Vital Ingredient

What a scam… There seem to be a lot of that kind of format in London these days. An army of staff to do simple minute tasks, sending us back to the times of Ford T assembly in the 30s. Although we’re not talking car-​making but salad or sandwich «assembly» and instead of the items costing less due to increased efficiency, it cost you more. I’m all for creating jobs but £6.25 for a pasta salad is not justified even in London.
The Vital thing is the salad assembly. You choose your type of lettuce/​pasta/​couscous which seats on shelves behind the counter in plastic boxes just like in the supermarkets and you add your choice of toppings. They also do soups.
I think it’s a steal and a scam, the salad wasn’t much better than Tesco’s, I seriously doubt the ingredients come from better sources and they put your salad box in a massive plastic bag as if you’d just come from a shoe-​shop.
No thank you.

I was sad to see the bonkers burrito place go. Really sad, though they couldn’t hold up to Daddy Donkey just up the way, even with curry burritos.
I’m happy to see a Vital here, though. It’s a new-​ish chain.
It’s a build-​your-​own salad place, and it’s very decent. I’d prefer the Chop’d.
For £5.85 you get a base, a meat, and 4 veg.
It’s not bad. It’s not fab. It’ll do. Particularly when you feel like you’ve been having one of those weeks of potatoes and you just want something really healthy.
I’m glad it’s there, even though it’s less than fab.