Kimnori seasoned laver - Cheese flavour

Cheese flavoured seaweed! That's a first!

Although it is a Korean product, there was Thai on the labeling too.

When I opened the resealable bag, there was a really strong cheese smell.
(It was a little bit artificial for my liking).

The pieces of seaweed were small and annoying just like toppings.

As for the taste, it was very cheesy and savory but too salty.

Acecook 25th Anniversary Black Squid ink instant noodles

Initially I did not notice the special edition cup noodles by Acecook because it was Black and did not stand out on the shelf.
Anyway, the black wrapping was quite classy and it was SQUID flavoured too!
It was the first time I came across squid flavoured cup noodles.

 
 
Inside the box, there was a sachet of liquid sauce and a sachet of condiments containing dried squid and cabbage.

After the pouring away the water in the custom made drainage holes on the corner, the noodles were ready to be mixed with sauce.

Mixing sauce into it

The taste was a bit disappointing because the squid taste was not obvious and the colour was not as black as I hope for squid ink.

http://www.acecook.co.jp/products/4901071207090.html
スーパーカップ　大盛りいかすみ焼そばブラック
発売から25周年を迎える人気シリーズから衝撃的な一杯が登場　ウスターソースをベースに“いかすみ”をブレンドした真っ黒なソースが特徴のカップ焼そば適度な弾力と歯切れを併せ持っためんです。大盛りで太く食べ応えのあるめんに仕上げました。
ウスターソースをベースに、いかすみを配合し、ガーリック等のスパイスを効かせたソースです。いかの風味を効かせたコクと旨みのある焼そばソースです。
シャキシャキした食感のキャベツ、風味の良いいかで仕上げました。

La Fermière marron

The chestnut yoghurt was contained in a pretty glass jar and at the bottom there was a thin layer of chestnut puree.

The yoghurt had a lovely tart taste while the sweet starchy chestnut puree at the bottom balanced the tartness of the yoghurt.
It had nice tones of vanilla with visible vanilla seeds in it.

http://www.lafermiere.com/html/gb-moments-plaisir-marron.html

Some of the desserts in the range are contained in pretty ceramic jars such as the creme delice series.
http://www.lafermiere.com/html/gb-cremes-delice-chocolat.html

PRETZ Tom Yum Kung

Thanks to Lemon Tea for these delicious Tom Yum Kung flavoured PRETZ sticks by Glico in Thailand.

The flavour of these were intense and savory, with hints of lemon, lemongrass and they were quite spicy too with a spicy aftertaste.
The hint of lemon was the best with visible herbs on the Pretz sticks.
After eating half the packet, my tastebuds became accustomed to the spices and they smelt and tasted like the savory lemon puffs by the Garden brand.

www.thaiglico.com

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.