Food Reviews
Green Giant Fresh Valley Steamers
We made shredded pork sandwiches for dinner the other night and, to go with them, we decided to make a bag of Green Giant Fresh Valley Steamers vegetables.
The sandwiches were good. The vegetables were actually a bit of a disappointment.
Green Giant used to offer quality when it came to …
Nescafe Tasters Choice Instant Coffee
Nescafe Tasters Choice Instant coffee is some of the best tasting instant coffee you can buy. I personally prefer my coffee roasted, but in a pinch instant will do. I have tried many different brands and always end up coming back to Tasters Choice. It has a very nice …
Tesco Cauliflower Cheese
One of my most favourite meals is cauliflower cheese, with peas and a baked potato and, although I can make my own cauliflower cheese from scratch, it is a lot of fuss and bother and I frequently buy the Tesco Cauliflower Cheese instead as it is very good. …
Baby Ruth Candy Bar
One chocolate brand which I think is older than I am is Baby Ruth. I grew up seeing my Mom biting this candy bar oftentimes and from her did I learn to like Baby Ruth too. When I see my mother unwrapping a bar, I’d run to her …
Maggie Noodles (Masala Flavor)
Maggie brand of noodles are very popular in India. Due to its unique taste, especially of that of its masala (spicy powder), that comes along with it, truly make is rule Indian noodles market. I have never heard of any other brand in India, when its noodles its always …
DELIGHT COFFEE CREAMER
When it comes to coffee, everyone seems to like it a different way. If this were not true, all those espresso places probably wouldn’t be doing so well! We like to have coffee that is home made, most of the time, and when we do, we enjoy adding International …
Selecta Coffee Almond Cookies Ice cream
I just reviewed a Selecta Ice cream flavour, and now I will review another one. Selecta has once again come up with their original flavors to match those of the foreign ones!
Selecta has recently released the flavour Coffee Almond Cookies Ice Cream. A half gallon of ice cream …
The Bar Apple Vodka
Since my friends and I loves getting together and having some serious drinks, we tried The Bar —“ Apple Vodka when they released the new flavor. We already love drinking The Bar, and we were so happy to see that they released a twist. A big bottle which was …
Yummy Earth Organic Lollipops
I haven’t been a kid in a long time and my candy preferences generally run more toward high cocoa content dark chocolate than “lollies” but I received a Yummy Earth Organic Lollipop sample in an order of herbal shampoo, of all things, and gave it a try. WOW! Within …
Hamburger Helper
We all need to make a quick meal at times. Sometimes we just really don’t really feel like cooking. In steps Hamburger Helper. I make Hamburger Helper at least 3 times a month. The kids love it. There are many flavors to choose from these days. Betty Crocker is …
Jacobs Biscuits for Cheese
Jacobs biscuit company has been established for 125 years since 1885. Their biscuits are always of good quality and variety. However when I recently bought a box of Jacobs Biscuits for Cheese, was rather disappointed.
Jacobs Biscuits for Cheese come in a 200g box containing 6 cracker varieties. …
Hamburger Helper Mexican Crunchy Taco
I love Hamburger helper and their many varieties of dinner kits. There’s nothing more convenient than having an easy one skillet meal to whip up in under an hour. Hamburger helper is one of those dinner kits that you can never go wrong with. Especially if all you …
Healthy Choice Honey Ginger Chicken Frozen Entree
Healthy choice has reinvented their frozen meal line with new and exciting flavors. The cuisine ranges from Italian to Chinese, each sounding like a gourmet concoction. I love Chinese food but you can’t have it every day because it’s so fattening. I decided to try the …
Kraft Finely Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
My family has long used Kraft cheese products, but recently, we tried some other brands. They were cheaper and made a lot of the same claims as this item. Having used these alternatives, though, leads me to the conclusion that this specific product, Kraft Finely Shredded Mozzarella …
Pizza Hut’s Mango Panna Cotta
My sister and I dine in at Pizza hut one time. We ordered pan Pizza and pasta and we decided to order a dessert to make a difference. We ordered Mango Panna Cotta. The serving cost PHP 79. We never thought how small the serving is and the features …
Frito Lay Cheddar and Sour cream chips
Wow, talk about a bad food that tastes so darn good that you really can’t eat just one as the old slogan boasted so long ago.
Normally I turn up my nose at any Frito Lay product, I don’t like the flavor or quailty normally. However, frito lay sour cream …
Great Value Cottage Cheese
Great Value Cottage Cheese comes in 16 oz and 24 oz plastic container. I usually buy the bigger one, priced $ 2.12. The cottage cheese is protected with a foil seal that you will need to remove when you first open it. I like this cottage cheese for breakfast, …
Durian: The Fruit of the Gods
Durian is an exotic fruit grown mostly in Asia, mostly in Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines. Here in my country the Philippines, durian is grown mostly in the Southern part of the country, largely in Davao, although the surrounding towns have also successfully grown this only in the past …
Coca Cola 330 Ml. Can
Coca Cola is probably one of the most popular, if not the most popular, manufactured drinks in the world. It seems that there is no place on Earth where Coca Cola hasn’t reached.
Coca Cola is not a drink that I consume regularly. However, I do drink some Cola …
Hungry Man Original Fried Chicken Dinner
Before I discovered Hungry Man dinners, I was skeptical about TV dinners because they advertised a particular type of meal and all I tasted was paste and saw dust. To be frank, I would have been better licking a chalkboard for dinner. It wasn’t until my mom came home …
Amul processed cheese
Amul processed cheese is my all-time favourite. I use this fresh and tasty cheese for my bread and paratha and sometimes I eat it as a whole because I love it. I love all the products from the company Amul. Amul is such a great company …
Kraft Jet-Puffed Marshmallows
I buy bags of Jet-puffed Marshmallows from Stop and Shop all the time! I used to use the store brand until I realized that the jet-puffed marshmallows taste so much better. I usually buy the standard sized marshmallows in the summertime for my kids to use at a …
Arizona Green Tea with Ginseng and Honey
I went to Bo’s Coffee one morning after enduring a particularly long queue in the bank. Since I already had three cups of coffee, two extra strong ones and a cup of cold coffee, I bought Bo’s Coffee’s Arizona Green Tea with Ginseng and Honey (although of course I …
Louisana Fish Fry Products Seasoned Crispy Chicken Mix
My family is real picky about the type of breading use on their protein. Sometimes they like a crispy skin and other times not so much. I have been trying out various brands of crispy chicken mix, and I think I finally found one that everyone likes.
Louisiana Fish Fry Products …
Stouffer’s Fish Fillet Frozen Meal
I usually generally like Stouffer’s meals and from the box this one looked pretty good, and I have not had fish in a while so I figured I would try this meal out. The front of the box looks really appetizing, the fish is perfectly cooked, it has breading …
Little Debbie Iced Honey Buns
Little Debbie Iced Honey Buns are an enjoyable treat once and awhile that could stand an improvement. There is supposed to be a light amount of cinnamon added to these honey buns, and there most certainly is just that, but in my opinion, the honey buns would taste a …
Selecta Ice Cream
I would say that of all the local brands of Ice Cream here in the Philippines Selecta is the best. I’ve practically tasted all the brands but none of them have equaled the superior taste of Selecta. One thing that made Selecta superior is the fact that it …
Cadbury Brunch Bar
I have bought the Cadbury’s Brunch Bar quite a few times, usually when I am on the way to work having skipped my breakfast and so I want something at least half-healthy to stop me from passing out before lunchtime. Actually, on those occasions when I have missed …
Lotte Custard cream cakes
I love the taste of these small round sponge cakes with custard cream in it. Rich and tasty cream on the inside that would make you grab for more. Each cake is individually packed in satchets. One box has about 6 pieces. The cake is really …
Doy’s Pepper Sauce
Recently I visited one of my dad’s friend with him and we were speaking with the guys sister. The topic of food and condiments came up and pepper sauce was mentioned. She makes her own pepper sauce at home and offered to give me a bottle if I wanted …
Kirkland Signature Drinking Water
I bought a case of the Kirkland Signature Drinking Water, distributed by Costco Wholesale Corporation out of Seattle Washington. The first thing I noticed about the water was a very strong chlorine taste that made it, to me, barely drinkable.
We will generally refill the water bottles in our …
Pepsi Max Zero Calorie Cola
I bought this at Wal-Mart because Pepsi products were on sale and my husband wanted to try this because he found the added ginseng to be interesting. Personally, I am not much for diet sodas because they contain aspartame and it almost always gives me migraines. I reallydidnt have …
L’oven Fresh Chocolate Chip Brownies
Packaged brownies will never, ever taste as moist or as fresh as freshly baked brownies at home. That being said, these pre-made brownies aren’t bad, but they aren’t as moist and soft as I would have liked them to be. They get softer if I warm them up in …
Oishi ponkan juice
This is a fairly new brand of powdered juice drink in the market which can compete with the leading brand because of its flavor and what it offers over all. Oishi Sundays ponkan powdered juice drink is very delicious and I especially love its sweet taste and very flavorful …
Aia Wudy Hot dog
I don’t like hot dogs usually because I know they are always made from the worst part of the leftovers of the meat. My Dad was working in the place where they used to produce hot dog so after some stories I’ve heard I didn’t wanna eat hot dogs …
Chips Deluxe Peanut Butter Cups Cookies
I am trying to get my family to eat healthier. So, I rarely, if ever, buy junk food for the house (other than the occasional candy bar). My wife, however, has no problem buying a package of cookies on occasion. That’s how we ended up with Chips Deluxe Peanut …
Argentina Corned Beef
I’m not really a fan of corned beef, but I decided to buy one to have something to eat at home that’s easy to cook. It’s also good to have something that doesn’t easily spoil even if it’s not refrigerated. Out of all the local brands of corned beef …
Cedarlane Green Chili & Monterey Jack Cheese Tamales
The Cedarlane Green Chili & Monterey Jack Cheese Tamales is a frozen meal that I find somewhat satisfactory, although I was not pleased enough with what this meal had to offer to purchase it again. These tamales suffer from the same problem that the other varieties of tamales suffer …
Starbucks Cookie Dough Cheesecake
It was my first time yesterday to see Starbucks offering a Cookie Dough Cheesecake as on of its dessert selections. As I love cheesecake and cookie dough, it seemed only natural for me to order a slice which I shared with my friend. A slice cost Php105 …
Kraft Oreo Sandwich cookies
I came across this biscuit while looking for the grocery section in my regular shopping about an year ago. Even though I saw the biscuit several times, I never bothered to give it a try until a friend of mine said that her children like it very much. …
Michelina’s Lean Gourmet Meals
Product Description: Low fat frozen meals available at most stores for around $1. The variety I ended up trying was the 5-cheese lasagna.
What I liked about this product: Even though I really should do more to watch my weight, I usually avoid low-fat frozen dinners like this. Part of …
Fiber One Ninety Calorie Chocolate Fudge Brownie
TV has a way of alluring people, such as myself with wonderful commercials showing new products, mainly food or dessert. In this instance I watched a commercial about Fiber One Ninety Calorie chocolate fudge Brownies. I wasn’t craving brownies until I watched this commercial a handful of …
Yummi Bears Multi-Vitamin & Mineral Dietary Supplement
When I went looking for a multi-vitamin for my child I had exact specifications on what I was looking for in a supplement. Due to reading recent reports I know that there are several vitamins I need to worry about him having too much of, and I have noticed …
Pizza Hut’s Tuscani Tuesdays promotion
For quite a while now, Pizza Hut has made available a terrific deal which they call Tuscani Tuesdays. I’ve taken advantage of this deal a few times now, including the day on which I’m writing this review.
On Tuscani Tuesdays, customers can purchase two of their pastas for $10. …
Nescafe Creme (instant coffee, granulated)
Among coffee lovers, there is a secret rift seldom talked about: the “great divide” between those who swear by traditionally brewed coffee and those who actually prefer instant coffee. I am one of these. To me, nothing beats a good instant coffee.
However, I am very picky about instant coffee. …
Sunshine Snacks Potato Chips Regular Flavour
In the supermarket near where I live, snacks and getting lunch can be a bit expensive sometimes; and even when I have the money, I don’t want to spend too much so I try to look for something cheap and local, but even local foods can sometimes be a …
Subway (Berkeley, CA near campus)
Subway, “Eat Fresh,” so goes the slogan. Although I have never found Subway to be fresh, it is always been a healthier, delicious alternative to traditional fast food. Subway is one of those places that you will frequent once a week, because you know exactly what you are getting …
Baked Chocolate Mousse
I love this dessert, Baked Chocolate Mousse very much. In fact, I do know that it’s fattening but I just can’t help it at most times.
Whenever you go to any cake shop and you could find Baked Chocolate Mousse, there is a high chance that the taste …
C2 Green Tea Apple
If before I like the taste of C2 now I hate it. I heard a news that drinking flavored drink everyday has a bad side effect in your liver or can also cause cancer. True or not, I stopped drinking C2 and other flavored drink. Now that I am …
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