A foodie decided to see if Harrods food products are worth the price tags as he compared a croissant from Lidl to a pastry from the department store’s iconic food hall
Luxury department store Harrods is known for selling exclusive products at high-end prices, whether it’s clothes, homeware, or even food. But do the luxury price tags actually mean these products are better than their cheaper alternatives?
This is what food fanatic Carmie Sellitto wanted to find out as he put the department store’s wares to the test. To do so, he compared a croissant he bought from there to a croissant from Lidl’s bakery. And with the Harrods one costing him almost 20 times more, would it live up to his high expectations, or would the Lidl alternative prove itself better?
Taking to TikTok, Carmie decided to share his comparison to his 1.2 million followers, as the video started with him buying the two croissants before starting the test.
“Let’s compare the Harrods croissant to Lidl,” he said in the video, holding up the two croissants. “I wonder what’s gonna taste better.”
He went on to tease in the caption of the video: “this actually really surprised me.”
Starting with the croissant from Lid, he pointed out the simplistic brown paper bag packaging, but shared his amazement as he only paid 59p for the croissant.
“Take a look at that. This looks pretty decent,” he said as he held up the croissant for viewers to see before he took his first bite.
“Wow, I really thought that because of the price, this was gonna taste horrible. This tastes really good! Just look at the inside, it looks so fresh,” Carmie said as he showed the fluffy layers inside the croissant.
He then moved on to the Harrods croissant, which he said could be the most expensive croissant in London as it cost him a whopping £12, making it about 20 times more expensive than the Lidl croissant.
“Let’s see if it tastes 20 times better,” he said as he opened up the box that it came in. He then got a shock as he realised there was an edible gold leaf placed on top of the croissant.
“Not to mention it’s absolutely massive. This could easily feed a family of four,” he said as he held up the croissant to show that it was bigger than his head. It was also filled with cucumber, salmon, cream cheese, as well as some caviar.
“That’s a lot of filling in here,” he said before finally taking the first bite out of it. “Okay wow. I’m not gonna lie to you guys, I wanted to hate it, just because it’s so obnoxious. But it’s absolutely insane, like is there anything Harrods can’t do?”
He then went on to show what the inside of the sandwich looked like after a bite, saying: “Look how good my next bite looks.”
“Not only is the flavour absolutely amazing, it also makes you feel expensive because you’re left looking like gold,” he said as he showed how the gold leaf was now stuck to his fingers, which he said tasted ‘like nothing’.
So which croissant was the best? After his taste test, Carmie went on to rate the Lidl croissant a respectable eight out of ten. But the Harrods croissant still won the taste test, scoring a ten out of ten.
Despite Carmie’s thoughts, several people soon took to the comments to say they didn’t think it was a fair comparison.
“You can’t compare these two it’s not the same,” one person said, with many agreeing it wasn’t fair to compare a plain croissant to a filled one.
A second person argued: “Harrods looks like a bread roll shaped like a croissant.” Meanwhile, a third person said: “£12 seems pretty cheap for that from Harrods.”