Content creator Brock decided to try bakery Greggs for the first time after discovering it is a ‘British institution’ and was left impressed by one menu item in particular
An American who tried Greggs for the first time says one item is “better than the US” and even ranked it more highly than the sausage roll. Content creator Brock decided to visit the bakery chain after hearing it was a “UK institution”.
Once inside, he found there was quite the selection of pastries and baked goods, opting for a bacon and sausage bap, a sausage roll, a steak bake, a jam doughnut, and a mint mocha. He concluded that all of the treats “smell good” and noted how busy the store was.
He concluded he had tried “better” coffees than his limited-edition mocha but also admitted he had sampled “worse,” giving it a 6.5 out of 10. In a video on his Globetrotting Brock YouTube channel, he said: “It’s good enough where I’d get it again because it’s cheap enough.
“The price was £2.80 and I got it as a meal deal with the sausage and bacon breakfast roll.”
Brock went on to try the sausage and bacon roll with brown sauce, which cost £4.15 with the drink, immediately highlighting the thickness of the bread. He explained the sandwich “wasn’t bad” for the price but preferred a sandwich from an American bakery, scoring the roll a five out of 10.
The blogger described the steak bake crust as “extremely buttery and flakey,” likening the pasty to a “big sausage roll”. He concluded: “I really like it, even though the steak is a tiny bit chewy, the crust is just so flaky and the gravy inside is nice and warm, not too salty, pretty good overall.”
He gave the steak bake an eight out of 10. Tucking into the chain’s iconic sausage roll, Brock described the pastry as “a bit drier” than the steak bake but concluded it was “still really flaky”.
He said: “The sausage inside is a lot softer than any other sausage rolls I have tried anywhere, that’s including New Zealand and Australia. It’s really surprising to me, I didn’t think the pork would be this soft.
“It does have a pretty mild flavour, it’s just pork, it doesn’t taste like it’s had any seasoning in here. But it’s still not bad, like everything else here, especially for the price.”
Brock gave the sausage roll a seven out of 10. He added: “I like it, the flavour is a little mild but beside that, the price and the softness of the pork is really nice.”
Brock finished his meal with a jam doughnut. After biting into the treat, he said: “That’s some really good jam in there. It’s covered in sugar and it’s leaving a mess all over me but it’s not bad.
“It’s more like a bread consistency in there but it’s still really soft. And the jam is really sweet.
“I like the jam doughnut, it might be one of the better jam doughnuts I’ve ever had. This is a really good jam doughnut, better than in the US.”
He scored the doughnut an 8.5 out of 10. He concluded: “Honestly, Greggs actually surprised me. It’s better than I thought it was going to be and the price is really decent.”
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