Food Reviews
Sargento Classic Cheddar Jack - Fancy Shredded
Back before the holidays I was looking in the supermarket for shredded cheese. As it happened, this one was on sale and so I bought it. I’m glad I did, as this is a very excellent cheese indeed.
I like how easy this cheese is to use in all of …
Ferrero Rocher
For all you chocolate lovers out there. You must give Ferroro Rocher a try, unless you don’t like nuts in your chocolate. Well, even though I am not the biggest fan of nuts in my chocolate I do eat it occasionally and this definitely is a chocolate that fits …
Kroger Deluxe Chocolate Cherry Nut Truffle Ice Cream
Chocolate is my very favorite flavor of ice cream. I usually buy Tin Roof Sundae or Moose Tracks. Although I don’t usually buy fruit flavors, I do like them too. Smith’s was having a sale on ice cream so I thought I’d buy some to enjoy that evening.
I …
Ovaltine Cookies
I first heard about Ovaltine Cookies when I was about seven years old and I used to see them advertising on television and on the radio. When I saw them advertising on television they looked like chocolate cookies to me, so I assumed they were chocolate cookies and couldn’t …
Ruffles Potato Chips
“R R R Ruffles Have Ridges!”
That’s been the long-time tagline for Ruffles Potato Chips, and it’s pretty appropriate for this product, which is definitely characterized by thick ridges that make it unique from other potato chips on the market; that is, until some of them also began making chips …
Greewich Special Pizza Overload
I love pizza so much, I never grow tired of going to my favorite restaurants to try new recipes. One of my favorite pizza recipe is from a fast food chain called Greenwich in the Philippines. Its called Greenwich Special Pizza Overload. No matter how many times …
Knorr Pasta Sides Butter and Herb
I’d like to know just what kind of herbs were used and added to this Pasta Side because I can’t taste much difference when compared with the “Butter” Pasta Side. his one is supposed to be butter and herb, and yet I mainly taste the butter. I can see …
Dawath Basmathi Rice
Dawath basmathi rice is very good branded rice that is very good in quality. It is a bit costly but worthy. I used it just 2 months back and I prepared some interesting rice dishes or rice recipes using this rice and all the members of my …
Candylicious Peanut Fudge
I love fudge and the best fudge I have ever came across is made by the people that run a small candy stall in a local mall. The name of their small store is Candylicious and they make a variety of sweets and fudges. One of my absolute favourite …
Great Value: Steamable Corn On The Cob
Great Value: Steamable Corn On The Cob is alright, although I personally prefer fresh and non-frozen corn. Still, this corn does have a certain appeal. For one, it is so very easy to prepare. It steams right in the bag, and what can really be simpler than that? Plus, …
Nature’s Path: Frosted Strawberry Toaster Pastries
These Nature’s Path: Frosted Strawberry Toaster Pastries are as good as the cherry variety, although they suffer from the same problem that the cherry toaster pastries do: they are a little too sweet and I feel that the frosting did not have to be as sugary as it turned …
Scoopy’s Cake Cups
This product may be called Scoopy’s Cake Cups, but I refer to them as ice cream cones. That’s what they are to me. I honestly don’t know if this is the brand my family purchased often in years past because it’s been a very long time since …
Great Value Hot Cocoa Mix
Great Value Hot Cocoa Mix comes in a 20 oz can with a plastic lead; when you first open it you will need to remove the foil seal, like in a coffee jar. The hot cocoa has a pleasant, not overly sweet taste and is very easy to make. …
Holy Crap health food
This is a great health food. I first found out about it on Dragon’s Den where they pitched the idea to entrepreneurs and sold the product very well.
This cereal is really healthy for you. It has organic dried fruit, chia, hemp seeds and buckwheat, which make it …
Mother’s Cookies Wafers
Mother’s Cookies Wafers are just great! I always loved these things ever since I was a kid. They taste so good, and they are just very good for your taste buds. I really like all the different colors they come in. My favorite ones would have to the pink …
Applebee’s Grilled Dijon Chicken Portobello
I am a perpetual dieter and a person who loves to eat out. When they advertise healthier, low calorie meals at restaurants, I am one of the first to try them out. Recently I’d seen several ads for Applebee’s new menu items that had 550 calories or less, and …
Betty Crocker Creamy Mashed Potatoes Box Mix
I like Betty Crocker mashed potatoes box mix, but I also have a love and hate relationship with it because even though the finished potatoes are good, I often find myself have to fix the mashed potatoes which has become part of the cooking process at this point.
Betty Crocker has …
Extra Nice Banana Chips
I first bought this brand of banana chips thinking that it was actually the brand “Nices.” Thinking about it now,the company who makes “Extra Nice Banana Chips” has a pretty good marketing strategy since their packaging and name is very very similar to “Nices Banana Chips.” However, it is …
Knorr soups
I have been a fan of Knorr soups as they are easy to make and my family loves the soups. The soup powder comes in a 52 g pack and is produced by Hindustan Lever Ltd in India. It is very easy to make the soup from the powder …
Ziyad Brand Hummus Tahini
I love hummus, and I decided to try out a new store brand since it was on clearance: Ziyad Brand. I bought the one in the yellow can labeled “Ziyad Brand Hummus Tahini,” and I wasn’t expecting too much from clearance hummus in a can. I was pleasantly surprised.
What’s …
Steak ‘N Shake Fish Sandwich
I love the Fish Filet sandwich at McDonald’s but my waistline suffered the consequences. It doesn’t have any fresh vegetables and has three artery-clogging ingredients —“ cheese, fried fish, and tartar sauce. I wanted to see if there was a better fish sandwich out there that was …
Millville Fruit and Grain Cereal Bars Apple Cinnamon
It’s not always easy to make time for breakfast on some mornings. That’s a reality we’ve all likely faced at one time or another, and for some, it may be more common of a reality than for others. There are days where the morning hours just seem to get …
Sprite Soda
During break time in school, me and my friends are always going on our school’s canteen to buy some snack for our merienda. We prefer buying some bread or crackers with matching a soda. Speaking of a soda, I am buying Sprite Soda. I still prefer drinking this drink …
Cloverhill Bakery - Strawberry Long John Cake
I personally prefer the Cloverhill Bakery - Strawberry Long John Cake over all the other long john pastries that this company makes and sells in the grocery stores. It may just be because strawberry is one of my favorite flavors to let rest on my taste buds, but I …
Milford Raspberry and Lemon Tea
In these cold days I like to take nice hot cup of tea. I usually didn’t buy Milford teas because they are more expensive than other ones and also I always buy the same stuff. Last evening I went to shop and I saw that with Milford tea you …
Glaceu’s Vitamin Water
Lately I have gotten pretty addicted to Glaceau’s vitamin water. There are a variety of different flavors of water that all have different mixes of vitamins in them. The waters themselves taste like Kool-Aid; they’re sweet and have a light flavor to them without being overpowering.
I really feel like …
Sundae Shoppe Ice Cream Sandwiches
Sundae Shoppe Ice Cream Sandwiches are pretty tasty! What makes them even more appetizing is the price: just two dollars for twelve ice cream sandwiches! That value is downright chillingly good! The quality of the ice cream sandwiches is surprisingly high considering how cheap they sell for. The chocolate …
CHEEZ-IT Pepper Jack Crackers
Cheez-it pepper jack is another selection from the cheez-it family that I decided to give a try after seeing in the store. The cheez-it on the box looks like someone took small pieces of pepper Jack cheese and folded them over into squares and baked them. Oddly they still …
Susan Baker Canola Oil
I am one of those people out there who are overtly concerned about health than having huge money in a bank. Why?well, because of the skyrocketing prices and healthy insurance packages, on top of that I have no independent health insurance other than the healthy insurance provided by the …
Century Tuna Mayo Spread
Century Tuna is the leading tuna canned goods in the Philippines. It has manufactured so many variety of tuna products. Its main marketing discourse is that it is the perfect alternative for loosing weight. Its commercials features male and female models with perfect bodies. In one of its canned variety, …
Hunts Natural Tomato Ketchup
I am an avid consumer of ketchup. I have ketchup with pretty much everything. I think it makes most foods taste extra delicious. I am always buying different brands of ketchup to try out whenever I’m at the grocery store. I saw this brand on sale one day and …
Lucky Me Sotanghon Low Fat
I am a mother of two and I am very particular with my figure. After giving birth of my youngest daughter I gain so much weight and I am having a hard time loosing it again. So I meter my food to take every meal. To loose weight in …
Hawaiian Original Kettle Style Chips
Hawaiian Original Kettle Style Chips are chips that are best suited for those that are worried about all the salt that is packed together on the surface of each chip. This particular variety of potato chip goes lighter on the salt than most potato chips that I have tasted …
Oscar Meyers Selects: Rotisserie Chicken Breast Lunch Meat
Oscar Meyer is that brand many affectionately know for their lunch meat, lunchables and hot dogs. I’ve come to try their brand of cold cut lunch meat. Instead of getting my usual slow roasted turkey, I decided to give the Selects Rotisserie Chicken breast, lunch meat a try.
What I …
Creamfields Sunflower Light Spread
Creamfields Sunflower Light Spread is not only cheap, but it is low in fat and calories and it also tastes pretty good considering it is not real butter. I would always prefer to have real butter for certain things, such as melted on a baked potato, but I …
Pizza Hut Cheesy Bites
Pizza Hut’s Cheesy Bites are a great new pizza offered only in some areas. This menu item is a cross between a pizza and a cheese filled bread stick. Though they come in many different flavors, we tried the pepperoni and cheese one. The middle of the Cheesy Bites …
Wilton Bake-Even Cake Strips
I got a set of the Wilton Bake-Even Cake Strips back in 1999, when I was making the cake for my parent’s 50th wedding anniversary, and have been very pleased with their performance ever since. Even after all these years the strips still work as good as they …
Michelinas Lean Gourmet Sweet and Sour Chicken
Michelinas Lean Gourmet Sweet and Sour Chicken was another one of their selections that I decided to give a try one day for lunch. I had moderate expectations, since I am no stranger to the brand of Michelinas or the dish of sweet and sour chicken.
On the label …
Lindt (Lindor) chocolates
Lindt (aka Lindors) chocolates are premium irresistibly smooth Swiss chocolates.
Lindt chocolates are quite expensive, always around $5 or more for a 150g bag with about 10 or more in there. They are a big size, hard for a small mouth to fit. You might have to bite it in …
Concord Foods Candy Apple Kit
Ever since I attended my first parade candy apples have been my must have treat. My grandma and I would sit along the parade route enjoying our sticky heaven of red sugar coated on a nice red apple. I have always wanted to make them at home, I just never …
Amul cheese slice
I have 3 little, little children who are very naughty and very cute. I love my kids and try to take the maximum care about them. Actually my children don’t like the taste of the milk and very often they try to skip having the milk. …
Four Square Cigarettes
I am a smoker from last 14 years. Hold on my age is only 30 but like I have been smoking from childhood. I had every possible brand of cigarette from different companies.
Right now I’m smoking Four Square. It’s a cigarette made in India with good tobacco …
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 …
Russell Stover Marshmallow Egg
For holidays, I like to treat myself to items I wouldn’t buy normally. When I see a display at the front of the store, I’ll check it out and see what jumps out at me. One of these items recently was the Russell Stover Marshmallow Egg. …
Banquet Chicken tenders
I highly reccomend the chicken tenders made by banquet. I purchased them for the first time on a whim, and have been purchasing them almost exclusively ever since. The chicken taht they select for the tenders is really good quality, and they have a really tasty breading on them.
When …
An Excellent Granola
Like Granola? Have you tasted the Quaker 100% Natural Granola, that cames with Oats, honey and Raisins? It’s delicious! I like granola, specially that ones with nuts. But when I tasted the Quaker 100% Natural Granola, I liked very, very much. It is very well balanced, so that you …
Cebu’s Lucky Premium Dried Mangoes
One of the most popular foods or gifts to buy when you’re in the Philippines is dried mangoes. I have a lot of friends from abroad who bring boxes of it home when they come here to visit. The most famous place to buy dried mangoes is …
Famous Amos and Beard Papa
I don’t think I can ever make a choice between Famous Amos and Beard Papa. Both are very sweet and most definitely amazing when it comes to satisfying my sweet tooth. Both of these snack outlets are really amazingly unique and I wonder where their originators come from. …
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 …
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