I'm quite fond of the Mayflower curry sauce mix - I make up a pan's worth on the hob, then throw in the cooked chips and give it a good old stir around to make sure all the chips are coated. 😋
What was the factory called? I can remember 15 years or so ago collecting some stuff from a factory in Donny & whilst waiting I saw pallets of the boxes of curry powder. Buggered if I remember.
I agree Gaz, that mayflower sauce is delicious! They have a video on here showing how to make a Chinese chicken curry using their sauce mix and it tastes just like a takeaway curry at a fraction on the price 👍🏻
I bought some spaghetti bolognese sainsburys own brand it was 70p a can, might have been an offer but Heinz was £1 .40, dropped in a couple of weeks later same can 90p a can, they say inflation is lower, but I am not seeing that when shopping. 20p rise in 2 weeks.
This is now one of my favourite channels ☺️I've not finished watching but I came across your channel this morning and I've binged watched so many of these comparison videos, definitely going to be adjusting my shopping to try more of the just essentials range 👀 thank you for these videos they are really informative and very funny 🤣 as a northerner myself it's good to see someone from my own neck of the woods 🤝🏼
I do my grocery shopping online because of ill-health and from Morrison's regularly get the Bisto Chips In Curry Sauce, which says it is mild but isn't mild enough for me, so I mix mayonnaise into the curry sauce to make it milder, so that it tastes like a coronation curry sauce and I enjoy it that way. That's usually what I do if a curry sauce isn't mild enough for me otherwise I wouldn't be able to eat it. I have thought if ever I do a online grocery shop at Asda that I would try their version of chips in curry sauce.
I've often wondered what these are like...kids go to their dad's every weekend and I do hate having to put oven on ....airfryer hob etc when it's just me. This would be perfect ...esp with rice or homemade egg fried rice ...becomes a fast easy tea.
Great reviews as usual Gareth.I cant shop at Asda anymore due to the price on the shelf being different from the scanned price, this has been going on for years,today at the Arbroath store it was the FIRST thing i picked up, a French Stick with lable at £1.10 scanned through at £1.15 only 5p but it happens all the time. and has been going on since before the current takeover.
Same ,its not just a coincidence, I watch all prices,and you can guarantee, I've got to call assistant to adjust computer, and get my money back, I bet ya some people walk away, in hurry ,need to catch bus etc or just accept,,but imagine if it was a small shop( if ya can find one)
Both very nice Gareth, much cheaper than going to a Chinese or chippy. I love the Mayflower Beef Curries they sell in Poundland A few months ago they were £1.50, now they are £2.00 Much more than 10% inflation (I think shops are milking it) 10% inflation would mean £1.65 (NOT £2.00) We are being diddled 👍🏻👍🏻😁😁
I used to love getting the Mayflower frozen curry sauce packets from Heron foods. Quick blast in the microwave then pop it over some proper cooked chips and you can't go wrong. Always find these chip meals a bit lacking in quantity.. but maybe that's just me being greedy 🤔😂
In the long run yea it is...but for someone who doesn't want to cook and wants a quick snack ..ie kids after school...teenagers in the evening....or working and you've the choice of canteen, packed lunch or a hot microwave meal. Most ready meals are not as nice as homemade equivalent but sometimes they fit a need or purpose.
@@paulboardman01 To be fair, most Chinese places do make their own curry sauce from scratch (not all, granted). I only know because a friend of mine works in his parents take-away, and there is a big community around it. They also tend to use more star anise, and they make a huge batch of an oil-based "starter".
I buy the Mayflower ones from our local Heron, lovely curry sauce and plenty of it. I put what I don't need into small foil dishes - or an ice cube tray - and freeze them.
I love the Mayflower curry and chips, Iceland have their own version as well although I've not seen it lately. With the Iceland one you do get a bigger portion but the quality isn't as good as it is with the Mayflower.
I do like the Asda one it's lovely with a bit of vinegar on 😋 I have found though there seems to be less chips than when I first started getting them. But it's still decent enough for the price. Another good review Gareth x
I was in farmfoods today and they have some signature meals that look decent. They're 3 for £10. Lamb keema bhuna, the steak cottage pie and the butter chicken looked the nicest. They also have some new Kershaw's meals they do spaghetti Bolognese with garlic bread and lasagne and chips. Another item that looked interesting was some chicken mini fillets, salt and vinegar flavour and the odd one sour cream and onion flavour.
I used to buy the Asda one years ago, it is very nice. They also used to do chips in gravy, and cheese omlettes, I loved the omlettes, there was 2 in a box, microwave them, they were light and delicious, I wish they still did them now.
Gareth you make me laugh, don't change anything in the way you do your videos. Within a few minutes you forgot the price, turning 50 is the problem age is creeping up with you. 😄👍🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Gaz , myself and the missus have just had the Mayflower curry sauce and chips. I cooked also mini chicken fillets with mushrooms , onions and some garlic powder. We both agreed that your review as usual was spot on . Lol no punn intended . I found out from a lovely cashier said they also sell the curry sauce. It's very very popular .
Good review thanks Gareth, I noticed the one you liked best was the one with crinkle cut chips, they are always a winner for me, better than the straight cut ones, thanks again
I love chips and curry sauce from the Chinese or the chippy, these look a lot like my plate once I’ve got the chips out and poured the sauce on. I’ll grab some and give it a try.
I’m sure a lot of Chinese places use mayflower, there’s fish shops by me that use it too! Can’t deal the sweet curry sauce especially not with sultanas 🤢
@@IamBATMAN2024 I didn’t know they put fruit in it like apples. I just read that earlier on another comment and it freaked me out a bit. I don’t think I’ve ever had fruity curry sauce.
I wish the manufacturers would keep the curry sauce separate from the chips. I would much rather heat the chips in the air fryer and the curry sauce in the microwave. I just don't like the chips and sauce all mixed together. I was in Farmfoods this morning and saw these in the Mayflower cabinet, but I didn't buy them.
Did a Tesco shop today. Been binging your channel for the past week, so I bought the cheapest alternative to everything I usually get. Cant believe how much I saved . Let's see how it goes! Thanks your channel is helpful, not just entertaining 👊👊👊
I like you do the comparison - and as ever, your vids. But I do worry that people buy these things to save money, when they really aren't. Cheapo oven chips, and a few onions, herbs and spices - and if you want to be flash add in some coconut milk - will make multiple times as many helpings - I dunno five or six - for the price of two of the Mayflower.
You made me and the missus hungry gazzer.. So we chipped some nice potatoes.. Fried up a packet of butchers choice sausages.. Then made up some lovely mayflower curry on the hob.. Tipped all over the chips.. Bit of salt and vinegar.. Bang bloody lovely.
I have never eaten chips and curry sauce but would like to try it now. The Mayflower one looked good. Not sure why but crinkle cut chips always taste better🤣
Great review,i buy McCain micro chips and Asda chip shop curry sauce granules if Iam feeling decadent!The McCains are expensive but it stops me from going mental..and its got to be crinkle.
Hey Gaz new subscriber here, love your salt of the earth perspective and honest takes! And at a time like this your content is extremely valuable to us plebs trying to make ends meet.
I have tried the mayflower one and thought the chips were awful but will try the asda one,cheers Gareth matey for another honest review,stay safe always.
Good video gareth. At a time when we are all looking for value for money mayflower never let's you down. Their curry sauce is very close to takeaway quality imo.
mmmmmm, curry sauce and chips, that brings back memories, i would pay Asda a visit but it is such a soul destroying place, i will have to get one of my minions to go in my place
I buy the Mayflower tub of curry powder , you just mix it with water it tastes exactualy the same as Chinese curry sauce , it lasts for ages makes lots of portions.
Asda one if you had sauce left add in some rice and veg or if on a day after doing chicken any chicken bits as well to give a single portion tasty lunch. I have no idea what is in Chinese Curry I am allergic to even tiny bit if 😂 cross contamination and that is Epipens out and off to hospital. I eat the hottest Chilli/Mexican or Indian food no issues at all.... Chinese Curry smells so good as well.
Thanks for putting me on to the farmfood 8 pack fishcakes exacjly the same as the chippy fishcakes and they charge nearly as much for one as it costs for a pack of 8 luv em
Top review, Gareth. Thank you. They just get better and better, and they weren't bad to start with ! I'm not a Curry Man I'm afraid, but they both looked nice I have to say. Don't think you would be disappointed with either. Cheers !
Love your videos. Watch them all the time! Making me fancy chips n curry now. Especially the mayflower ones. You can’t explain the taste of it but I know exactly what you mean about the flavour 😅
I never cook a ready meal in it's plastic i take it out put it on a plate, I then put a cover over it that's got holes in it does it perfect. If you do it in the plastic you could get chemicals coming of the plastic
The crinkled chip probably hold more sauce than straight ones. They say that about pasta too, the more sauce it holds the better. However, you can always stick the Asda chips on a butty and with all the leftover sauce - dip yer bread! 😁😋
Leftover curry sauce? A slice of bread and butter is your friend. I buy the Mayflower extra hot curry sauce mix from my local Heron Foods and cook the chips in the deep fryer.
I have had the farm foods ones for there price i like them .Bisto do a curry sauce now i have tried it but thought it was nothing special they also do an american style hot and spicy that i did like and many others than just gravy .
If you do a price comparison, you have to do it on a like for like basis. ASDA product costs 0.225p per gram and Mayflower costs 0.36p per gram. Mayflower costs 60% more than ASDA.