Food Reviews
‘The Big Kahuna’ Australian Red Wine
I am a bit of a wine fan and I always like to try out the latest offering from my local wine merchant. I reserve the expensive Margaux and Nuits-Saint-Georges for special occasions, so I am not going to be writing about them right now. However, the more popular …
Weight Watchers Banana Nut Muffins
I don’t follow the Weight Watchers diet plan, but I do enjoy some of their products so when their Banana Nut Muffins came on sale at my local supermarket for just $1.99CDN I just had to purchase a box of three. I am not generally a big muffin fan …
Nabisco Milk Chocolate Covered Pretzels
Nabisco Milk Chocolate Covered Pretzels can be an addicting snack item to munch on because the combination of salt and milk chocolate is one that works well and leaves the taste buds with two tasty flavors. These chocolate covered pretzels first greet my taste buds with milk chocolate and …
Market Pantry Party Mix Zesty
The Market Pantry Party Mix Zesty is a nut mix that’s sold only at Target stores as it’s a Target brand product. It comes in a forty-eight ounce container that retails for just under four dollars. I only bought this mix once, but I was pretty satisfied with its …
Kikoman Tempura and Noodle Sauce
I actually love to cook and experiment on new foods. It excites me so much whenever I find a new ingredient I could use for my recipe. One day, while were eating out at a Japanese restaurant, the mixed tempura we ordered was really fine but what caught my …
Morrisons Milk Chocolate Ovals
These Milk Chocolate Ovals from Morrisons own brand can be described as a downmarket version of that confectionary I have not had for ages called, I think, Minstrels. If I have got the name right, Minstrels are those flattish milk chocolate buttons covered in a shiny, hard candy …
UFC Cook n’ Dip Catsup Blend Honey Barbecue
I suck at cooking big time. I need all the help I can get whether it be a recipe book or a seasoning, and I often turn to the internet for some tips. So when my mother asked me to make a simple Sirloin Tips dish for dinner, I …
Cheeseburger Macaroni Hamburger Helper
If you are looking for a quick and easy meal that the entire family will enjoy, I strongly suggest that you try Cheeseburger Macaroni Hamburger Helper! Not only is this very simple to prepare, but is tastes great!
Each box comes with all the pasta and sauce mix will …
Kin Dee Yellow Curry Instant Fried Rice
I have always loved Curry and spicy foods, but find due to a demanding job I don’t have time to make a good Curry from scratch. I’ve tried various ready made Curry’s and haven’t usually found one I like enough to buy again. That all changed when I bought …
Cerelac Food For Babies
Babies can be sometimes choosy when it comes to the meal you prepared for them. I know, because I once became a baby sitter for my 8 months old cousin. It was just for a day though, and I must say that my baby sitting went well. I am …
Maxwell House Hazelnut Flavored Coffee
This coffee gave me a different experience during my morning rituals. Coffee has been our constant companion every morning when we eat our breakfast. When coffee started using flavors, it was the time that I happen to like testing various kinds of flavor. This one has a more distinct …
Jell-O Temptations (Strawberry Cheesecake)
I have been watching the commercials for Jell-o Temptations for months now wondering if they were as good as the commercials claimed. I mean watching parents trying to scare their children out of a snack seriously made me wonder. Yesterday after taking my daughter to the dentist her father …
Weight Watchers Smart Ones
I really enjoy eating Weight Watchers Smart Ones meals. I buy them for under two dollars a piece at Target and I have one for lunch at work every day. They make the perfect lunch. I buy a weeks worth and put them in the freezer and then I …
Devon Chocolate Chip Cookies
I have tried a variety of cookies in my time and I like Devon Chocolate Chip cookies for one main reason. It is absolutely wonderful when it is spread with or dipped in peanut butter or Nutella.
I had written earlier about Devon Oaties and I went to the grocery …
Fit & Active Pepperoni Pizza Lean Stuffed Sandwich
I knew I might not like this frozen stuffed sandwich because of it being “lean”, but I was willing to give it a try for a dollar seventy-eight. Unfortunately, my concerns turned out to be justified as this stuffed sandwich just came across as being pretty bland to me …
Beef with Broccoli from Panda Express
Beef with Broccoli is a nice combination dish at Panda Express and I choose this most of the time when my health consciousness grows. I have learnt from the service staff that beef with broccoli has less calorie count and that is one good thing I have found about …
Purefoods Corned Beef
First of all, I really like Purefoods Corned Beef amongst every other Corned Beef products here in the Philippines. The taste is very unique because other brands can seem to pick up with the taste of this Corned Beef. This product has been so long in the …
Best Choice Salted and Roasted Spanish Peanuts
My family and I have made an effort to save money at the grocery store. So, I recently decided to try a generic version of our favorite peanuts. We usually buy the Planter’s brand, but it can be so expensive if it is not on sale. So, I purchased …
Wasabi KitKat
I recently tried the Wasabi KitKat which was a present to me from Japan. It came in a green and white box with Japanese characters and pictures of the wasabi plant and the light green KitKat. I like the packaging a lot because it looks very Japanese …
Little Debbie Banana Twins Cakes
I found these Little Debbie Banana Twins Cakes to be rather tasty, really. The banana flavoring is quite rich and real, and the cakes themselves are very moist and soft. The white creme that rests in between the cakes is a nice addition and provides additional flavor to a …
Mrs. Freshley’s Fudge Bake Brownie
I did not find anything all that special about Mrs. Freshley’s Fudge Bake Brownie. It tasted like a typical fudge brownie to me, which is both a good and a bad thing. It is a good thing because I like fudge brownies, so when I first tasted this fudge …
Milk Maid Caramel Candy Corn
Milk Maid Caramel Candy Corn is a very sweet and a real addicting treat that I really like to have around Halloween. One of the reasons I look forward to Halloween is because of all the delicious sweet treats that flood the grocery stores and this is one of …
Little Debbie Be My Valentine Cakes - Vanilla
I find these Little Debbie Be My Valentine Cakes - Vanilla variety to be a tasty treat to have during the month of February. Since it is a Valentine’s Day treat, it is shaped after a heart. I really like vanilla, more so than chocolate, so I like these …
Krusteaz Raspberry Bar Mix
Krusteaz Raspberry Bar Mix offers up a very scrumptious treat! This treat consists of raspberry, almonds, brown sugar and oats. All of these ingredients come together to produce a treat that is really very flavorful and satisfying. The raspberry exists as raspberry filling and the raspberry offers up a …
Supermix 3 in 1 Coffee
I am writing this review as i am drinking my very own cup of SuperMix 3 in 1 Coffee. This is a instant coffee mix, so it only need to be prepared in the most simple way. Just add hot water and you get your nice cup of coffee.
The …
Danone Activia
I received Activia vouchers through mail. So that was the first time I used the Activia Yogurt.
When I went to pick the pack I came to know the Activia yogurt are available in two different packs of 4 and 8 pots I bought pack of 8 which was free …
Alo Youth Aloe Vera Drink
I strode through the dirks section of the supermarket and searched for some drinks to help me cleanse my body and make it fit at the same time. Of course, I have tried a lot of drinks which were high in fiber and L-Carnitine for body slimming, yet the …
Merry Pringles
I am a big fan of Pringles crisp. I eat the Pringle’s all the variety . I loved the cheese and onion and Original the best. The original one has salt with out the touch of any specific flavour in it. I can smell potatoes and taste of salt …
Quaker Rice Cakes
I decided recently that I wanted to lose a little weight; ok I needed to lose a lot of weight. The problem with this is I hate to be hungry. Not that I had any plans on starving myself. I did know that I would have to cut down …
Monster Energy Energy Drink
I was not feeling well when I went to a seminar, year 2008. I suddenly felt cold and my taste buds were going sour. I really wanted to vomit but I was in the middle of a seminar. I controlled what I was feeling with all my might. After …
Sans Souci Dark Chocolate & Jelly Bean Eggs
What a great idea for Easter - two dark chocolate eggs (2″ tall) filled with colorful jelly beans. These eggs are available from Chocolate.com for $18. They come in a white box that looks somewhat like those carryout boxes at Chinese restaurants; when you open the box, the eggs …
Albertson’s Drinking Water
Usually I do not feel differences between packaged drinking waters. I buy the 1 gallon bottle that catches my eyes first. And also refills the bottles when finished. Albertson’s drinking water that comes in green lid bottle attracted me with the pricing first. I gallon for just seventy five …
Oishi Sponge Crunch
The Oishi has a new product in the market and I should say I am like a kid always excited to have a bite of this snack every once in a while. When it comes to snacks and other sort of junk foods, I am always in the know …
Pona Fish Curry Recipe
Ingredients:
1. Pona Fish - 500 gm. (Cleaned and sliced)
2. Potatoes - 4 to 5 (medium)
3. Brinjal - 3 to 4 (small)
4. Ginger paste - 1 teaspoon
5. Salt - 1 teaspoon
6. Jeera powder - 1 teaspoon
7. Dhania powder - 1 teaspoon
8. Tamarind powder - teaspoon
9. Red chilli powder - 1 teaspoon
10. Green chillies - 2 to 3 (fresh)
11. Oil
12. Water
Method:
1. Put …
Leslie’s Baked Cheezy Puffs
Leslie’s Products have been popular in the country now for quite sometime. I remember still enjoying a pack of clover chips at school, or even at home watching tv. Their flavor is unique and they even made smaller packs of chips sold only at one(1)peso per pack! Yes, this …
Healthy Choice Spicy Shrimp Diavolo Complete Meal
I was excited when I saw this frozen meal in my supermarket freezer for several reasons. First, the entree in this Healthy Choice frozen meal is Shrimp Diavolo, which is one of my favorite foods to eat at Italian restaurants. It is supposed to be a spicy …
Linda McCartney 4 Country Pies
Linda McCartney was one of the most high profile vegetarians of her time and I am grateful to her for promoting a non-meat diet and for marketing such good tasting vegetarian food. I gave up meat except fish when I was a teenager and then gave up fish …
Maggie noodles
Maggie is the 2-minute noodle, which is ready to make. We only need some amount of water to prepare. The Maggie noodles come with the tastemaker inside which is very tasty. It takes hardly 2 to 3 minutes to cook very tasty and hot noodles. …
Applebee’s BBQ Pork Sliders
When I was in Florida, I had the privilege of tasting some really good BBQ pork sandwiches. After all, in Miami, they know what good pork should taste like. I can’t say the same for Applebee’s; they definite lack the concept of how to make a proper …
Little Debbie Cinnamon French Toast Sweet Rolls
Little Debbie Cinnamon French Toast Sweet Rolls are indeed sweet, but I just do not taste all that much cinnamon. I admittedly do taste a little, but apparently, the makers of these sweet rolls were very skimpy with the cinnamon. It is a real shame, too, because I think …
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 …
Pie Crusts
I have always been fascinated with the taste of Pie Crusts very much. And when we are talking about Pie Crusts, it can range from pizza right up to the different types of pies.
I suppose I will never have any types of specific favorites when it comes …
Century Corned Tuna
One of my favorite canned product is Century Tuna brand. This product comes in different varieties. One can choose from Century Tuna Afritada Style, Adobo Style, Century Tuna Flakes in Vegetable Oil, Flaked Light Tuna in Soya Oil, Corned Tuna and more. I have tried almost all the varieties …
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 …
Army Navy’s Breakfast Burrito
Army Navy offers an all-day breakfast burrito in the steak and longganisa variants. The fillings of the burrito are hash browns, eggs and rice. It sounded really weird to me but my friend recommended it so I decided to try it anyway although with a bit of …
Charles Chocolates Ping Pong (Big Bag)
I love chocolates enough to call myself a chocoholic, but there are certain brands I prefer more than others mostly because of taste. The Charles chocolates brand is one of them, and that is why when I bought the “Charles Chocolate Ping Pong (Big Bag)” I had a lot …
La Choy Chow Mein
I ended up buying some La Choy Chow Mein the other night because I was in the mood for Chinese food but didn’t want to spend a fortune and didn’t want to go through a big deal making it.
Well, this product did meet those two criteria, it was cheap …
Mrs. Freshley’s Winter: Holiday Powdered Mini Donuts
Although there is really nothing all that spectacular about Mrs. Freshley’s Winter: Holiday Powdered Mini Donuts, I nonetheless find them to be a satisfying and delectable snack to have around the winter season. There is nothing holiday or winter-like about these donuts, aside from the decorative box. The donuts …
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