Datu Putu spiced vinegar (Philippines)

Tried to get some JIFF lemon juice, but there wasn't any so got some spiced vinegar as a substitute.
There was lots of chili's, onions and garlic in the bottle.
The bottle is the same as the British milk bottles and the lid was difficult to open as it wasnt a screw one.
Anyway I poured the vinegar in a different bottle, because that glass bottle is hard to pour from.
I should have used a glass bottle due to plastic chemical leaching of the plastic with acid. OOPS!

Halloween limited edition of VitaSoy's chocolate and orange soy drink ~ Why not choc n pumpkin

It is rare for dairy products and citrus items to be combined together because usually the acid in the juice interacts with the lactic acids.
Anyway this drink it is most probably made from orange essences.
I hardly drink Vitasoy because I think it tastes weird, but the combination of orange and chocolate seem strong enough to overpower the weird soy taste.
I have also tried Vitasoy's chocolate drink before, but it just tasted of Cocoa milk.
This limited edition drink is so much better!
There was no soy taste, which was good. I could taste chocolate and orange. It was surprisingly silky, the orange aftertaste was there, but it was the orange peel taste as opposed to the citrus flavouring.
The taste is similar to the aftertaste and aroma of JaffaCakes.
Although it was nice, they should have been more daring and come up with Chocolate and pumpkin.
Last time I saw this drink, i assumed it was a seasonal design, because they had lots of designs for CNY.
They should have had an orange on the design and hollowed it out like a pumpkin!
The Japanese have Kit Kats in pumpkin flavour.
The size of the carton was 375ml, which is slightly bigger than the regular size of 250ml.
375ml was a bit too much for me.

Crousti time saveur caramel

French mini crispy caramel flavoured wafers.
They were very crispy and the taste and texture reminded me of some British cereal (something similar to golden grahams).

Hong Kong Tea brand - Jasmine flavoured tea

The packaging of Rickshaw and Luk Yu were crap, as soon as the plastic film was removed all 100 teabags were exposed and you need to put them in a container especially in Hong Kong due to high humidity.

The teabag for Luk Yu was the worst, the tag and thread was abysmal that the tag would get wet easily.
Rickshaw was slightly better and the design was not so Chinesey.
After Lipton was introduced I was immediately attracted by its design and after opening I was impressed that inside it was packaged into four individual packs of 25 teabags.
However Liptons was sold out yet again! So I tried this new Hong Kong Tea Brand for $24.9 for 100 which was the cheapest so far, amazingly inside it was also had four individual packs.

The teabag quality was as good as Liptons but the taste wasnt so fragrant, it was quite bland but colour was quite strong.
I think I probably need two teabags to get a strong enough taste.



Usually I buy Liptons Jasmine teabags, they cost $39.9 for 100.
The only thing that forced to consider other options was because it was CONSTANTLY out of stock at the supermarket.
Before buying Lipton as a regular brand I bought Rickshaws ($35.9 for 100) and Luk Yu ($34.9 for 100).

Croc' légumes beetroot and shallots wafer cracker

I thought these were really cool when I saw them on the shelf!
Beetroot and shallot wafer crackers and the other flavour was carrot and cumin, so I bought them both!
These wafers are a product from France and contain 50% vegetables according to the packaging.
I opened the box and tried one, the taste was intense, at first it felt like I was eating dried tomato, and then I couldnt stop eating them.
You can see from the pictures, I managed to eat nearly 30% of the contents.
I loved the brown cardboard box too which is cojoined together.

Croc' légumes betterave échalote
http://www.lagaufre.fr/la_boutique_gourmande?category_id=3

Laksa noodles by Signature 7-11

I nearly got the Red curry with ginger flavoured rice at 7-11, but then I saw the Laksa bowl so I got that instead.

I was hesitant about getting it, because I am more accident-prone with bowls than dishes.
Anyway, I removed the plastic wrapping surrounding the bowl and the lid.
There was a pouch of laksa soup with noodles, fishballs and fish slices beneath the pouch.
I found the pouch really difficult to tear open even with the perforations so I think the people eating at 7-11 most probably need scissors.

There were not much noodles in that bowl and the soup covered it completely.

The proportion was about 1/4 noodles and 3/4 soup.
After heating it for 4 minutes in the microwave, it was ready to eat.
The noodles strands were mostly broken which made it hard to pick up with chopsticks, hence a spoon was needed.

The Laksa soup tasted strong of ginger and chilli, the taste is very similar to the curry sauce from 7-11s fishballs but in watery form.
The MSG was very strong because I felt thirsty all day.
The Laksa bowl cost around $13 but not very filling!

Ham by Maling!

Again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Another product from China!
But it is produced in Czech.




Anyway, the ham was very mushy in texture, slightly sour.
There was lots of jelly surrounding the ham in the tin.
Curry, Kung Pao and Sichuan pork! Also pork knuckles!! The English on the picture does not make sense because the English on the website is wrong! www.maling.cz