'I got a Harrods Too Good To Go bag for £8 and was blown away by one item in particular'

A woman bought a Harrods Too Good To Go bag for £8 and one item stood out in particular.

Too Good To Go is a mobile app that allows customers to buy surplus unsoldfrom local restaurants and stores at a discounted price. The goal is to help businesses to reduce food waste and customers don’t know exactly what products they will receive until they collect their bag at the end of the day.

Laura Khoshaba shared a video on TikTok unpacking her Too Good To Go bag from , which was worth £24 but she got it for just £8. She received three slices of pistachio cake, a plain scone and a full loaf of Japanese milk bread.

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In the post, she said: “Okay, so we managed to get one of the Too Good To Go bags from Harrods so let’s see what we got.” She firstly took out the generous slices of pistachio cake which have a pistachio sponge, pistachio buttercream and pistachio praline.

The luxury department store sells this cake in three sizes - four inches, six inches and nine inches. The four inch cake costs £24 and contains four slices, the six inch costs £45 and has six slices and the largest size, the nine inch cake, comes at a price of £80 and contains 12 slices, according to the.

Looking pleased with what she had received so far, Laura remarked: “That’s nice.” She then continued opening her Too Good To Go bag.

Next, she found a bakery item which she realised was a plain scone once she read the label. Taking out the last item, which was her favourite, she said: “This seems to be a big loaf of bread in here as well.”

Excitedly, Laura added: “I wanted to try this. It’s the Japanese milk bread.I really wanted to try this.” Examining the bread further, she was delighted to see that it was a “whole loaf in there.”

Japanese milk bread (Hokkaido) is a light and fluffy soft white bread made using tangzhong, a type of flour cooked with a liquid to create a gelatinous paste. It is known for its milky-sweet taste and is commonly sold in Asian bakeries, particularly Japanese ones.

Laura’s TikTok video has garnered 131,500 views, 3,908 likes and 81 comments, at the time of writing. The Japanese milk bread was a hit with other foodies in the comment section who left remarks, including “that milk bread makes the loveliest sandwiches”, “milk bread is fantastic”, “milk loaf is lovely” and “you need to do a video on the milk bread, looks so good!”.

Other users were impressed by the value of the Too Good To Go bag. One said: “Wow the 3 slices of cake alone more than covered your £8.”

Another added: “Wow that’s well worth the money.” A third TikTok user commented: “Absolute bargain!” It is important to remember that the items you receive in Too Good To Go bags will vary, as it depends on what products haven’t sold on that particular day.