Yin Eats is back! After a long festive and first week of work madness hiatus, I’ve finally started having lunches that require to explore around the area near my work again. My Geordie colleague (@JenMeant) who is wannabe a fitness/health freak treated me to lunch – we were initially going to go to Yo! for some sushi but that’d break the Yin’s Life rule of trying out somewhere new. After a good 10 minutes of food spot hunting, we found Yog. I’ve always been fond of frozen yoghurt but never thought I’d eat it for LUNCH. More on the reverse.
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The place was empty, you would think that’s a good reason for the staff to be friendly and polite, right? Wrong. The woman was unwelcoming and then when I pulled out my camera to take a few photos of the spot. ‘Don’t take any photos of me’ Err.. ‘and it’s against our policy, no photographs inside as concept might be stolen’. I’m sorry but isn’t there a Froyo, Snog, Pinkberry, Yuforia in the same area code? That’s exactly what I said to her, it’s a common concept. She had nada to say that #sitdown. She didn’t even help us with picking our toppings, nothing at all. Ah well.
Yog is made from fresh, organic, British skimmed milk:Frozen yogurt in the US often uses powdered milk. Yog is not reconstituted from powder and have they even teamed up with a British dairy farmer so they have a regular supplier of fresh milk and can maintain the quality.
I guess that’s what makes it unique but how on Earth was I going to photograph that when the yoghurt comes out of a machine? Cha. Anyway Let’s talk food.
I opted for the passion fruit frozen yoghurt base with 3 toppings – granola, MANGOES (because who doesn’t love big juicy exotic mangoes?) and some strawberry/raspberry paste. Tasted delicious, flavoursome and slightly tangy with the passion fruit and mango combination. Beautiful. Shame it was a little too cold for me to finish! I can’t believe it doesn’t contain many calories, is completely fat free and still quite filling. It’s a shame about the customer service, wish it was better as I’d definitely return for more Yog. Enjoy the imagery below.
YOG – 45 Charlotte Street, London
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