Date: Oct 2020 Score: 2 1/2
