written by Wilburfixit on 14/02/2013
This was on special at Asda. At fifty pence it had to be a bargain. How wrong was I? I have never tasted anything like it. It was as if it had been infused with a Brillo-pad. The worst thing I haver ever put in my mouth. My son even said as it was simmering that it smelled like soap. Simply awful food.
written by 123timmyb on 31/12/2012
Absolutely terrible!...the worst cup soup i've ever tried!..if i was him i'd be ashamed to put my name to the product...a 3 year old child could make better soup than that...i won't be buying it again...i'll just put a stock cube in a mug with water..it'll taste alot nicer.
written by on 12/04/2012
tasted like water and tiny pieces of floating vegetables. Very disappointed as I love ainsley and his show.
written by rebeccaoats on 26/02/2012
I LOVED IT!!! Unfortunately it is no longer sold on our shelves but if it was I would still buy it!!! I haven't tried any of the other soup products as I was too hooked to let this one go and if you think you're overweight than this soup is for you I think I lost about 15Kg's substituting 2 snacks with this soup a day...good for the digestion when you put a bit of spice into it! I would eat at school a cup for recess and a cup for lunch I would've had a banana or something as well so it was ery filling and overly satisfying...Does anyone know where I can buyt it...not sure if this is an Australian forum but thats where I am!
written by on 17/05/2011
Awful.
Tried spicy lentil, wonderfully wild mushroom and hearty leek and potato.
Not a redeeming feature amongst them.
written by northernhammer on 18/01/2011
Bought 4 different flavours.... sadley I too was drawn in by the nice packaging and gourmet look, thinking that the soup would be a notch above the rest.
Keeping things simple, I tried the classique french onion soup, it looked ok when I added water, however I took one sip and threw it away. Absolutely awful, no taste, bland, watery muck.
Ainsley you should be ashamed to put your name on this but then again what top chef would put their name on a cup-a-soup.
Just glad that the other REAL chefs haven't stooped as low as ainsley, oh to make a quick quid here and there... tut tut
written by on 22/03/2010
Sold by the look of the packet, but I thought it was the cardboard I was tasting. went to comment on their website and guess what. Neither website mentioned on the packet work. Ainsley-harriott.com is suspended!!! worst cup of soup ever had.
written by on 21/01/2010
Horrible taste. Like washing up liquid/soap. Chucked away the first cup because I thought there were remnants of some strong washing up liquid (we have industrial stuff by the sink). But no, it was the same awful taste the second time round. I don't get it - Ainsley's soups aren't usually that bad. Did I get a sub-standard batch, I wonder?
written by on 13/01/2010
Scottish chicken and leek - I'm scottish i have never had the misfortune to taste anything so bland...We're not the healthiest nation in the world (high sodium intake etc) however some sort of seasoning would have been nice. Oh it also has the smell of wet dog when combined with water!
Spicy Lentil - does NOT do what it says on the packet, a bland concoction and i wholeheartedly agree with the other comment regarding left over curry.
Now, i have 3 of each of these if anyone has a medical condition involving an extremely sensitive palate (possibly one of the x men?)
On a good note the szechuan soup is pretty nice.
written by Wilkdash on 03/11/2009
not being a cup of soup fan. I was delighted to find the entire range of Ainsley's soups in the supermarket.
So far they have all been delicious although I am hesitating to try the mexican mixed peppers as it has a tomato base and I don't like tomato soup.
Find them difficult to mix in the cup but well worth the effort
written by deniro10000 on 15/02/2009
Excellent flavour, great filler, loved this soup!!!! Would definitely buy this Ainsley Harriott Spicy Lentil Cup Soup again.
written by on 17/04/2008
It was the most revolting tasteless sludge I'd ever tasted out of a packet in my opinion.
I wonder if Ainsley even tasted it? Sadly another case of a celebrity chef cashing in on his name - although I don't he'll be winning any new fans with this effort...
written by on 24/01/2008
Yum - a tasty dinner and low in calories
written by on 07/12/2007
Possible the worst cup soup I've ever tasted.
written by gb12 on 12/01/2007
Ainsley Harriott's spicy lentil soup is a reasonable soup - no more, no less. Personally, I found it a little bland, which was disappointing coming from a chef who is usually anything but. I may be slightly prejudiced though, as I must confess to not really being a lentil fan.
On a closing note, I strongly suggest that anyone passionate about not just soup, but tasty food in general, tries Ainsley's 'Scottish Chicken & Leek' soup from the same brand. This tasty concoction takes soup to exciting new levels that I didn't think were possible. Fantastic. And no, this isn't Ainsley Harriott writing this review.
written by Mr Nat Lake on 26/10/2006
With the name of Ainsley Harriott attached to this product I was expecting a gourmet experience. This was not the case. The colour is like a semi-translucent vegetable soup with some strange green lumps in it (quite possible lentils, but barely distinguishable as such). The taste was bland and boring. Imagine you've had a great curry, and left all the washing up in the sink overnight. The tap has been dripping away on the soiled pots and pans all night, and in the morning (having removed the lumps from the plug hole), the vaguely spicy water is left trickling away. Ainsley has cleverly managed to capture this water and freeze-dry it into a powdered soup he calls 'Spicy Lentil'. Dull, dull, dull and dreadful. Avoid it.
Written on: 26/10/2006
Nat, you DID have a gourmet experience in that 'um....ergot'; is an anagram of 'gourmet'.
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<br/>Sure sounds like the Ainsley Harriott Spicy Lentil soup tasted like that pernicious fungus anyway!
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<br/>Loved your sense of humour too.
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<br>Of course, I can see now where the phrase "it tastes like Nat's" comes from...
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<br/>...OK, I'll get my coat!
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Written on: 14/02/2013
Sorry to mislead you, it was curried lentil with chickpea that I tried, not spicey lentil. Apologies.