Greggs Christmas Dinner Sandwich: £2.60

I love Greggs.  I have a serious penchant for their steak bakes, adore their chicken slices and always seem to be drawn to the cartons of Ribena in their drinks cabinet (something I never buy anywhere else!)  Despite Greggs being a "chain" bakery it's still just that, a bakery.  Not any old bakery, mind you.  After all they seem to dominate every High Street of every town I've been to.  Kudos to them and their success.  Part of which I am sure has to do with their open frontage, which entices you in to the racks of bread and shelves of pastries.  A customer always feels welcome here.  Yep, I'm never self conscious about entering a Greggs!

So today I'm trying their Christmas Dinner sandwich.  A limited edition no less.  Although according to the label if I vote for it on their Facebook page it could be here to stay.  Let's see how it fairs.

Priced at £2.60 it's cheaper than the other sandwiches I have tried so far and comes in a generic see through plastic sandwich container.  It's a bit NHS meets 1970s bakery granted but I suppose that's the point.  Sticking to their bakery roots.  Not over complicating things.  Letting the sandwiches speak for themselves.  Which is exactly what this one needs to do as it is only labelled as Limited Edition.  No idea what the ingredients are or the name of the sandwich (I had to read the shelving tag for that information).  Slightly frustrating if a previous customer has been in rummaging around and moving the sandwiches (it happened to me only the week before last and I gave up trying to identify any Limited Editions and picked up my usual chicken salad).  Anyhoo, happily and thankfully it's clear this is "Christmas Dinner".  It's quite evident as well that it has turkey, bacon, stuffing, cranberry and mayonnaise.  Oh and lovely bread.  All present and correct.  Yippee!  Right, so now to open my sandwich.

Wow!  That stuffing smell is great.  It really does smell like "Christmas Dinner".  Love that!  Bread smells beautiful and freshly baked (some mean feat for a pre-packed sandwich).  There is plenty of filling.  No skimping here, which is impressive for the price.  The sandwich is oozing mayo (this may be a problem as I am not the greatest lover of mayo but that's just me).  I take my first bite, then my second and then my third.  Yummy!  The stuffing is by far the best I have had so far.  It looks home made and it tastes home made.  So perhaps it is home made?  I'll refer to Greggs later for the answer to that one!  The flavours are nice and subtle.  Not over powering at all, which is great.  It just makes you want to go on and on eating it.  My only issue (which is MY issue) is the amount of mayonnaise.  I just don't like huge quantities of mayonnaise.  I've been known to scrape it off my fast food chicken burgers.  My husband on the other hand can't get enough of the stuff so perhaps this is where personal taste takes over?  The flavour of the bacon could be slightly more salty but that's by the by when this sandwich contains the "Stuffing from Heaven". 

Verdict: An amazing value for money festive sandwich filled to the brim with excellent ingredients, stuffing to die for and a name which makes you smile.  I wish it could be Christmas every day!

Rating: 9/10 (it was the mayo which did it, sorry Greggs!)