Snickers pecan. I thought this was a pretty good; could use a touch more salt like the original. I did notice that the bar has shrunk considerably.
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I was a very picky eater 
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Spotted these in the Tesco frozen foods section today for £3.00 - turned out they are quite nice. A small size, which isn’t a bad thing in my book. The pastry is the real deal with a proper taste like Indian pastry, not the stupid filo that is often used for samosas in the UK. The filling is also very tasty.
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I’ve been waiting for those to show up in the stores here. Looking forward to trying it.
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Kraft Jalapeño was decently spicy considering it’s boxed maxcand cheese. I doubt I would buy again because it’s not really the taste memory dragon I’m chasing when I eat a box, but it wasn’t bad.
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Someone go buy this and report back to all of us to spare us the indignity.
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Seems very Willy Wonka to me.
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Or Harry Potter’s every flavor jelly beans
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I feel like this was an idea that NASA rejected for their astronauts and Progresso didn’t want all that R&D to go waste.
So direct to consumers it is!
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Dear God, no! I do a lot for science’s sake, but even I have my limits.
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Sakura shrimp are pretty darn small. Still fun to eat. I think I’ve had them fried in kakiage.
As for Muji food, I was digging their maple chestnut latte (powdered) from their home country branches.
Some teas and other drink mixes have been good, whereas their baumkuchen are as dry as ever.
As for Muji China, not this time…
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I’d trust Dennis Lee’s judgement on this. This is a guy who tried to make cotton candy out of cough syrup on his blog. If even he thinks they’re gross, they’re gross.
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At our local Thai mini market
I was interested in the grey featherback fish mentioned here as if it was what I thought it was, I could use it to try and make a Bangladeshi specialty called chitol machher muittha. But the lady couldn’t locate it in the freezer. Their transcribing of the word crab is a bit questionable. The b could be very easily read as a p. I wasn’t very interested in this product:
On to the Indian mini market:
Looking forward to trying these. My dough making and rolling skills aren’t great so readymade rotis are my fallback in the UK.
Thought about buying some Dabur organic ghee but the checkout guy looked shocked and told me it was very expensive - £16.99 for a 500 gram jar. He told me to get the GRB brand. I went back to the shelf and couldn’t find it. Picked up a smaller pack of Amul Cow Ghee. The checkout guy objected - this is for temple use only, ma’am. He accompanied me back to the shelf and pointed out the GRB brand and said it was one of the most popular brands in India. OK then. Still pretty pricey at almost £10 for the 500 gram container, which has a little banner proclaiming it is an ‘aroma retention pack’. The ingredients just say milk fat. Which is a positive sign as some ‘ghee’ sold in the UK is just hydrogenated vegetable oil with added flavouring.
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This Canadian Dennis Lee who wrote Alligator Pie is the Dennis Lee who came to mind when you said Dennis Lee.
Who is this other Dennis Lee? I’ll go Google.
Is that La Vache Qui Ghee?
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The packaging is quite eye-catching!
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It is! I admit, when given a choice, I choose cute!
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I wonder what one might make with pig uteri. I had no idea this was an ingredient for Thai cuisine.
I might make a resolution to begin keeping kosher …
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