Alan Beveridge

I’m really undecided about whether this is a 3 or 4 star review, it’s really more of a 3.5 but because it’s borderline I’ll round up.
Popped in on a total whim to get prawns after shopping at Whole Foods, as I’d heard that the seafood is a lot more reasonable here. I like that they have some of the fresh seafood displayed for you to choose from and you just need to ask for what you’re looking for if it isn’t there. They also sell frozen stuff, poultry as well as fruit & veg out the front.
The guy helping me was nice, but not overly friendly. He went out the back to get out the prawns (fresh, not sure where they were from) which were huge, coming in at about 60 grams and around £1.20 each. I got 5, which was around £9 and only afterwards when I calculated how much per kilo these were, I realised I might have been better off getting them at Whole Foods or another supermarket.
Positives were that the prawns were huge, really meaty and smelt/​looked really fresh as well. After cooking them on the grill for a few minutes I used a couple in my lunch (rice paper rolls) and then ate the others as nature intended — with lemon. Can’t fault the flavour as it was really delicious, not like those bland small prawns (shrimp) you get elsewhere. I just can’t see myself returning to pay that much money for prawns, apart from maybe at Christmas time (Australian tradition).