[Review] Oyakata Beef Wasabi noodles

A while ago I tried the Oyakata Miso ramen which were a bit bland but the Oyakata Japanese classic 
noodles was amazing.
To summarize, the soupless noodles fron Oyakata taste better than the ones with soup.

Oyakata is basically a Polish brand of cup noodles under Ajinomoto which also has SMAK noodles series.

Anyway, this time I got the wasabi beef which I'm definitely going to get again because it is my favourite flavour so far.

When you pull the lid off, you imediately see all this generous amount of green chives.

The wasabi isn't strong but it had a nice savoury horseradish taste along with umami flavours so I definitely recommend these noodles.

M&S Marks Spencer Spare Ribs

Marks and Spencers have recently changed their Asian meals with one person takeaways etc so there have been some new additions and changes to some of their dishes.

Previously, M&S used to have Sticky Chinese Pork Ribs which were marinated in a hoisin sauce and then slow-cooked, served with a spiced soy and plum sauce and finished with a tasty pork crackling crumb.

The latest ribs on the shelves are Spare Ribs which are slow-cooked British pork ribs smothered in a sweet, sticky soy and Shaoxing rice wine sauce.

As a fan of Shaoxing wine, I had to try these ribs.

You will also find Shaoxing wine in their black bean chicken which is where I first tasted it and fell in love with this wine!

The ribs were simply a pleasure to eat as the meat fell off the bone nicely, each rib was equally meaty and uniform in size.

Overall, highly recommended but the only gripe was the sweetness.

Rating: 4/5

Sainsbury's Love Your Veg risotto balls

I love risotto balls but the Sainsbury's Love Your Veg risotto balls were tasteless.
Thankfully I had some Mexicana vegan spicy cheese slices which were too salty for their own good so it made these rice balls tastier.

Product description:
[Vegetables and Arborio rice encasing a mozzarella cheese centre, coated in crispy lemon and basil breadcrumb]

Sainsburys Bakery Rhubarb Pie

I love rhubarb so when I saw the rhubarb pie at Sainsburys, I ended up getting it.

It is simply comforting and pie is definitely better than crumble in my opinion because the pie pastry is uniform and I just prefer pastry over butter crumble.

Having the rhubarb pie with cream or custard was just heavenly!

Rating: 5/5

The Water Tower and cherry blossoms

The Water Tower can only be appreciated from a distance because it is fenced off.

On my last visit to park hill park, I literally missed it but glad I revisited and saw the tower from a distance.

M&S Marks Spencer Plant Kitchen Sliced Mature style

Marks and Spencers have done it again with so many new items for Veganuary such as Chickenless tikka masala, melt in the middle no fish cakes, no chicken Southern fried tenders, no beef meatballs, no beef steak bakes, Shanghai no beef noodle bowl, Sweet n Sour no chicken, New York style no salt beef roll.

As for the cheese alternatives, you will find Sliced Mature style, Mature style block, grated Mature, grated Mozzarella as well as and Greek style.

The sliced Mature style was quite good and cheesy, it melted like cheese when heated with a decent strong cheesy taste.

As well as the packs, the New York style no beef also contains a slice of the mature style.

Coop Apple Crumble Cupcakes review

Spotted these in December but only tried them recently.

According to the label it reads: Coop apple crumble cupcakes with apple filling, toffee flavour sponge and apple flavour frosting.

Interestingly it mentions edible decorations but from the naked eye, the decoration is just crumble.

Anyway the apple filling was a bit disappointing as there wasn't enough to taste it.

The toffee sponge was rather sweet which overpowered the toffee and the apple flavour frosting was quite artificial.

Rating: 2/5