Food Reviews
Nestle Pure Life bottled water
While I do consume a lot of bottled water throughout the whole year, I tend to have a bottle constantly with me during the summer months because it does get quite hot and humid here. Since I drink so much water, I tend to just buy whatever is on …
Japanese Mochi Crème mochi balls
I had the chance to taste mochi balls (locally made) at the SM mall in Davao city. A poster caught my eye and it says Japanese Mochi Crème mochi balls. Mochi balls are made of glutinous rice (or a sticky goeey substance) and is filled with ice cream. I …
Great Value Crescent Rolls
Great Value Crescent Rolls are one of my favorite snacks to go with a cup of coffee or tea. The rolls are incredibly soft and tasty, and they are very easy to make. The rolls come in a can that has ready-to-bake dough for 8 rolls. The directions on …
Hershey’s Dark Chocolate
Dark Chocolates are really my favorite. I have tasted Nestlé’s dark chocolate and well it was my favorite dark chocolate because it was cheap too. The taste is not too sweet and not to thick in cocoa. Just recently though, I got a Hershey’s dark chocolate, a huge bar! …
Murtabak
Murtabak is actually a food that is so tasty and very popular with Asian people and the food originate from India I think. And is very famous with the Indians. Even the Malays in my country truly love Murtabak, and there is never a moment that you will …
Ferrero Rocher Chocolates
The sight of Ferrero Rocher - with its trademark gold foil wrapping - never fails to make my mouth water. I’ve loved this chocolate ever since I first tasted it in elementary school. I didn’t even know what it was called then. I just referred to it as the …
Bubble Tea
One of my recent cravings is for tea drinks with pearls. As a result, I always find myself going to the Bubble Tea branch in Tomas Morato which has only been open for several months. I like the branch because aside from being near my place, it …
Swiss Miss Triple Chocolate Dream Pudding
When I was in school and my parents packed me my lunch, often times, a pudding cup would make its way in there for dessert. I’m pretty confident I went through quite a few pudding cups as a child, certainly far more than I do as an adult now, …
Lumberg Wild Rice Cakes Lightly Salted
When you have a soy allergy, it is very hard to find something to snack on that is safe to eat. Well, these wild rice cakes fit the bill as they only contain a few ingredients, mainly rice and sea salt. I admit I never ate rice cakes before …
Clipper Organic Freeze Dried Arabica Instant Coffee
This instant coffee from the Clipper brand —“ Organic Freeze-Dried Arabica Coffee —“ is a very ethical product indeed. It is marked as —˜Fairtrade’, it is organic and therefore cultivated without the use of pesticides I presume and even the jar is made of 60% recycled glass. …
Ferrato’s Meatballs
I recently purchased a bag of Ferrato’s Meatballs the last time I was at our local Save-a-Lot store so I could use them in my spaghetti later in the week.
I used them last night and was pretty impressed with the overall quality.
The meatballs lacked a bit in terms of …
Safeway Vodka Sauce
Safeway Select Vodka Pasta Sauce is really awesome. It has the best flavor of all the vodka sauces I have tried. I am ashamed to admit that this wonderful sauce took me so long to discover. The reason it took so long for me to discover …
Caramel Swirl Ice Cream Sandwich
This new ice cream sandwich by Healthy Choice rocks! I love ice cream sandwiches and don’t know anyone who doesn’t, so when I saw these at the grocery store the other day, I had to have them! And I definately was not disappointed! You would never know this is …
Fruit2day Strawberry Orange
I normally do not like commercials and do not run out to buy things because I saw them on TV, but that is exactly what I did with this Fruit2day product. I did not make a special trip, but when I was at the grocery store with money …
Guy Fieri Fully Cooked Smoked Nacho Style Chicken Sausage
So I made a visit to my beloved neighborhood discount grocery store. During my trip I spotted a lot of different new things I decided to give a try. One of these fortunate products was Guy fieri Fully Cooked Smoked Nacho Style Chicken Sausages. It was only …
O’Charley’s Mediterranean Chicken Wrap
Right now, everyone is swarming to O’Charley’s because they are having some great deals. They are offering two selected entrees for $14.99, and the entrée offerings are pretty hearty. I’ve tried about half of them and found them to be very satisfying. Lately, they’re offering three …
Betty Crocker Warm Delights
I love Betty Crocker Warm Delights. Each package is an individual dessert. Warm Delights come in their own plastic bowl. You just add the required amount of water, stir and top with drizzle or crumb topping. Microwave it for a minute or less, and you …
Frito Lay chips
Frito Lay makes some of the most bland chips ever, I rarely ever buy these even though potato chips are my weakness. I can not resist the yummy salty crunch of potato chips. I had pretty much given up on Frito Lay potato chips, with the exception of …
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 …
Great Value Apple Juice
Just to make a difference, I purchased an apple drink one time when I shopped for food at SM Hypermarket, SM Makati Philippines. My family gets used to drinking soft drinks and Iced Tea; sometimes if there are fruit juices we drink it too. Sometimes we only drink cold …
Wanchai Ferry Shrimp Lo Mein for Two Complete Meal
Product Description: A complete skillet meal consisting of shrimp, vegetables and Asian noodles that promises enough food for a dinner for two. This is available at Walmart for about $6.
What I liked about this product: First of all, this was pretty easy to make. There were a few steps …
Healthy Choice Café Steamers Grilled Whiskey Steak
Café Steamers is an ingenious line of frozen food products developed by Healthy Choice. It has a unique product design that steams the food so that certain ingredients stay moist while other ingredients don’t dry out. I’ve tried some of the Café Steamers and was pretty satisfied. …
I Can’t Believe its not Butter Spray
I’ve been using I Can’t Believe it’s not Butter flavored spray since 1996. It has helped me to lose weight and stay healthy. With negligible calories and fat, and multiple uses, it is one of my favorite cooking items. I use it to spray my pans to sautee meats and …
Delmonte Sardine
I thought I would not but fishes in canes. We like to eat fishes but we prefer to eat the fresh fishes. So normally, I would like to go to the market to get fresh fishes and cook it immediately when it still fresh.
But few weeks ago, we were …
Fast Franks
Kids love hot dogs, well mine do anyway. I found a wonderful way for the kids to have hot dogs, without me having to stop what I am doing to boil or bake the weiners. While I was shopping at my local grocery store in the sandwich meat aisle, …
Herran Bread Super Jumbo Whole Wheat and Loaf
My previous reviews about bread said that I only trust Gardenia bread. Although it is expensive, the taste is just right for my family so I continue to buy it. I discover Herran Super Jumbo Bread one time while I was looking for Gardenia bread. I am amazed at …
Nescafe 3 in 1 Strong and Rich Coffee
Every breakfast is not complete without my coffee. There are lots of different coffee brands in the market but I trust Nescafe. When I travel all around and stay at hotels without breakfast buffets, I would just buy me a pack of 10 sachets of Nescafe 3 in 1 …
Aero Instant Bubbly Hot Chocolate Drink
I bought this drink out of curiosity, really. The proclamation of bubbles melting on my tongue enticed me to give Nestle’s latest offering in the heated beverages department a whirl. When boiling water is added, it is true, an impressive crop of bubbles forms, much like when you froth …
Lambertz Exquisit biscuits Coco-flour
When I first discovered cookies with coconuts I was rather young and I really adored them for quite some time, then somehow I stopped eating them and I wasn’t actually paying any attention to them because I discovered cookies with chocolate chips which I liked much more. But the …
Selecta Creations Young Coconut Ice Cream 1.7L
This is the best young coconut ice cream I have ever tried. I bought it from the Filipino store for Canadian $11.99. I guess this would make it a pricey ice cream, because Nestle and other brands are much cheaper.
However, I do have a weakness for the company …
McDonald’s Grilled Spicy Chicken Wrap
For two dollars, I think this is a great little snack. It is delicious and I get them frequently. You can get the snack wrap grilled or crispy, but grilled is healthier and actually tastes much better than crispy. You can also get wraps in barbecue and ranch, though …
Finlandia fruit flavoured vodka
My first experience with Finlandia vodka took place during a wild party in my usually rather not-crazy student years. As far as alcohol goes, I’m fairly non-adventurous, but that time, I took a risk and I enjoyed myself immensely. Since then, I’ve sampled most of the vodka flavours Finlandia …
Breadsticks from Rocky Rococo
I eat at Rocky Rococo’s once or twice a week at their downtown location and I love their breadsticks. Every time I eat here it seems that each person in front of me orders them, too. They are very delicious and baked perfectly each time. Not once have I …
Jones Soda
I’ve been a long time Coca-Cola drinker and have not yet found another brand of Cola that I consider drinkable. Today, I tried Jones Cola, and I think I’ll be drinking a lot more of this stuff in the future.
I started drinking Jones because it’s sweetened with …
Sainsbury’s Basics Milk Chocolate
This slab of milk chocolate from the Sainsbury’s Basics —˜cheapo’ brand cost all of 27 pence and I cannot complain about it for that price. If you are on a budget and you want to satisfy your chocolate addiction but do not want to pay big prices —“ …
Banquet Lasagna with Meat Sauce
According to the directions you can place this in the oven or microwave it for ten minutes, stir it and put it in for another four to six and finally let it sit for three minutes. Having three of us to feed and a limited amount of time we …
Pumpkin Pie Pop Tarts
Especially for the Halloween season, a new type of pop tart was placed on the market for purchase. The pumpkin pie pop tart. This pop tart tasted like the real deal, and gave no false hint of artificial flavoring whatsoever.
Like other pop tarts, it could be found …
Cadbury Dairy milk bar of plenty - fruit and vanilla shortcake
I am chocolate’s number one fan. Yes, many would like to claim the same but I can state with forthright confidence that it’s me. I really I am the Queen of Chocolate consumption. It’s usually my downfall when I’m trying to live a healthier lifestyle. …
Maggi Cup mania
Priced around 50 cent( us dollars) Maggi Cup mania are really one the best instant noodles available in Indian market. The Noodles just need adding a cup of hot steaming water and cover it with the lid for two minutes for the hot noodles to be ready to be …
Michelina’s Frozen Dinners
We have a lot of frozen dinners in our house just because they are convenient on days when we are rushed (which is often).
In an effort to cut back on our food budget, we decided to buy some frozen dinners from the Michelina’s brand. They were definitely cheaper, but …
Marks and Spencer avocado salad sandwich
As a vegetarian and a food lover, I find it challenging to find to healthy, tasty ready-made sandwiches. Sometimes we need to buy convenience food because busy lives means there isn’t any other option. Marks and Spencer is a well-known shop in the UK that sells food, …
Edwards Singles Hot Turtle Brownie with Creamy Ice Cream
Edwards Singles Hot Turtle Brownie with Creamy Ice Cream was a nice surprise. I’ve been seeing it for a long time at the grocery store and made a spontaneous purchase of it during a recent shopping trip.
The dessert comes two in a package. I really wasn’t sure …
Guinness Harp Beer
Guinness has something good going on, not only with their world famous Guinness Draught Beer, but yet again with its lighter Guinness Harp beer. This beer doesn’t have quite the same bold taste as its brother beer but it still taste delicious and gives people an excuse to say, …
Pet Ice Cream
Nothing beats the old traditional taste of Pet Ice Cream. Pet Ice cream is what I grew up on, in fact their Ice cream making tradition is so old, its what my motehr grew up on as well.
This is a really great tasting real milk ice cream that everyone …
Gardenia - Wheaten Bread
Everytime I go to the nearest grocery store in our town I always see to it that I have Gardenia Wheaten Bread on my list.This is really my favorite among all Gardenia product lines.I find it very beneficial to one’s health especially if you want to lose weight.Based on …
Nestle Toll House Oatmeal Raisin Cookie
I must admit that when it comes to cookies, my guilty pleasure are oatmeal raisin cookies. When they are made just right, and they are fresh and chewy they are the best edible treats in the world. When I noticed that super Wal-Mart carried the brand of cookies, I …
Jollibee Hotdog (Bacon and Mushroom Tops)
I just bought today Jolly Hotdog. I saw from advertisement on television that their Jolly Hotdog is back, with new flavors. Now it is available in Classic, Chili, and Bacon and Mushroom Tops.
Actually, Jollibee is my favorite fastfood restaurant here in the Philippines. I believe it has franchise stores …
Get All the Veggies You Need in ONE Capsule
It’s nothing new when we hear of parents having difficulty trying to get their children to eat their vegetables. We all know how essential veggies are to one’s health and nutrition for young and old alike. Funny though, how we wonder why most of our offspring prefer meat to …
Selecta Ice Cream: Coffee Almond Cookies
My cousin would attest to the fact that I started nagging him about buying me this ice cream flavor ever since I saw the ad on TV. He never budged so I made a mental note to buy it for myself the moment I had the money. When I …
Brunswick Sardines with Hot Peppers
I’m one of the few people I know who actually like sardines. However, I also like trying new things sometimes, so when I saw that my usual brand, Brunswick had sardines with hot peppers I decided to buy it. I loved it at first, but later on I began to …
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