YAY for the Spicy Squiggly Knife Cut Noodles, with doctoring.
I’d imagine they are somewhat MEH on their own, but they’re a great base for a quick WFH lunch. I usually add whatever veg are laying around (most often broccoli, but also have used edamame, mushrooms, corn, peppers, etc.) and/or some chopped tofu while the noodles are cooking and then at the end swirl in a spoonful of peanut butter (to boost the included sesame paste), a dollop of hot sauce of choice, and a handful of fresh cilantro.
The fact that they cook in a jiffy has made them a popular addition to our hot pots, but the sauces they come with are pretty uninteresting — tho I’ve only had the soy / sesame noodz.
Yea: Sliced apple cinnamon sourdough bread. I don’t really detect cinnamon, and there’s not a lot of sour to this sourdough, to me (I hail from the land of San Francisco sourdough, though, and am a fan of that strong flavor), but having bread with dried apples is different, and it makes nice toast.
Huh: Crispy dried watermelon slices. I plucked this off the new products shelf purely out of curiosity. It’s basically thin, crisp shards of watermelon with all the moisture sucked out. It’s sweet, it tastes kind of like watermelon, and it’s strangely easy to munch on, but it’ll not be a repeat buy, because watermelon’s freshness and moisture are why I like it.
Agreed on this one. Bought it, enjoyed it, one and done. Same with the passion fruit rounds, which I think were also recently released. I thought they were really tasty, great texture, but the seeds were kind of distracting.
The White truffle chips just showed up in our nearest TJs. They’re pretty good, but I’m starting to get kind of annoyed by the revolving door ‘specialty’ chip thing. My favorite of the last year or so was the blue cheese. Then it disappeared and I kinda got used to the garlic butter. Now it’s white truffle. For me it’s been a down hill slide but I guess it’s just TJs keeping their shelf space fresh. Oh, well….. c’est la vie!
