[Review] Ski Strawberry mousse

Ski Yoghurt is another well established UK yoghurt brand that started in the 1960s.
They were the first yoghurt brand to contain real pieces of fruit.

As tastes have changed, Ski Mousse is now popular with the younger generation.

I tried some and loved it because the strawberry mousse was light and fluffy and the strawberry taste was natrual.

I would have liked the Ski Coconut Mousse with Chocolate Sauce but I was sadly out of town!

[Review] Skips Snacks

Skips is an English snack that came out in the 1970s.

They are similar to prawn crackers in the sense that they fizz and melt in your mouth.
Each skip is shaped like a pretty flower with orange coloured lines to define the petals.

There are two variations of Skips because the in UK tapioca is used while potato starch is used in Ireland but both are manufactured by KP Snacks.

Previous flavours in the past: pickled onion, Caribbean Spice curry (teal blue bag), Hot from Rio chilli (orange bag), Chinese spare rib (purple bag), a limited edition ReBoot Dots Doughnut (pink bag) and a ReBoot pizza flavour, Sweetcorn Relish and Sweet'n'Sour according to wiki.

[Review] Iceland's Majestics Mint

Went to Icelands and got the Majestics Mint which are inspired by magnums.
They were reduced to 50p so I was expecting cheap waxy chocolate.

Boy I was wrong, on first bite I was shocked how good the chocolate was but sadly it was way too sweet that it killed the mint icecream.

In contrary the mint icecream was tasteless.

I even rinsed my mouth and tried the mint icecream on its own and it was bland, there were some faint bursts of mint which tasted like mouthwash!

[Review] Kelly's Cornish Sticky Gingerbread Ice Cream

I love Cornish ice cream because it is so thick, creamy and fragrant.
Walls Cornish cream was one of my favourites but at the supermarket I discovered Kelly's of Cornwall ice cream made with clotted cream.

The tub was really nice, it was gold because it was the limited edition Sticky gingerbread while the regular tubs are silver which is also my favourite colour.

The edges of the tub have this nice wavy finishing that reminds you of an icecream parlour but the only complaint is that it is hard to open as you have to pry it open from the edge that is only on one side.

As well as the pretty tubs, you can visually see how nice the ice cream is and not flat like other brands.
The Sticky Gingerbread Flavour Dairy Ice Cream has Toffee Sauce, Fudge Pieces and Ginger Digestive Biscuit Pieces.

As expected it was thick and creamy with delicious fudge pieces while the ginger digestive biscuit pieces were not too over powering.
However it was a little hard to scoop out unlike their youtube commercial but then it came right out the freezer.

After trying this I am definitely tempted by their other flavours like the Eton mess and Cherry Bakewell.

[Review] Meatless Meatballs at Subway for Veganuary in UK

Subway has also launched something meatless for Veganuary so I decided to try it.
They were offering meatless meatballs in the form of a sub or just as a snack.

Since I have already eaten something beforehand, I just had the meatballs with vegan cheese.

The vegan cheese came in the form of slices and they melted like normal cheese.

I was won over by the cheese because of the texture and taste but the meatballs were a bit disappointing as they were firm and tasteless like Beyond Meatballs.

According to the the reply by Subway_UKI on instagram they use meatless meatballs by Nestle and vegan cheese from Violife.

Photos of Subway.

[Review] Vegan Steak bake at Greggs for Veganuary in UK

As soon as it was the 2nd of January, I was on the look out for Greggs steakbake.
It was sold out in Tunbridge wells so I had to try again the next time I was out.

From the posts I had already seen, it was said to be salty and the filling is similar to meat pie so I was expecting the filling to be similar to Greggs vegan sausage roll but darker in colour.
Finally got the vegan steak bake which was piping hot from the cabinet.

Took a few bites until I got to the filling and I was quite surprised the filling was thick and moist, nothing like the previous posts, so I think they have improved it.
The filling looked like bolognese sauce which was good and it wasn't as salty as I anticipated which was mentioned in earlier posts.

Overall, it was quite nice and more comforting because the filling is delicious and I could taste onions in it which complemented it nicely.

Matcha to the ultimate level

Matcha comes from Japan and you would think the best comes from Asia but after visiting Bird Blend Tea Co you would be surprised and perhaps this is just one of the many tea places out there.
I still haven't been to Canada, US or Auz yet so there could be better findings over there!

Teaculation in Hong Kong is already proving a point with matcha sourced from UK.

Bird Blend Tea Co will really blow your mind with their Matcha variety ranging from: raspberry choco matcha, peaches and cream matcha, spearmint s'cream matcha, ice cream matcha, mermaid matcha, grapefruit matcha etc.
They also sell the Matcha whisk if you don't have one.

As well as matcha, their loose leaf teas will also whisk you away with a good selection of modern British flavours as well as traditional teas.
Teas they have include: peach cobbler, eton mess, chocolate digestive, chili chocolate, cherry bakewell, carrot cake, coconut oolong, apple strudel.

At the shop, you can try the teas.

The breakfast boost really gave me a surprise as the blend was visually interesting.
I thought it was a traditional blend by name but it actually had toasted rice along with cocoa shells, cocoa nibs, coffee beans, ashwagandha, guarana seeds.
This is how creative Bird Blend are because they have put toasted rice in it which is an element of Asia.

https://birdandblendtea.com/