Food Reviews
Marlboro Virginia Blend
I was somewhat hesitant to try Marlboro’s Virginia Blend. Marlboro makes some fine cigarettes, but they also make some real stinkers, too, and I was afraid their new Virginia Blend would fall under the latter category. However the price was right, as they were marketing it with …
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 …
Milka Snowballs
Although Milka Snowballs look as if they were intended for children I was really excited when I saw them at the store. They were not cheap, I paid three Euro for four chocolate balls but I just had to try them. They looked so appealing at the store that I …
Quizno’s Sandwiches
I had Quizno’s once a few years ago and didn’t much care for it.
I decided to try it again for lunch with a group of friends.
I found the food a bit on the expensive side but the restaurant smelled wonderful and there were many choices.
I chose the mesquite chicken …
L’oven Fresh Holiday Sugar Cookies
The L’oven Fresh Holiday Sugar Cookies can be purchased from ALDI Food Market stores for one dollar and ninety-nine cents. In one package comes ten sugar cookies. These sugar cookies are attractive to look at. They’re shaped like Christmas trees, and five of them have green frosting while the …
Stouffer’s Corner Bistro Margherita Flatbread
Stouffer’s Corner Bistro Margherita Flatbread is probably something that is geared towards vegetarians or for those that simply love vegetables. I personally find the sandwich to not be filling at all, really. It is sort of fine if I am not too hungry and it is lunch time and …
Rolo Gold thin pretzels
Rolo Gold pretzels have a new package now that may look less fancier than their old one but the price is much cheaper. Their pretzels sell for under $3.00 for a one pound bag and the pretzels are always fresh tasting and never taste stale. They come …
Innocent Smoothies - kiwi, apples and lime flavour
If you don’t like bannanas or simply want to try a smoothie without bannanas in, then try the Kiwi,apples and lime smoothie from Innocent. I have tried making smoothies from home but more often than not, Innocent smoothies work out cheaper and it’s most definitely easier than making …
Nesscafe sunrise fresh
The taste of Nescafe sunrise Fresh caf� is so wonderful and very very tasty. Actually I never used to drink the coffee before. 2 months age when my husband bought the new brand coffee and the name of which is Nescafe sunrise Fresh caf�. I tasted …
Savoritz 4 Kids Penguin Baked Cheddar Snack Crackers
You don’t have to be a kid to be able to enjoy the Savoritz 4 Kids Penguin Baked Cheddar Snack Crackers! Available at ALDI Food Market stores for a retail price of two dollars and ninety-nine cents for a package containing nine one ounce pouches, the cheddar snacks are …
Cafe Nova Cafe latte
I first tasted Cafe Nova during the recent Singapore Asia Pacific food festival. I liked it upon tasting and we decided to get one pack. It has a large number of sachets and there are varities with and without sugar. This coffee uses freeze dried Arabica …
Tony’s Chippy Beef Burgers in Crispy Batter
I had never bought already battered Beef Burgers but like the odd 1 when I get something from the Chip Shop. When I saw these for sale in the freezer section in my local Supermarket then I just had to give them a try. The price for these were …
Cisco’s Crisp Choco in Almond Choco
I just recently went to Japan Home thrift store to look for cheap stuff. Little did I know that I was in for a surprise! As I looked over the food stuff they were selling, I saw that they had the Cisco’s Crisp Choco in Almond Choco flavor. I …
Best Choice Hickory Smoked Thick Cut Bacon
In an effort to save some serious cash at the grocery store, our family has started purchasing generic products. We used to only buy named brand products because we thought the generic products were inferior. Boy, were we ever wrong! We have found a large amount of generic products …
Chun King Vegetables and sauce mix
I am not a huge fan of pre-packaged meals, but I do like Chun King. I love making Chinese dinners and often find preparing everything from scratch takes too long, so I bought Chun King Vegetables and sauce mix.
This particular boxed package said it served five people. Inside there …
Bucha Lemongrass Ginger Kombucha Drink
I was just getting over the flu and looking for some sort of ginger drink to ease my stomach when I came across this drink. It sounded like an interesting combination of flavors (I love lemongrass,) so I decided to give it a try. I’d never had kombucha before, …
Betty Crocker Helper Complete Meals Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo
Now while I love Betty Crocker cake mixes and baking supplies I am not a big fan of prepared meals and this Helper Complete Meals Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo really failed to impress me! I got this box of chicken, noodles and sauce as part of a Christmas hamper gift …
Red Horse Beer by San Miguel
Brewed and bottled by San Miguel Brewery Corp., is actually a strong beer. But why do people consider it as a strong beer? As for my own opinion, they call it strong cause after drinking a couple of bottles or maybe three for the heavy drinkers, it’ll surely put …
Charlie’s Grind and Grill Buffalo Wings in Nuclear Sauce
I just had a very filling meal earlier today at Charlie’s Grind and Grill at Kapitolyo Pasig. I have been to Charlie’s once before but it has been a while since I have tried their Buffalo Wings.
I have underestimated their Buffalo Chicken Wings. We have ordered a dozen of …
SouthWestern Crush Burger from Bakers Sqaure
I just tried the new SouthWestern Crush Burger from Baker’s Square in Newark CA and I must say this burger is good it’s very good. I didn’t believe the hype at first, I was not expecting this burger to be this good. I was actually impressed. The SouthWestern Crush …
Kroger Deluxe Churned No Sugar Added Cherry Cordial Ice Cream
I was interested in this ice cream because I had never tried it before, and it looked very colorful and delicious. I thought it was a good deal at $2.50 per half-gallon, too, so I picked it up and brought it home.
This ice cream is basically made up …
Chicken Noodle Soup from The Chocolate Factory
On cold days nothing tastes better with lunch than a cup of Chicken Noodle Soup from The Chocolate Factory. Each day for lunch they serve four varieties of soup but this one is my favorite. Mainly I like its taste. It is salty but not too salty. I normally …
Banquet Crock Pot Clasics
Due to not having a lot of free time sometimes between work and family activities, I am always on the lookout for quick and simple meals that taste good and are not junk food for those days when I have a lot going on. A friend of mine recommended …
Nissin cup noodles seafood flavor
I am a noodle lovers, I’d love to eat noodles in the morning and at night. When ready to cook noodles was risen I was then a child and I am really excited in eating this brand new flavor of chicken and beef. But as a month and years …
Dreyer’s Limited Edition Bakery Treats Slow Churned Cinnamon Bun Fun
Cinnamon rolls have been a favorite of mine since I was a kid. Whether for breakfast or as an after meal treat, I continue to enjoy the soft-baked rolls with cinnamon layers and a sweet icing glaze. Not surprisingly then, when I came across Dreyer’s Limited Edition Bakery Treats …
Kraft Extra Virgin Olive Oil Pesto Parmesan Dressing
I have become so bored of store-bought salad dressing that I have been making my own dressings and vinaigrettes for a long time now; sometimes, if I am in a hurry, I quickly mix olive oil, extra virgin of course, and balsamic vinegar together and use that for a dressing. …
Gerber Graduates–Crackers
My child’s Physician’s recommends for 3 meals and 2 snacks a day.For snacks i am givng this Gerber Graduates crackers to her.I have bought Cheese flavour in that.There is also falvours like veggie.But as Cheese will help her to gain weight i opt for this.It is a good …
Pizza Mia from Pizza Hut
Apparently, there’s a lot of people that like Pizza Hut’s new Pizza Mia. I have not met any of them.
Pizza Mia is a wallet friendly pepperoni pizza from Pizza Hut. At $5 dollars each, you may think it’s hard to go wrong with one. That price is deceiving. It’s …
Albertson’s Chocolate Sandwich Creme Cookies
Oreo cookies have been around now for several decades. It’s not a complex cookie by any means, yet it’s a very satisfying cookie that can be enjoyed a variety of ways, as the Oreo cookie commercials used to show. Nabisco Oreo cookies sell for over or around three dollars …
Pillsbury Funfetti Halloween Cake Mix
I haven’t made cake mix in years. I’ve also never added sprinkles or candy confetti to a cake mix, but I’ve always been kind of curious about it. This Pillsbury cake mix and the frosting were only about a dollar a piece, so that made it pretty hard to …
Chef Woo Szechuan Stir Fry Kit
I love making Chinese food at home, so when I found Chef Woo’s 160gram Szechuan Stir Fry Kit on sale for $1 I bought it immediately. Chef Woo is a respected name in packaged do-it-yourself Chinese food kits so I had high hopes for this package.
The Szechuan Stir Fry …
Ball Park Beef Franks - 3.5 lb Package
This review focuses on the Ball Park Beef Franks - 3.5 lb Package. It’s more about the packaging concept than the franks themselves, which I’ve reviewed previously. Just quickly, I love Ball Park Beef Franks. So far, they’ve been the ones I’ve liked the best. …
Fresh Crab Cakes (Albertson’s)
I usually do all of my seafood shopping at my local Albertson’s grocery store. They usually have good sales and quality seafood, unlike other stores near my area. One day I was there to purchase my lobster tail for the month when I cam across some advertised crab cakes. …
Special K’s Original Cereal
I bought this cereal thinking that it was a healthy source of fiber, protein, and along with the added vitamins and nutrients that make up a complete breakfast. However, I was misled because if you look at the nutrition facts, it does not have any fiber. The …
Great Value Twist and Shout Vanilla Sandwich Cookies
The Great Value Twist and Shout Vanilla Sandwich Cookies will look really familiar to anyone that has ever had a vanilla Oreo cookie before. The two different brands of cookies not only look remarkably alike, but also, I can’t much make out any significant difference in taste. The Nabisco …
Smuckers Strawberry Jam
Yummy. That is the best word to describe Smuckers Strawberry jam. It is delicious and tastes even better than real strawberries. This is an awesome product and I use it almost daily.
Jam is excellent with bread. I also add slices of butter along with the jam. This tastes even …
Arby’s Curly Fries
Arby’s Curly Fries are something I’ve had several times now. I should say that I love good French fries. I tend to like mine tender and well seasoned, so in actuality these curly fries are a little different.
Over time as I’ve eaten Arby’s Curly Fries, they’ve been …
Kraft Velveeta Shells & Cheese Original
I bought a cup of this today at Price Smart. The packaging was cute, and who doesn’t love mac and cheese? Plus it also said ready in 3.5 minutes. I was sold.
I got home and opened the package, hungry and excited to try it out. …
Maggie Moo’s Ice Cream
Maggie Moo’s Ice Cream is a great ice cream parlor! It is of the same cut as Marble Slab Creamery and Cold Stone Creamery but it is definately set apart. The ice cream flavors are awesome, definately check out better batter, you feel like you’re eating cake, sooo good! …
Nescafe Memento: Caramel Latte
When it comes to coffee, its a beverage I enjoy hot or cold, light, black and in between. Or better, mixed with different flavors and blends. Its a favorite that I enjoy during any time of the day whether it be brewed hot during the breakfast hour or chilled …
Krusteaz Bakery Style Oatmeal Cookie Mix
Krusteaz Bakery Style Oatmeal Cookie Mix makes a cookie that offers up a lot of oatmeal flavor. Now, oatmeal is not really a cookie flavor that I enjoy all that much, but I do get a taste for oatmeal cookies every now and then, and when I do, I …
Gallo Salame
I recall buying Gallo Salame in the past, but it had been many years since I made my most recent purchase. I was in the mood for some good sub sandwiches and decided to purchase this Italian Dry Salame to add to the flavor. This product is …
Coleman’s Tuna Pasta Bake Mix
This packet sauce mix is a delicious and simple base for some versatile recipes.
The packet will advise you an ideal recipe, but for the most part it’s pasta, tuna, sweetcorn and the sauce mix. You can interchange the vegetables, and tuna can be substituted with chicken for particularly …
KFC Snack Box
The latest offerings of Kentucky Fried Chicken are a great treat for those on the go. I am talking about the latest “Snack Box” they have now. This has several variants or combination of KFC products. The combination includes a mix of poppers and chicken wings, poppers and funshots …
Mrs. Freshley’s SnackAway Yogurt Oatmeal Cremes
I find Mrs. Freshley’s SnackAway Yogurt Oatmeal Cremes to be a light and tasty treat to have every now and then. These creme cookies are soft and the oatmeal flavor is quite prevalent. They most certainly were not skimpy when it came to giving these cookies an oatmeal flavor! …
Ritter Sport Coconut, chocolate bar
Ritter Sport chocolate is in my opinion a very good brand of chocolate. It is produced in Germany and it looks different than regular chocolates because it comes in square. I usually buy them when I can find them on discount because there is always some chocolate on discount so …
Kashi Organic Promise Simply Maize Cereal
Kashi is one of those brands that I have come to love in recent years. They have almost always managed to impress me with their quality products. In this case I decided to try their cereal from their organic line called Simply Maize.
Simply Maize is what I would …
Strauss Organic milk
I’ve been into organic foods for a while now, but have noticed a distinct difference between Strauss Organic milk and other major brands of organic milk that can be purchased in any grocery store. First of all the presentation is beautiful and seems very old-world as it comes in …
George DuBouef Beaujolais
I rarely like to drink “inexpensive” wine, but this beaujolais by George DuBoef is a fantastic glass of wine at a great price. The DuBouef wine’s are usually availible at your local grocery store.
I purchase my last bottle at the Harris Teeter near my home for about $8. this …
Irish Spring Icy Blast
This is a fantastic deodorizing soap as long as you are not scent sensitive. These 90g boxed soap’s usually come in a pack of three and retail for about $2.49CDN.
Irish Spring soap is good value for money, I’ve noticed they do lather up nicely in the shower but they …
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