Aah-Tsan noodles in chicken and rose oil 玫瑰鹽雞汁

http://delicous.us/cp/html/?4.html

Bought this because of the nice packaging.

Inside there is a packet of noodles, condiments and chicken and rose oil to mix in the noodles.

I was really surprised at the whiteness of the noodles, but I would have preferred a different type of noodles because they took ages to soften and they were really chewy.

The sauce for the noodles was mainly oil so I threw most of the oil away and left the solids so the noodles wouldnt be that oily.

After mixing the sauce, the noodles tasted quite nice but I prefer different noodles because these were chewy and took ages boil.

Uni president ginseng and wolfberry instant noodles 人蔘枸杞藥膳風味細麵

人蔘枸杞藥膳風味細麵

Tai Bu Tei Yao Shan Noodle- Ginseng and Chinese Wolfberry Flavour

Again these thin noodles are by Uni-president, this time tried the Ginseng flavour which is quite strong however there is a sachet of sesame oil as well which I only recommend putting half the contents because it will overpower the taste of the soupbase.

Uni president sesame oil herbal instant noodles

大補帖 麻油藥膳風味細麵

http://supersupergirl-food.blogspot.hk/2012/06/uni-president-sesame-oil-herbal-instant.html

NineSuns Taiwanese Pineapple cake / Pastry

This is a Taiwanese version of Pineapple Tart known as ( 鳳梨酥 funglayso).

The filling is fully enclosed within a rectangular tart. The taste is sweet, however, some bakers add or even substitute pineapple with winter melon to make the jam less tart.

The NineSuns version was rather sweet and the pastry was too buttery and I didnt like it!

Taiwanese black sugar filled biscuit

I loved this biscuit, it was filled with chewy black sugar.
However the biscuit was rather crumbly so it was hard to bite it in half and take a picture of the middle.
The biscuit was slightly oily though.

Taiwanese nougat with chewy black sugar

I love nougat and this had chewy black sugar which was really nice.

Famous House Grass Jelly drink

This drink contains grass jelly and cane sugar, overall the taste was too sweet so after diluting it with water it tasted nice.
Grass jelly has a pleasant taste which is hard to explain but it not does have a grassy taste!

GREENMAX Yam Multi Grains Cereal

I like this snack because you add hot water and wait for a bit and it is ready to serve. It is quite filling too.

However some of the crispy pieces in the mixture take a while to get soft, but it is similar to congee with lots of vegetables.

The shredded cabbage in this is my favourite because it tastes like fresh cabbage even though it is an instant snack.

Uni President Jah Jang noodles 統一麵 巷口乾麵炸醬風味

https://www.pecos.com.tw/goods-337.html
統一麵 巷口乾麵炸醬風味
Again there is no English name but it is labelled UNIF Xiang Kou Dried Noodle- Fried Bean Sauce Flavour on a sticky label stuck on the packet by the importer.

In general the noodles by Uni President are good however for this particular flavour there is a brand that is really nice, sold in the Chinese supermarkets in UK.

So how does this one compare?
The noodles were thicker than that brand and it takes longer to go soft.
The texture of the noodles were extremely al dente and perhaps too chewy for me, so in conclusion I prefer the other brand because of the noodles, but the sauce tastes the same.

Uni president sesame oil herbal instant noodles

I have always liked instant noodles by Uni President because their flavours are different.

The one I tried was a herbal one which was sesame oil herbal instant noodles, it didnt have an English name on the packaging except for 大補帖 麻油藥膳風味細麵 https://www.pecos.com.tw/goods-341.html, similar to the Buk Kut Teh instant noodles I tried recently from Malaysia which contained Dong Gwai.

On the labelling it was called Tai bu tei yao shan noodle sesame flavour but it could have been named by the importer.

Apart from sesame and herbs, they actually had Dong Gwai flavoured instant noodles 當歸藥膳風味細麵, ginseng with wolfberries 人蔘枸杞藥膳風味細麵, and Dong Gwai with duck instant noodles, 當歸鴨風味細麵.

When I opened the packet, the noodles were the thin type which I like because they cook quicker and absorb more flavour.

There was a lot of sesame oil in the sachet unlike other brands.

The soup sachet had pieces of dried wolfberries and Dong Gwai.

When I cooked the noodles the smell of Dong Gwai was nice and strong.

Although there is lots of sesame oil I only put half in there because the sesame oil over powers the rest of the herbal flavouring.

Apart from Dong Gwai I could also taste a hint of ginger in it.

Corallines jelly drink

Saw this drink made with corralline algae and got it because I have never heard of it.

There were four flavours: prune, grapefruit, grape and mixed fruit.

I got the grapefruit and one which I thought was natrual but it turned out to grape when I looked closer at the labelling.

Anyway, as expected I did not like the grape because the grape flavouring was really artificial, the grapefruit fared better however it was really vinegary.
The colour of the grapefruit was transparent light pink jelly.

YUKI & LOVE Chocolate Mochi with milk and peanut

Saw these mochis that were coated with chocolate so decided to get them.

There were three flavours peanut, sesame and red beans.

Peanut was the least disliked flavour of the three so I got that.

The product shot was quite confusing because you couldnt tell if they were heart shaped or bar shaped.

In the box they were individually packed and there is a tray inside containing the mochi and a dessicant.

Overall I really liked it and it was not too sweet, however I do  not recommend it during the summer because the chocolate coating melts and in Asian countries, not all shops are well air conditioned.

Even if they are well air conditioned, the air conditioner is switched off when they closed.

The mochi was chewy and quite sticky.

Website for this product:

http://www.3uncle.com.tw/main.php

Cute Thousand year QUAIL eggs!!

Usually the preserved eggs I have come across are duck or chicken eggs, but when I saw this box I wondered if they were really preserved eggs because of their size and they were quail eggs.

On the labelling it said the ingredient were: salt, quail eggs, tea leaves so I was expecting them to be ordinary eggs with tea leaf flavouring.

Anyway, they were really cute because they were in an egg box of 12, each egg was vacumn packed.

When I was playing about with it I didnt realised the egg shell was so soft, so I cracked it and realised it was jelly like inside and it really was a real thousand year egg!!!

I removed the shell and bit into it and found it had a thick yolk too with the signiture snowflake patterns on the egg white.

The taste was the same as the usual ones with a minty cooling aftertaste.

Ruhn Chan Herbal Tea

The herbal tea tasted like the Chinese herbal teas but with a hint of peppermint which I do not like.

Other drinks in this range I have tried:

Ruhn Chan Bitter melon tea

Although it is a Taiwanese drink, I was surprised they had ENGLISH on their website.
http://www.ruhn-chan.com.tw/