Microwaved taro

I love taro but it seems too bothersome to cook because it is similar to a potato where you have to peel off the skin.
What's worse is that the Taro skin is muddy and uneven.

Just for fun I microwaved dry it to see if it was a possible solution.

After microwaving it for 6 minutes, the results were quite good, the skin on the outside became dry and separated from the taro and it was easy to peel off.

However some parts of the taro were really dry, but the moist part was edible.

(For bigger taros, longer microwaving time may be required.)

I ate them plain, so there was not much taste but the texture was quite viscous.
For more flavouring, I am just going to add salt next time and maybe I will try turn it over halfway through and then microwave it again to see if it helps reduce the dryness.

Hephzibah strawberry slices

Thanks to Ivy for getting me these freeze dried strawberry slices.
Interestingly they are Korean.
I had the illusion they were from Israel or the middle east because the brand is called Hephzibah which sounds Middle eastern and in the middle east, there are lots of dried fruit produces because of the climate.

The strawberry slices were crispy and the taste was really impressive because it was natrually sour which meant there were no artificial sweeteners.

The smell of fresh strawberries could be smelt from the slices.

elit Choco spoons

In the box, there three milk chocolate ones and three dark chocolate ones.

I tried them on its own and they were quite sweet, but after melting it in dark coffee, it acted as a nice sweetener with a slight hint of chocolate in the coffee.
I also tried melting it in tea too which was nice.

Poppingly delicious popcorn

Thanks to Garycwm for getting me these delicious popcorn from Marks and Spencers or I would not have known about them~~~

There are two flavours and the packaging is really cute and dreamy!!

Chocolate and pecan popcorn
Strawberry and white chocolate popcorn

Both were really really really delicious but the Strawberry one was the best!~

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Chocolate and pecan popcorn


The popcorn had a lovely crisp caramelised shell that had a gorgeous buttery taste, and the pieces of chocolate and pecan gave it that extra delicious touch!
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Strawberry and white chocolate popcorn


I loved the packaging for this one, especially the metallic pink letters against the matt brown packet.
The taste was just as good as the chocolate pecan popcorn but the pieces of strawberry worked like magic and gave it a fruitful strawberrytastic twist!
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Fizzy floats with Haagen Daz

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Coke with Vanilla Haagen Daz:



The coke and vanilla Haagen Daz tasted really nice and I preferred mixing vanilla icecream with coke instead of chocolate because chocolate does not taste so good.
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Cream soda with vanilla Haagen Daz:


The pairing of cream soda and vanilla HD was a bit too sweet~
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Appletiser

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apple Appletiser:



I used to drink this all the time in the UK when I was a kid so I assumed it was British, but this drink is actually African.
I like this drink because it does not contain any sugar, it was pure fizzy apple juice which quenched my thirst.
This drink was formerly called Appletise but since people kept calling it Appletiser, the drink was renamed Appletiser!
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LAY'S cucumber flavoured crisps

Thanks to a friend for getting me these crisps.

I was surprised it was cucumber flavoured.
Before I tried it, I was expecting it to have a minty taste which it did.

There was a sweet scent too when I opened the bag!
It did not smell of cucumber but when you eat it, the cucumber taste is quite strong.
Just for fun! At the back of the packet, the shelf life is referred to as "Durablity"