[Review] Calbee Basil and Black Pepper Chips

I love Basil so I was really looking forward to the Basil and Black pepper crisps by Calbee.
It is quite strange to pair black pepper with basil because basil is an aromatic herbs that doesn't really need other spices to go with it.

Sadly, the black pepper was prominent so I couldn't really taste the basil.
The texture of these crisp were rather hard.

Overall, I would not recommend these crisp but by all means black pepper lovers will love it.

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[Review] Greggs VEGAN Festive Bake and regular festive bake

UPDATE NOV 2021:

Greggs has been rolling wonderful vegan treats this year with vegan sausage rolls, vegan steak bakes etc and now they even have a vegan festive bake for Christmas.

This year I was greeted with three choices for the festive bake:  Wenzel's, Greggs regular festive or the vegan one.

Wenzel's was the most expensive out of the three so I went for had Greggs vegan festive bake as I have already tried the festive bake last year.

The vegan version was really comforting and I will be having it again soon.

The filling was so good especially the stuffing and tangy cranberries.

The pastry was spot on being light and flaky while the bake was nice and hot.

I felt that the vegan fared better because the regular version was overpowered by the cheese and herbs on the pastry topping.

 

UPDATE NOV 2020

Last year I tried festive bake from Iceland because the queue from Greggs was long, this year I managed to get a festive bake during the second lockdown.

NOV 2019

Greggs have launched some captivating items for Christmas 2019 like the Pigs in Blanket Baguette, Festive Bake and Mint Chocolate drink.

I was hoping to get the festive bake at Greggs but there was a long queue so ended up getting it Iceland and you get a free coffee as well with your next purchase at greggs.
At first I was really excited because when I saw the picture I thought it was festive drink but it does clearly say coffee.

Tried the festive bake at home which contains succulent pieces of chicken breast, sage & onion stuffing and sweet cure bacon in a creamy sage and cranberry sauce.

Overall, I loved it especially the creamy sage with sage and onion which make it festive, however the cranberry sauce was not that prominent.

Will definitely try the pigs in blanket baguette soon along with the hot mint chocolate.

#ssggreggs

[Review] Asda Fresh Cream Swiss Roll

I was at Asda hoping to buy the new Toffee apple cheese but it wasn't available yet so ended up getting the Asda Fresh Cream Swiss Roll.

The Swiss roll was soft and fluffy and the star of the show was the fresh cream, however the jam was a bit sweet.

[Review] Asda Brandy Buttercream Mince Pie

Mince Pies are getting fancy this year and retailers are all competing to come up with creative ones.

I am not a fan or mince pies because of the fruit peel so the creative ones appeal to me as the recipe is slightly modified or taste completely different.

Fancy mince pies this year come in the form of ginger bread, black forest, chocolate orange etc.

As I was at Asda, tried the Brandy Buttercream Mince Pie.

It is topped with a thick Brandy buttercream which was sweet icing so it overpowered the taste of the fruit peel which made the mince pie more palatable.

However I couldn't quite taste the brandy but overall, if I were presented with a traditional mince pie and the brandy buttercream mince pie, I would choose the latter.

[Review] Walkers Sensations Lime and Coriander Poppadoms

As always, Walkers savoury snacks taste good.
I liked the poppadoms as they were addictive but not too spicy on the heat.

As well as potato snacks, they also do nut snacks in the Sensation range:

Walkers sensations Streetmix inspired by Mumbai

Walkers sensations Streetmix inspired by Mexico City

[Review] McVities Jamaican Ginger Cake

As well as Lyons syrup cake, the Jamaican ginger cake is another one of my favourites which I occasionally have but not yet posted about.
The size was slightly bigger than its regular size which deters you from buying it because it takes longer to finish it off.

It is nice if you have it occasionally but too much can get a bit sickly if you are not that fond of ginger.

Anyway, had it with custard which made it better.

[Review] M & S Cornish Clotted Cream

Who doesn't love clotted cream with scones.
Tried Marks & Spencers Cornish Clotted cream which was creamy and thick.

There are two sizes, the small tub and the larger tub.

It was so good that I would have put more on my scone if the tub held more in it.

Larger tub: