[contribution] President's choice : Shrimp Pad Thaï

Manufacturer : President's choice

Product : Shrimp Pad Thaï

Contents : Shrimp, vegetables, eggs, peanuts, rice noodles, mildy spicy sauce

Cooking time : 5 minutes in a microwave oven

Rating : 4 / 5

Comments : A contribution by Daniel : The meal really tastes like what it was supposed to taste. Nice taste overall, you can feel all the ingredients. A good size meal.
(Photograph by The Corporate Gourmet, courtesy of Guillaume telephone)

Michelina's : Meat loaf

Manufacturer : Michelina's

Product : Meat loaf

Contents : Meat loaf (beef), mashed potatoes, gravy

Cooking time : 3 minutes in a microwave oven

Rating : 4 / 5

Comments : The best one I have tried from this brand so far. Actually quite good. The meat loaf is not dry, saucy enough. A normal size meal.

Michelina's : Three cheese pizza

Manufacturer : Michelina's

Product : Three cheese pizza

Contents : Pizza, tomato sauce, mozarella, cheddar & romano

Cooking time : 2½ minutes in a microwave oven

Rating : 3 / 5

Comments : Obviously the pizza is more microwave-friendly than the pogo sticks. Quite plain, but not bad at all. Still a rather small portion though.

[contribution] President's choice : Meat lasagna

Manufacturer : President's choice

Product : Meat Lasagna

Contents : Meat (beef) lasagna, mozarella, cottage and parmesan cheeses

Cooking time : 8 minutes in a microwave oven

Rating : 3 / 5

Comments : A contribution by Daniel : The cooking time has been reduced to 5 minutes instead of the 8 indicated on the box and is really hot enough. Nice quantity overall, but maybe too saucy.
(Photograph by The Corporate Gourmet)

Michelina's : Lasagna alfredo

Manufacturer : Michelina's

Product : Lasagna alfredo

Contents : Pasta, brocoli, mozarella cheese

Cooking time : 5 minutes in a microwave oven

Rating : 2 / 5

Comments : First of all, I have to admit that I am not really keen on brocoli, and that I would probably not have picked up this one if I had looked closer at the box in the store. The only thing I can say is that there is too much "bonzai" brocoli for someone who is not into brocoli and too few for someone who enjoys brocoli.

Michelina's : Spagetti bolognese

Manufacturer : Michelina's

Product : Spagetti bolognese

Contents : Pasta, italian style meat sauce

Cooking time : 6 minutes in a microwave oven

Rating : 3 / 5

Comments : Although bolognese is not usually my favorite pasta sauce, this one is quite decent and the meal does not suffer from his microwave experience like what we got yesterday (see below).

Michelina's : Fries and corn dogs

Manufacturer : Michelina's

Product : Fries and corn dogs

Contents : Fries, batter wrapped turkey wieners

Cooking time : 2½ minutes in a microwave oven

Rating : 3 / 5

Comments : The perfect example of junk food. This one has tempted me for a long time actually. Although, it looks (see how the pogos exploded) and tastes like re-heat junk food in a ridiculously small portion (16 1/2 fries...). I guess the microwave does not give it justice. I would recommend it more for a hung over Sunday morning than for a lunch at the office.

Michelina's : Fettucine alfredo

Manufacturer : Michelina's

Product : Fettucine alfredo

Contents : Pasta, creamy parmesan sauce (alfredo)

Cooking time : 6 minutes in a microwave oven

Rating : 3 / 5

Comments : Nice overall, though maybe a bit too much pepper in the sauce. Slightly overcooked again (I guess there is something between the Alfrodo sauce and microwave cuisine..). The packaging is not really users friendly when you eat it inside.

No name : Rigatoni pomodoro

Manufacturer : No name

Product : Rigatoni pomodoro

Contents : Rigatoni pasta, spicy tomato sauce

Cooking time : 5 minutes in a microwave oven

Rating : 2 / 5

Comments : Well... does "spicy" mean with sugar ? Do not expect a very good sauce actually. I don't think I would like to have this one again. Not a good start for this new year.