Food ‘n Drink

I discovered a month or so ago that there was a Costco Cash and Carry store up in Liverpool. After checking online I discovered I could get a trade membership as a business. Then recently we discovered that the newest Costco store was opening on the edge of Chester, just 5 minutes drive from us! So yesterday we took a drive down to the new store that opened last Saturday, and signed up for membership. We also took the opportunity to have a wander around the place, eyeball the large televisions and electric gadgets, and pick up some food.

I’ve been to Costco plenty of times before with my parents and know what’s available there. Whilst some things may not be any cheaper buying from there I still believe they’re better quality. Of course there are things that work out a lot cheaper buying in bulk. We picked up some Beef Tomatoes which are nice and large and have a great taste to them. We also got some fillet steak and inch thick sirloin steaks. Costco has some amazing meats available and good quality beef, lamb, pork, chicken and various fish. We saw a Tuna loin which was about a foot long (30cm), but coming in at £50 it was a little extravagant for us! We picked up some smoked Haddock however, along with a few other various foods.

So tonight we had a nice Fillet steak each, pan fried with a touch of Worcestershire Sauce, with Coleslaw (Marks & Spencers - the nicest going!) and beef tomatoes on the side. I was intending to do Potato Dauphinoise as well however didn’t have the time to get them cooked as well.

Come the new year we’ll be returning to pick up some fresh fish and meat. With the shop being so close we don’t need to overbuy unless there’s an offer that makes it worthwhile. I’ll just have to steer clear of the bakery section with the large trays of 10+ chocolate muffins!!