Subways? No… Quiznos!
In my childhood, meals were never like what I saw in the movies on TV. Breakfast was always Milo and bread with margarine spread, lunch a simple bowl of porridge, and the nights always ended with rice, soup, stir-fried veggies and maybe a little bit of meat here and there. Very seldom did I even enter Mcdonalds for a meal, since my parents barely considered the burgers, fries and soft drink a decent meal for us growing kids. In addition, to them, fast food was always considered over-priced; they definitely minded paying S$6 for a meal. So it was obvious that my knowledge of the fast food around were limited.
I first got introduced to Subway when I was in my early teens, and that was the first time I realized that some people out there in the rest of Singapore actually did consider fast food as a choice for a filling meal too. It was also the beginning of my bugging my parents to bring me to Subway, just so that I could have one sandwich. (Need I point out that for a teen aged 11, there are limited ways one could get food that she was really fascinated with?) Of course, like all other parents out there, all my dad said was, “Ok, we’ll go next week…”
Let’s just say that the “Ok, we’ll go next week…” excuse could only be used so many times before I gave up.
I finally got to try my first Subway sandwich a couple of years later, at the young age of 15. I didn’t like the amount that I was charge with for the sandwich, but since I could pick and choose the type of veggies I wanted(NO STINKY ONIONS!), and demand for more olives and pickles, I was pretty satisfied.
Years passed by, and I was still reliant on Subway because I still enjoyed the way they served sandwiches. Fresh veggies, warm toasted bread… Nothing much that I didn’t particularly like, just satisfactory, like I’ve said.
Then today… I DISCOVERED QUIZNOS!
Well, I didn’t exactly discovered it… My friend works there and thus I thought that I could tag along to try something new. She did say that the prices was around that of Subway’s, so not much of a problem there.
It’s delicious, I tell you. Subway is in no way better than this. Subway has more choices, maybe, but at Quiznos’, the subs are much tastier and the veggies are fresher than that of Subway. They also provide internet access and power points are placed at the corners of the shops, so it’s pretty convenient for people who carry their laptops wherever and whenever. My favourite thing was that they actually had a small counter where they placed a few types of sauces and we could just take as much as we need. They also placed green peppers, banana peppers(weird…), jalapeños and pickles on the same counter, and we could just add them to our subs.
The only con to Quiznos’ subs is that you don’t get to choose what veggie is in, and what veggies were out. I think that we are allowed to tell them not to put them in, but you don’t get to do your impromptu ordering like you do in Subway.
I am really impressed by this first experience here at Quiznos, and I’ll be sure to be back… 
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Quiznos Sub can be found at:
51 Pekin Street,
#01-01,
Far East Square
(Singapore)
