MYO - Make Your Own!

Today, branching out from the standard food court fare, I chose to make my own roll at Mr Bird's MYO (weblink). This obviously gave me a much healthier meal than I would have had, and yet, somehow I still can't quite come to grips with paying for a meal that you make yourself. For $7.50 I had a wholemeal roll, with roast chicken pieces, avocado sauce, ham, cheese, beetroot, tomato, lettuce, sundried tomatoes and mayonnaise. Yes, you're paying for the convenience of having a smattering of different toppings, fillers etc to choose from for your lunch without having to do the preparation or cleaning, but with a bit of pre-organisation I don't see why you can't do the same thing at home.

Presentation I can't give a score for this category. The self-service nature takes the responsibility of presentation away from the proprietor, even if they do wrap the sandwich/roll up and put it in a bag for you. If you stack it too high it's your fault your roll falls apart.

Size When you choose what goes in the roll, or sandwich, and you choose the bread, how much you put in, size doesn't matter. 8/10

Value for money Large quantity of decent-enough food for only $7.50. However, the way they work out the cost is a $6.50 flat charge with every X grams after that paid for. It would be cheaper to make your own at home, but then you need to do the preparation, the cleanup, and have the large range of choices. 5/10

Quality About what one would expect. The bread had been sitting out in the baskets on display, ready cut to make, so it was a bit dry. 6/10

Overall If you're going out for lunch, you don't want to go here every week. Once every so often will be more than enough to get a fix for a few of the things you don't make in your own lunch at home. 6/10

Who wins - kebab or large combination? Kebab takes the gong for this week.