AIBU Pret staff say miso and broth are the same thing. I say post-truth, alternative fact rubbish!

[Misovexed]

Two very patronising staff in Pret tried to tell me that the broth they gave me when I ordered miso was miso and/or the same as miso. I pointed out miso is fermented soy beans and broth is boiled bones and they said 'yes! It's the same'.
WTF?!
I persisted but it was like trying to explain heaven to bears.

I didn't bother asking for a refund. They'd have asked for more money and told me that was the same as a refund.

I didn't know prey sold broth!

Pret

It's a small cup for £1.99.

And they no longer sell miso (as far as I can tell).

I would say it is a form of broth.

Broth - definition of broth by The Free Dictionary
www.thefreedictionary.com › broth
The water in which meat, fish, or vegetables have been boiled; stock. 2. A thin, clear soup based on stock, to which rice, barley, meat, or vegetables may be added. 3. A liquid containing nutrients for culturing microorganisms: inoculated the broth with bacteria.

You're right to be outraged, but you're wrong to have made me ponder explaining heaven to bears.

They had signs up for Miso, last time I was in.

Then again, they still have Chamomile tea on the wall but no longer sell it :(

What sort of broth would they be selling? They wouldn't be able to serve bone broth interchangeably with miso because vegetarians.

They sell both if you check their menu on line. The are not the same thing so the staff were wrong.

Miso might be a form of broth.
But broth is NOT a form of miso.

Then again, their miso isn't veggie, anyhow!
www.pret.co.uk/en-gb/546-soups-miso-soup.aspx

Their broth is definitely a meaty broth, though
www.pret.co.uk/en-gb/1903-soups-bone-broth.aspx

If you google miso broth it exists

Beef broth

Where I work they sell miso and broth & only have veg and nonveg versions of miso.

I like your style op, but am saddened to hear Pret miso is not veggie

Watch out for miso sachets and paste in supermarkets too, most aren't veggie.

Well the picture with the veggie miso is of a broth cup, so I can see where the confusion might lie, now
www.pret.co.uk/en-gb/1928-soups-veggie-miso.aspx

Heaven to bears...god that's good.

Glad you like it but I didn't coin it, sadly.

Sums up our conversation perfectly though. Both sides utterly baffled by the other.

Loving this first world problem. 😉. Surely a broth is any thin style soup.....it's not automatically made from bones (unless it's obviously a bone broth.)

How is it a first world problem? I order one thing in a food outlet and they give me something different. That could occur the world over, regardless of income and would likely make the customer unhappy.

I didn't bother asking for a refund. They'd have asked for more money and told me that was the same as a refund.

You are right and they are wrong.

And to be clear I didn't order broth. I ordered miso.

I'm starting to think it's me.

Am I a post-truth snowflake?!

Thank you Koala.

That's all I needed to hear.

This could be a new MN game.
Think of a thing then match it to its post-truth incarnation.

Miso = beef broth
Snowflake = lump of coal

POTUS = (your turn). Or is that too easy?

I love "explaining heaven to bears"
I also love miso and I would have got the rage if someone tried to give me broth instead. No. They ABU

I'm sorry for your miso misery (miso-ry?) but can you please tell me if Pret still sell their delicious chocolate mousse?