Tilda basmati and wild rice

Tilda basmati and wild rice, a nice convenient side of rice to complement anything.
Paired it with some courgettes which was perfect.

English Cheesecake Company mint chocolate chip cheesecake bites

English Cheesecake Company have been around for years specializing in quality cheesecakes yet I have not tried them.

Finally tried their frozen cheesecakes because of the mint chocolate flavour which can be eaten frozen or at room temperature.

They are delicious if mint chocolate is your thing but the only thing that let it down was the biscuit base which was rancid.

I preferred them frozen as the chocolate chips are nice and hard.

Finally stocked at tesco on thurs after seeing the shelf label on Monday.

Tesco summer edition cherry bakewell cheesecake

Labelled as a creamy almond flavour batter on biscuit base topped with cherry sauce, vanilla cream and almonds.
It was really nice because the almond flavour is there.
I am not sure why the print says almond batter because batter to me means flour water mixture.
Anyway, the cheesecake part was very light and not the usual texture.
It was more like a mousse texture.
Overall very tasty with the cherry sauce but I would have liked the biscuit base to be thinner because it was too sweet.
Some tart cherry compote on top would be nice.
After trying the cheesecake, I had a look at the ingredients at the base of the box and it does say mousse.

Aldi Mystery hot cross bun flavours

Aldi are now doing mystery hot cross buns like mystery pringles where you have to guess the flaovurs.
The first mystery flavour which will be available from March 20, second on March 27th and the third April 3rd.
The good thing is that they come in packs for two for 99p!

New Bakery!!! Mrs Bakery 包租婆 in Chinatown

Mrs bakery, a new Asian bakery in town which is quite different from the rest in Chinatown.
It has modern decor and arrangement like Japanese bakeries with a drinks counter at the back offering creative coffees and unusual beverages etc.

The bakeries are reasonably priced and packaged well.
I was captivated by the egg tart and ended up getting a drink and a couple of more items.
Here was what I had.
Egg Tart, Taro salted egg drum, pandan rice bun and the pistachio coconut water.

Egg Tart:
The egg tart was more like a Portuguese tart with an egg flan type filling that was not too sweet with lovely crisp pastry layers.

Pandan Rice Bread:
Dinky little pandan rice bread but it was nice.
Lovely pandan aroma, again not too sweet with a nice chew to the bread texture.
Reminds me of Ryoyupan in Japan which specializes in rice bakery.

Taro salted egg drum:

Another nice bun with a soft texture filled with salted egg.
I was expecting the filling to be taro and salted egg mixed together but they were separate.
There was more yellow in ratio the the mauve taro filling which tasted a bit bitter but overall nice as it was not too sweet or salty.

Pistachio and coconut water:
Finished with the drink which was seriously good.
It was just plain coconut water topped with pistachio foam which was bliss and hydrating.
Overall, I was really impressed mainly because nothing was too sweet but found some funny spelling like slated which I think they mean salted.

Pistachio and pandan:

Waffle balls skewer:

Will return for other stuff and the rice latte.

Mrs Bakery 包租婆:

Basement & Ground floor, 12-13, Little Newport St, London WC2H 7JJ

New mac and cheese, soups, ramen by Noodlehead

As a fan of Noodlehead, I couldn't wait to get my hands on the mac and cheese which I did today at Tescos.
Sadly I couldn't get my hands on the congee as the two stores I went did not stock it but the range was quite impressive from Tom Yum soup to Laksa noodles.
I got round to trying the oozy cheese however while I was taking my usual food photographs, I found some green stuff inside the pouch before I even opened it.
Batch number: L1DC 41440302

Since it was going to be microwaved, I had to open the bag and confirmed it was clear green plastic which had to be taken out or it may melt along with the macaroni which isn't quite edible.
Apart from the foreign plastic, it was really delicious yet strangely spicy.
I can't wait to get my hands on the congee as I was expecting more Indian inspired noods in the range.
The ramen heads look quite good as the broth is separate from the noodles so you can cook the noodles in a different way and drink the broth.
Overall, the name is quite quirky and gets your attention like soup head, ramen head, pasta head etc.

Zott monte milk dessert with chocolate and hazelnut

I wasn't expecting a white dessert but it turns out there is a layer of chocolate hazelnut on the bottom.
Overall not too sweet and it was delicious.
The texture was a bit like a thick emulsion.