GU Hazelnut and chocolate velvety spread

GU are famous for pudding so their chocolate spreads got me curious!

To be honest, I was bowled over by how decadent they were and it tasted even better than nutella.

M&S Strawberry & White Chocolate crunch granola

I am not really a granola fan because of the sweetness but it is always good to see big dehydrated strawberry slices and chunks of white chocolate.

Stockholm Organic Sea Buckthorn juice

I have always wanted to try sea buckthorn juice as I haven't tried it before.

When I finally got it, I was surprised that there was oil floating on the top which is normal.

It was just fascinating how a berry (plant) can have oil.

Anyway, the juice was quite thick and strong, it tasted like concentrated orange juice but had a sharper tone without the citrus element and it was slightly bitter.

As for the oil, it explains why you get skincare made with sea buckthorn because of the oil.

Overall, I am glad I tried this drink.

Hershey's Cookies N Cream Filled crepes

There are so many ready to eat filled crepes these days and you can get Hershey's cookies and cream as well.
As with all these ready to eat crepe, the texture of the crepe is rather hard and dry.

Warming it the microwave didn't quite help.

The filling was crispy and crunchy against the chewy crepe so it was interesting however I am not a fan of cookies and cream so found it too sugary for my liking.

Modern Gourmet Candied Tea Bombs

As well as chocolate bombs, baths bombs there are tea bombs to indulge in which I spotted at Tescos.
However they were made in China which is surprising.
Anyway, as a tea lover I had to give them ago.
The packaging has good and bad points because the tea bombs are well protected but do stick to the plastic when you take them out, so you have to take them out carefully to avoid breaking them.
Basically they are hollow candy spheres filled with tea.
They melt when hot water is added releasing the contents.
There are 2 each of lemon ginger and rose.
Both were too sweet so you could probably get two cups out of one tea bomb.
The lemon ginger was quite nice visually as well as the taste but you couldn't really taste the ginger, it was more like lemon sherbet candy.
The rose tea was just like sweet rose soap with rose buds floating about.
Overall, worth the experience but would love to see some better quality ones that taste good.

Tesco finest roasted pistachio ice cream

Pistachio ice cream is one of those flavours that you would usually get at the ice cream parlour or Italian brands until recently when M&S had their own.
Now Tescos have it so I had to give it a try.
Visually, the ice cream isn't as green as the commercial ones but it contains a fair bit of pistachio nut.
Overall, not a bad pistachio flavour but it could have been stronger.
The sweetness was just right and not too sweet that you end up eating more.

New Itsu miso caramel / Chocolate bao buns

I hate Asian steamed buns but when these Itsu dessert buns came out I had to give them a try because of the miso caramel.
There was also chocolate which I didn't have any expectations because chocolate is everywhere these days from dumplings, xiao long baos to buns.
Ruby chocolate would be a better filling in my opinion.
These dessert buns are well filled with thick filling that ooze out when melted.
The purple one is chocolate and the yellow one is miso caramel.
Overall, miso caramel was really nice as expected, similar to salted caramel but with more umami aftertaste.
I love itsu food because they make Asian food more palatable.
They are more of a modern take on but not authentic.
You can get authentic foods but they don't necessarily align to your palate.
The reason I hate Asian buns is because of the sickly sweet bun itself which is so difficult to swallow and the savoury fillings are sweet and nasty.