[Review] Oyakata Pad Thai Chicken review

A while ago I tried the Oyakata Miso ramen which were a bit bland but the Oyakata Japanese classic , Oyakata Wasabi Beef, and Oyakata Curry were 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.

They recently launched the new Pad Thai chicken and Korean BBQ so when I saw them I didn't hesistate to try them.

The interesting thing is that the strands for the PAD Thai are much thinner than the other flavours and the design of the noodle cup is really colourful compared to the previous black ones.

Overall, I wouldn't say it was an authentic pad thai taste but just like their noodles but will definitely be getting this again. I would probably give 5/5 if there was a twist of lemon in it.

Rating: 4/5

Home made pickled eggs with a twist

I have always been a fan of pickled eggs so since I had been pickling purple cabbage and radishes in the past there was some vinegar solution that was left over when all the pickles were finished.

So I decided to boil some eggs and pickle them in the coloured vinegar which would result in a pretty coloured pickled egg. In addition to vinegar, I added some salt and Sichuan peppercorns which made the pickled egg delicious.

The eggs were ready to eat in a week, the colour was stained right through the egg white.

There was some heat to in it as chili was also used when pickling the cabbage so the egg white was full of flavour from sharp spicy tones to hint of pickled radish.

The pickled eggs can also be taken to the next level by making them into pickled devilled eggs.

Sainsburys Chanteney carrots and honey-roast parsnip soup

I am not fond of carrots but decided to try the Sainsburys Chanteney carrots and honey-roast parsnip soup anyway.

According to Sainsburys website,  it is a velvety soup with a blend of tender Chanteney carrots and caramelised honey-roast parsnips. Simmered with warming ginger and aromatic spices and finished with a splash of thick double cream.

Unfortunately, if you don't like the taste of raw carrots, it tastes exactly like raw blended carrots with a gingery flavour.

Chanteney carrots are short, fat, and broad with a rounded blunt tip which make the look like baby carrots.

McVities Hobnobs: Sticky Toffee pudding and chocolate brownie & Digestive creams

Chocolate / Vanilla Digestive creams

McVities Hobnobs: Sticky Toffee pudding and chocolate brownie

Penguin biscuits

Penguin biscuits are another childhood classic found in lunch boxes, they are chocolate biscuits filled with chocolate creme and covered in chocolate.

Modern versions: Mint and Orange spotted at Sainsburys.

Wagon wheels

I remember wagon wheels were delicious but when I got them recently (JAMMIE EPIC Version), they were too sweet for their own good and didn't taste how they should. The marshmallow filling was non existent.

On another visit, I spotted them again and they were labelled as original with the look I remember so I suspect these taste nicer which I will need to try out again.

According to a youtube video by Mark Daws, visually you can see a reasonable layer of marshmallow filling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj7KfNUvmsE

In the end, I got the original jammie which turned more epic than the one labelled as epic because the layer of marshmallow was visible and substantial.

As for the taste it was just amazing as you could taste the chocolate, marshmallow as well as the biscuit.

It is a pity I threw the other ones away or there would be some pictures showing a difference.

The Original ones appear to be for export as they have Russian, whereas the EPIC ones just have English and these are featured on the UK website.

Also spotted Wagon wheels teacakes jammie

Regular Conchiglie and mini!

 Size matters and when you get mini conchiglie they are so cute!