[Review] M&S Marks and Spencers Blueberry Hot Cross Buns

My first hot cross buns this year was the Marks and Spencers chili and cheese which was really nice.
Now it was time for a sweet one so got the Marks and Spencers Blueberry Hot Cross Buns which are  jam-packed with blueberries and Vostizza currants.

I was less impressed with the blueberry compared to the other sweet flavours because it was sweet and the blueberry smell was rather artificial yet aromatic.
Overall it was too sweet for my liking.

[Review] M&S Marks and Spencers Aromatic crispy quarter duck & pancakes

I was really glad I got the Marks and Spencers Aromatic crispy quarter duck & pancakes.
Basically you get 6 pancakes, cucumber, spring onions and sauce inside the box.

Getting the duck ready is easy, the duck goes in the over, the cucumber and spring onions need to be chopped and pancakes in the microwave when everything else is done.
It depends how crispy you want the duck so if you want it crispier then leave it in the oven for 25 minutes, otherwise 20 minutes will do.

The duck comes out crispy and aromatic just like the takeaways and the rest complement it deliciously.

Overall, I would really recommend it.

As the duck was good, I tried it again, this time I got the upper half of the duck.

Update October 2020.

You can now get extra Chinese style pancakes at M&S, Slow cooked aromatic duck and the regular aromatic duck with pancakes.

[Review] Walkers Discos Crisps

Crisps are snacks that I eat all the time but this is one that I've eaten since I was young but never reviewed so decided to review it now.

Strangely, the present Discos taste different in the sense that the crisps are thicker and harder.

There are flavours: Prawn cocktail, Salt and Vinegar, Cheese and Onion.

The Salt and vinegar is the best, the prawn cocktail is very acidic while the cheese and onion tasted a bit off in the way it was a little bit rancid.

Perhaps the crisps are thicker than they were before because when you open the packet, there isn't many inside!

[Review] Walkers Originally Smiths salt and shake crisps

I have always been obsessed with originally smiths salt and shake crisps salt sachet.
The salt inside the dark blue sachet are perfectly spherical balls.
For people with a low sodium diet, these are the only crisps that do not contain salt so I would definitely recommend these crisps to them if they have a crisps craving.

[Review] Violife Cheese

A while ago I had these vegan meatballs at Subway for Veganuary.
The meatballs were not nice but the thing that saved the day was the vegan cheese on top which came from Violife.
The cheese slices melted and tasted like cheddar so I would definitely recommend this brand.

I looked everywhere for it and finally found them at Marks and Spencers where they come in a form of block, grated, slices and even creamy spread.

Photo of the melted Violife cheese slice on top of the meatballs and cheese slices at Subway.

Violife Cheese slices:

Other violife products that I spotted.

[Review] M&S Bramley Apple Turnovers

Marks and Spencers has the best sweet treats so went there to get my cream cravings.
Got the Bramley apple turnover which contain delicious freshly whipped cream.
The apple turnovers have to be eaten asap before the pasty gets soggy. I love that lovely balance of tart crisp apple cubes and cream encased in the light puff pastry dusted with powdered sugar.

I am not sure if they have changed the recipe as the one I tried in December 2018 has sugar on top but the one here clearly had caster sugar (powdered sugar) which is delicate and gives it some subtle sweetness.

[Review] Tesco Taramasalata 200G

Taramasalata is one of my favourite dips but not all of them are nice because some can be too smokey or too fishy but the Tesco Greek Inspired Marinated cod roe mixed with bread rusk and lemon juice was brilliant.
The colour and consistency was good, it was fluffy and creamy which would go really well with some decent chips!