M&S Chicken Korma

At Marks and Spencers, there are two chicken Kormas. 

One comes with rice and the other one is a main for two and this was the main where you just get curry.

I knew this was going to be good as I have previous tried the korma with rice.

The Chicken Korma was really comforting because the sauce was creamy and nutty while the chicken was chunky and tender even after it was microwaved.

Rating: 4/5

Iceland Southern Fried Chicken Breast Toppers with Southern Style Gravy

As a person who loves fried chicken and gravy I had to try the Southern Fried Chicken Breast Toppers with Southern Style Gravy.

I loved the way, there was gravy inside.

Inevitably, it's reformed chicken because it has to be molded with filling added in.

Other than that the chicken was moist and the gravy tasted like KFC.

The good thing was that it wasn't overly salty like KFC.

Adding squeezy cheese sauce should make it taste like the nacho one.

My special trip to Iceland Food Warehouse was not definitely wasted.

Tofoo Crispy Southern fried bites

I love tofu so tried Southern fried bites as it had a modern twist from the West.
The tofu texture was good but the coating was just salty.

Indomie Onion Chicken Flavour

 I'm not really a fan of Indomie noodles but the chicken & onion was alright as it was not too sweet.

Rollto Beef noodles

Rollton noodles which appear to be Russian according to the net.
The texture is similar to Vifon and Thai MAMA noodles but the broth was a bit bland.

Polish Watermelon cake (Ciasto Arbuzowe Pub)

Finally I forked out on my first piece of Polish Cake!

Everytime I visit Polish shops they always have these captvating cakes in the cabinet and it seems they sell fast because I see different cakes on every visit.

There are some cakes you see once and never again but there are some regular flavours like poppyseed cake.

There isn't any English labels so you have to ask or learn Polish.

What held me back was the price, they are sold by weight.

The problem is that each piece is such a huge slab (aprox 10cm x 12cm and 9cm tall) which means I have to finish it off over three times when there are so much other things I want to try.

Anyway, on this visit, I spotted this pretty red jelly cake which I assumed was strawberry but after asking them they said it was watermelon which is one that you don't often see.

Since it was someone's birthday I decided to get a slab which meant I could try it as well.

The slab of cake cost me around £3.94 (£7.94/kg).

I'm not a watermelon fan but I got it to see how it compares to the famous Auz Black Star Pastry Watermelon cake which costs around £7 for a quarter of my slab!

The Black Star Pastry version is layered with almond dacquoise, rose-scented cream and watermelon, and topped with strawberries, pistachios and dried rose petals.

The Polish version is not as swanky but it was nice without rose-scented cream because I hate rose-scented anything.

To be honest, the Polish version actually tasted better with a nice sponge base but it was a bit dry, then there was a layer of strawberry jelly with watermelon chunks, topped with a thin layer of synthetic cream and aromatic coconut and almonds on top.

The cake, jelly and coconut tasted really good together.

Unfortunately, I was a bit ambitious and sliced myself half the slab while my guest who is not a sweet person took half the size of mine.

It started off so good but halfway through it got too heavy but no doubt it was a delicious cake but it was just too much in one go.

To summarize, I have more confidence in Polish cakes than Chinese cakes pretending to Western as they look the part laced with waxy synthethic cream and overly sweet weird sponge that has a weird texture.

Rating: 4/5

Other cakes spotted:

Mcvities VIB indulgent chocolate cherry digestives

Since the last year, the talk of town has been the McVities popular British flavours like marmalade on toast,  cherry bakewell and strawberries and cream.
McVities launched some premium VERY IMPORTANT BISCUITS last summer.

The Very Important Biscuit range are digestives topped with a layer of chewy caramel which comes in three flavours.

This year they have expanded the range with indulgent chocolate cherry digestives to join
Classic Caramel Bliss
Heavenly Chocolate Hazelnut
Luscious Blood Orange

Since the new chocolate cherry was exclusive to Tesco, I bought them for 1.75.

I bet they will be cheaper later with a Tesco clubcard or sold at Morrisons.
I didn't have any expectations but it shouldn't fail as a caramel chocolate biscuit!!!!
The smell of cherry was non existent despite deep inhalations but there was a faint artificial cherry taste.
Basically they tasted the same as the McVities cherry bakewell digestives minus the caramel.
If you're in no rush in trying, probably better to wait until the price goes down.

It would have been nice if there were some dried cherry pieces but I would imagine increasing the price to make them just like having some raisins or currants in the new Christmas pudding digestives.