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$30 off $50+ Order + Free Delivery @ Dish'd Food Store [MEL+SYD Only] - Ends 5pm Tomorrow

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Good Food - Cheat eats: home-delivered meals put to the test:

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Jacques Reymond, one of Australia's greatest French chefs, is now creating frozen meals. A cause of head-shaking for some, a reason to celebrate for others.

Dish'd is a bloody efficient operation. I ordered a few of the almost 200 items online and they were snap frozen, placed in a box with dry ice, and at my door in the next day.

Cookability: Can you turn on an oven and take something out of a box? Congratulations, you're a chef.

Dish examples: Heritage raspberry and pistachio frangipane tart with butter shortcrust pastry; cod en papillote; porcini mushroom and black truffle pappardelle.

Meal appeal: I'm making the call: these are is best frozen meals I've ever had. Of course, at the end of the day they're still frozen meals so let's not get too excited.

What's good: Opening a box filled with dry ice and feeling like an evil scientist.

What's not so good: The off-chance a child or pet could get in strife with the same dry ice if you're not home when the box is delivered.

Value for money: Meals are comparable in price to similar frozen items from the supermarket but taste much better. Free delivery for orders over $80. Huzzah!

Suitable for: Single folk who work late. Twentysomethings who arrive home from the pub late.

Rating: 3.5/5

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    • peach201314 on 14/10/2014 - 15:40

      I'm in highett and got mine at 2pm.

    • MelbBargainChaser77 on 16/10/2014 - 00:44

      I got mine yesterday. Am pleased with the taste of the pasta dishes. They eye fillet looks nice too

  • curlycee on 14/10/2014 - 17:00

    I'm in Boronia and got mine at 4.10pm. I have the eye fillet in the oven now with potatoes :D

    • rawm on 15/10/2014 - 09:33

      Good?

  • jellyqueen123 on 14/10/2014 - 17:30

    For those in Sydney who haven't received their orders yet, I just called dish'd. They said they'll be delivered later today due to the large number of orders over the weekend.

  • tyvod on 14/10/2014 - 18:15

    I'm in Ferntree Gully but havent received mine yet.

    • unity1 on 14/10/2014 - 19:01

      He's at the McDonalds there on the Burwood Highway taking a breather.

  • No Child Support on 14/10/2014 - 18:59
    -1

    They just changed the order status to sent to warehouse. Was expecting delivery today. Unimpressed so far.

    Anyone order the steak? Any good?

    • [Deactivated] on 14/10/2014 - 21:50
      +1

      I tried the fish with spinach and I cooked it immediately after I got my food box. It tastes terrible! The fish was super not fresh.
      Maybe I was just unlucky that I got a bad fish pack. I am trying the scallops and pizza tomorrow, hopefully they will taste alright.
      Anyone else tried any other food?

  • coffeecoffeecoffee on 14/10/2014 - 19:02

    I'm near Doncaster and nothing here yet and no contact either.

  • redslert on 14/10/2014 - 19:07
    +1

    Got mine.
    Will have pizza tonight.

    The ice cream is tiny!

  • coffeecoffeecoffee on 14/10/2014 - 20:12
    +1

    Got it about 20 mins ago! Husband had fun playing with the dry ice…

  • EARLOBE on 15/10/2014 - 00:01

    I had the porcini mushroom tagliernini which was quite good. Certainly better than any store bought frozen meal that I can remember having.

    Did anybody order the eye fillets? How's the quality? It was so tempting, but

    • MelbBargainChaser77 on 16/10/2014 - 00:46

      I had the same mushroom dish…tasted nice, certainly no worse than any other froze food..I just found the serving size small!

  • unity1 on 15/10/2014 - 09:38

    Enjoyed the prawn baguettes. Pizza - better off buying from Dominos.

    • [Deactivated] on 15/10/2014 - 17:19

      You just need to add some more toppings. We've added mushrooms, corn and chilli flakes to the 4 cheese pizza. It was really yum. Love the crust.

      • unity1 on 15/10/2014 - 19:23

        And it actually looked exactly as it did on the box.

  • iampoor on 15/10/2014 - 10:05
    +1

    Delivered around 4.30 yesterday, had the pizza with pesto and mozzarella, you could actually see huge slices of mozzarella! Absolutely delicious for a frozen pizza.

    Dry ice + water was fun to play with too.

  • tzar on 15/10/2014 - 10:55
    +3

    Had bouillabaisse & contadina soup. Bouillabaisse was decent, a bit salty, potatoes a bit floury. Contadina was also alright, again quite salty + the texture/taste of things like the carrots was a bit off. It was quite wholesome compared to other pre-made soups I've tried, with a good content of barley etc.

    On the more positive side, the 1L hazelnut gelato is delicious!

    To be honest, it wasn't at all what I expected from the marketing spiel - it's pretty much a french version of IKEA food as far as I can tell, and I had expected it to be made locally from local ingredients based on the chef supposedly being from around here. For the $30 off I'm not complaining, but I'm unsure if I would continue to use their service (at least, for things other than frozen desserts). I have a few other things to work my way through (a couple of pastas, some scallops and a moussaka), so maybe they'll change my mind.

    • rawm on 15/10/2014 - 11:55
      +3

      'Bouillabaisse was decent, a bit salty, potatoes a bit floury. Contadina was also alright, again quite salty + the texture/taste of things like the carrots was a bit off. It was quite wholesome compared to…' Good summary, but we must all remember this is glorified meals on wheels and not going to be jaw dropping French cuisine!

    • tzar on 17/10/2014 - 08:18

      To follow up with the rest of my food review.. :)

      Moussaka - YES. Great! Took way longer to oven bake than the packet said, but enjoyed very much.
      Crab pasta component - yum
      Ricotta/lemon pasta component - meh, watery
      Ortolana soup - partner ate, enjoyed
      Cod papilotte - pretty tasteless - I see someone below enjoyed this, so maybe just got a bad one. There were one or two bites that surprised me with a nice flavour, but for most of it, it just wasn't there.

      I'm surprised that people are satisfied with the portion sizes, I'm satisfied with eating a full 2 serve package by myself & feel very hungry when just having a 1 serve one.

      Anyway, that just leaves the scallops which I shall use eventually, otherwise back to cooking normally for me

      • tanoshiiki on 17/10/2014 - 09:55

        The serves are definitely conservative, but they are probably a truer indicator of what serving sizes should be, remembering some of these components or serves are components/side dishes and not full meals.

        We haven't tried the pizza, but that is supposed to serve four! Yes, that would serve four if you had a protein-packed (seed/grains/meat) salad to accompany the pizza!

        We didn't end up buying anything that serves 1, so I can't comment on that.

        • tzar on 17/10/2014 - 10:04

          Yeah, I'm mostly referring to the single serves of the above, moussaka + papilotte - moussaka I supplemented hungriness with gelato, papilotte was only 300g with pretty much no carbs so I ended up eventually having an after-meal-meal

    • tonester on 24/10/2014 - 17:24

      I had expected it to be made locally from local ingredients based on the chef supposedly being from around here.

      jacques reymond is basically a brand ambassador and consultant contributing recipes
      http://www.dishd.com.au/content/jacquesreymond

      ingredients and origin are given on the webpage of each item
      https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/165067#comment-2299296

  • skyanyan on 15/10/2014 - 12:45
    +3

    I got mine today at Melbourne.. Had PENNE PEPPERONATA for lunch and it is super yum. The pasta has a generous dose of sauce..amazing food. Hope they start selling these at coles. Otherwise I'd have to buy $50 worth of food to get free delivery..

    • Sweet3st on 15/10/2014 - 12:57

      I wasn't sure about the usual delivery cost, so I added a couple of things to my cart (about $12 worth) and went to checkout. It said 'you got free delivery', so maybe they're doing a free delivery promotion at the moment.

      • tanoshiiki on 15/10/2014 - 17:52

        Front page is advertising free delivery 20% off and free delivery for first orders over $50.

        Maybe they are doing a welcome back promotion for returning customers?

  • bart2 on 15/10/2014 - 12:59

    five cheese pizza was surprisingly tasty.
    would buy again if they weren't so expensive.

  • mparf on 15/10/2014 - 16:18
    +2

    My order arrived today!
    The Moussaka is delicious, and definitely does not taste like frozen food. The prices are a bit steep though…

  • easternculture on 15/10/2014 - 17:40
    +1

    Tried the prawn pad thai … needs more prawns, only had like 6 or 7 small ones in total. Especially that its made and packed in Thailand, im pretty sure they can afford adding more prawns

  • hootabelle on 15/10/2014 - 18:09
    +2

    They emailed to say mine would be late and also included the email of every other customer they sent it too. Should be here by 7pm.

  • jenki on 15/10/2014 - 20:22
    +2

    Our order arrived tonight, packaged with plenty of dry ice so everything was still frozen when I arrived home. Got the 4 pack of papilottes amoung other things.

    Tried the Prawn Papilotte and Hake Papilotte for dinner and they turned out amazing! So fresh and tasty; the prawns were plentiful, great variety of vegies, and both the fish and prawns were firm and moist. The Hake was our favourite as the pesto sauce included was the perfect accompaniment to the meal.

    I will definitely reorder based on the 2 dishes we've tried so far. And no, I'm not affliated with the company.

    As a side note, I think with certain meals oven cooking will yield a much better result than the microwave. They took 45 mins in the oven (as opposed to 7 mins in the microwave) but they were worth the wait :)

  • Serapis on 16/10/2014 - 00:18

    Sea Bass and pearl couscous was pretty darn good (reheated in microwave). Did not expect restaurant quality and it wasn't but by far the best microwaved meal ever had.

    Might be better if i cooked using oven.

    chocolate swirl gelato was meh but sour cherry was not bad.

  • sev snape on 16/10/2014 - 00:28

    Prawn papilotte was not bad - a little watery with the zucchini but tasted like 'real food' rather than anything too fake tasting. Loved the little hazelnut gelato, but yes they are just single serve.

    I think like everyone else I was having fun with the packaging - I haven't had anything delivered in dry ice before.

  • oscarthesausagedog on 16/10/2014 - 09:36
    +1

    Ordered on Monday and they said would be delivered Wed 8am-5pm.
    Got a txt at 2pm We'd to say it was onboard van for delivery by 5. They called at 4 to say it might not arrive til 8. Arrived just after that. Amazing how effective that dry ice is!

    • tonester on 24/10/2014 - 17:32

      same - but disappointed that most of the dry ice had disappeared :(
      https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/165067#comment-2300524

      note http://www.dishd.com.au/content/termsAndConditions

      We warrant that the items in your dish’d coolbox will remain frozen in that box so long as the box remains unopened, and taped closed, and out of direct sun up until 10pm on the day of delivery.

      If for some reason the items in your coolbox are not frozen when you open the box (before 10pm on the day of delivery) please do not refreeze or consume the products and contact us immediately.

  • ellave on 16/10/2014 - 10:50
    +1

    Got ours yesterday, we had Sea Bass with Pearl Cous Cous which the other half loved, I had the Mushroom pasta thing which was also pretty good (although Small) We also ordered the 800g eye fillet, ended up with 850g so bargain for $20 for the 3 items. We actually made another order last night as well we are a bit lazy with cooking.

  • kati on 16/10/2014 - 11:48

    Can the 800g eye fillet be cooked from frozen or does it need to be defrosted first?

    • easternculture on 16/10/2014 - 11:59
      +2

      you should defrost meat first

  • bluedufflecoat on 16/10/2014 - 19:51
    +2

    Loved the porcini mushroom pasta. Yum!!!
    Prawn papillote was great. Wanting to make another order already. Somebody find me another promo! :)

    Still have papardelle and lots of desserts in the freezer.

  • tanoshiiki on 16/10/2014 - 21:46
    +2

    The lemon gelato is really good. The Baci gelato is only okay. Tried a fresh pasta last night and I would say it's better than Latina fresh. Serving is on the conservative side, but I guess that encourages portion control. Had the potato dauphinois tonight; although a simple dish I could make myself, it was good quality. It did not have that frozen meals taste, if that makes sense.

    Would positive this but I accidentally clicked the wrong button, and now I can't vote + now.

    Like others, if another deal comes along, will definitely re-order. Our only concern is now very limited freezer space.

  • Blitzen on 17/10/2014 - 15:05
    +2

    Absolutely in love with the squid! and not the mention great customer service from the team. Really happy with my order and will definitely order more in the future.

  • lindol on 17/10/2014 - 15:35
    +2

    same here guys: received my order 2 hours ago..the box with dry ice was cute. the pizzas are really tasty.
    i'll wait for another promotion to order again.
    best frozen food i have ever tasted.

  • rawm on 17/10/2014 - 18:07
    +1

    So mine came in today - seems good so far, and best bit was playing with the dry ice! Dish'd will get my repeat custom I think! Here are some photos.
    http://imgur.com/kcVcGdP,4CuSL4S,OW83jGk

  • snc07 on 19/10/2014 - 21:54

    have tried the peppers pasta, the large tiramisu cake and the chocolate ganche tart all tasted great

  • MelbBargainChaser77 on 19/10/2014 - 23:39
    +1

    Chocolate ganache tart DELICIOUS

  • le3lee on 22/10/2014 - 16:35

    Sea bream with Bulgar is sooooo good! yum!!

  • tonester on 24/10/2014 - 17:13
    +1

    good to hear that most are generally happy with their orders - keep up with posting reviews :)

    so far only had and can recommend oven-baked SEA BASS WITH PEARL COUS COUS and VEGETABLE LASAGNE ("made by Romana Tamburini and her family with the finest D.O.P. ingredients, for over 30 years in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy") as well as pan-fried GREEN BEANS, ROMANESCO, CAULIFLOWER AND BROCCOLI - all good quality, but serving sizes are perhaps 33-50% off

  • jellyqueen123 on 24/10/2014 - 18:33
    +1

    Porcini mushroom and truffle pasta was absolutely delicious! Also highly recommend the Parmigiano perline pasta, scallops and tiramisu gelato. The mini Parisian potatoes were a bit on the floury side, pistacchio gelato lacked flavour and potato, rosemary and parmesan mezzelune were too soft and fell apart whilst cooking. Although still very worth the price for frozen food.

  • Cyberon on 25/10/2014 - 13:45
    +1

    Surprised with the quality, would definitely order again if they had a special.

    • hayne on 26/10/2014 - 00:36
      +1

      Agree, I was sceptical but it exceeded my expectations. I had the prawn and crab and the ricotta cheese ravioli and that was delicious.

      My only qualm is that some of the food is really not that healthy. A small tomato and dijon mustard tart had something like 17 grams of fat, as did the ratatouille. Make sure you read the nutritional info rather than assume that it's healthy because it's high quality food.

      But I would definitely repeat purchase.

  • tonester on 27/10/2014 - 16:52
    +1

    email received:

    Thanks for placing your recent order with us. While we really hope you enjoyed the dishes you received, we know we didn’t deliver our usual high standard of service last week, and for that we apologise.

    There are no excuses, but there is an explanation. Amazon, in the USA, had a one-in-a-billion issue with their data centre which we use and that negatively impacted the data that makes our usual service hum. The root cause of the problem was out of our control.

    As a token of our appreciation of your support last week, we’ve put $20 of dish’d Food Store credit on your account and we hope you’ll use it as a contribution to your next order to experience how well our service usually runs – and enjoy some more delicious food from dish’d.

    i'm guessing this is more due to the time delay rather than privacy breach

    • unity1 on 27/10/2014 - 20:16
      +1

      Good food and good customer service. This is the sort of company I am happy to support. Thanks Dish'd, I will certainly order again.

  • mustkill on 29/10/2014 - 20:46

    Had the Thai green curry. Decent ingredients & taste, but wayyyyy too little.

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