Sainsbury's Smoked Mackerel Pate 100g

It's been a while since I had smoked mackerel pate.
According to the label, it is Tender, hot smoked mackerel is blended with soft cheese, crème fraîche, a touch of lemon juice and a pinch of cracked black pepper.

I found it rather fishy in a good way but the cracked black pepper was too strong for me.

Morrisons The best Chicken & chestnut Mushroom soup

Spotted the Morrisons Chicken & chestnut Mushroom soup which looked good so decided to give it a go.

M&S also have a similar version called chunky chicken and mushroom.

I found that the Morrisons version tasted similar but the Thyme was too strong and the soup was too watery.

Basak işkembe çorbası & yayla çorbası

Spotted these packet soups at the local Turkish shop so I grabbed the işkembe çorbası which is basically tripe soup.

The way the Turkish have it is very similar to the English way with vinegar but they have it with extra garlic sauce added on the table or with the addition of an egg yolk-lemon juice.

So basically with something tangy.

In many countries, tripe soup is a hangover food just like the Bulgarian version.

Anyway, the BASAK soup packet was really tasty as it was lemony and tangy so I imagine the homemade version would taste a million times nicer.

I added some noodles in the soup and it was really tasty.

Also tried yayla çorbası which is yoghurt and mint soup.

Again, it was another good soup because I loved the mint and sourness however this particular soup was hard to prepare because there were grains of rice in it which didn't cook properly.

I imagine the home made version would be rather thick and creamy.

La Tua Pasta at M&S Food

La Tua Pasta started off in the market in 2006, since then they have grown and you will find them at Borough market serving pasta, shelved at M&S to exhibiting at various shows!

I first tried the at Borough market for their gnocchi, then I bumped into them at the trade show and now I've spotted them on the shelves of M&S so bought the Pappardelle which tasted amazing!!

La Tua Pasta at Marks and Spencer:

Parpadelle cooked in two ways: tomato sauce and Turkish tripe soup.

M&S Pizza Sauce

Obviously pizza sauce is used for pizza but since I had some pasta I used it on that.

Pizza sauce is more watery and not as flavourful as pasta sauce so you have to add more or other ingredients to make up for the flavour.

Overall, it was good and made my pasta tasty.

Probitas Bagelen and Regal Bakery Crunchy Tea Rusks

Bagelen is an interesting snack as it was 100% crispy.
I reckon it was freeze dried as there was no oil on my fingers.

It also reminds me of Tea Rusks.

Regal Bakery Crunchy Tea Rusks:

M&S Fresh Pancake batter

These days, pancake day is made easy because you can get pancake shakers where you just add water and now you can get the ready to cook pancake batter.

I found the Marks and Spencers Fresh Pancake batter disappointing because firstly is was hard pouring from the tub and secondly it was too watery, thirdly the mixture was too sweet to add any other topping apart from lemon juice.