This packaging should be iconic amongst the Asian communities. Even if you wander through the Asian grocery section at your local supermarket, you'll notice these chips there. It must be only chip westerners think Asians eat....

I'm glad they ventured off their traditional flavour and made it Hot & Spicy. Unfortunately it was neither Hot or Spicy. I think I felt something that mildly resembled Spicy... but its basically the original flavour with a possible lame spicy seasoning. Such a shame though... I'm not usually let down by spice from Asian brands.

So I've seen this and pretty sure I've had this at a restaurant and was excited to see it in a can. Ready to serve from the fridge to my belly....

Ching Poo Luong consists of peas, wheat flake, red bean, glutinous rice, pearl barley, peanuts, lotus seeds, dioscorea rhizophora, longans, suger (sic), and water. Its a sweet cold coup dessert mainly served in Cantonese and Vietnamese meals.

I really like the fact it comes with a three fold spoon. I was careful in assembling it as I didn't want to have to scull this from a can if I broke my only utensil.

Wow! The flavour itself is reason enough to get this snack. What an over ambitious chef to combine so many flavours into a single bite!

Hi five to my fiances sister for giving me this snack. It can be purchased from Aldi. Im always on the lookout for non major branded products that taste better than the major players.

What better item to try than white chocolate. With crisp too!

The white chocolate tastes weird. It has an unnecessary hint of strawberry mixed in the white chocolate. Its got lil bits of small crisps on the back of the block which I enjoy. Its just like a white chocolate Crunch bar but unfortunately for Aldi...Crunch won this one hands down. 

So my fiance sees an ad on TV for cheese flavoured microwave popcorn and the next thing you know we're roaming around Woolies wondering why this isn't on the shelves yet.

So what is there to do at Hunter Valley... visit Hunter Valley Chocolate on Broke Road of course....

On every trip to Hunter, it's a tradition for us to visit this place, usually to get my typical marshmallows dipped in a chocolate fondue.

This time my fiance's sister makes a purchase that looks like it belongs on the shelf of a amateur geologist.

These chocolates look amazing.. almost too beautiful to eat.. but beauty aside, the chocolates tasted like a blander version of an M&M. I think for the people that aren't after a super rich chocolate sensation, then this is definitely for you. Though to be honest, because it wasn't super sweet.. it tasted kinda like cheap chocolate. 

Wow.. did you know with all the snacks I've eaten I've never tried the Strawberry flavour Oreo. I think its because I'm not a big strawberry flavour kinda guy.

Does it have that dreaded sour after-taste that I'm expecting from a strawberry flavour? No... phew! That's a relief. Is it better than all the other flavours. No!

I've been scratching my head thinking for a few hours what the flavour reminds me of. Its such a familiar taste, like something I grew up with. Then it finally hit me... it tastes like Strawberry Nesquick.

Choco Puffs... you had me at Choco....

Meiji is famous for their popular Asian snacks like Hello Panda and Yan Yan.

Unfortunately Imei has made a very poor attempt to compete with Hello Panda in this product.

Within the sealed packaging, the sides are covered in chocolate because the outer shell isn't keeping the chocolate contained and its melted everywhere.

The pastry is oily tasting and the chocolate flavour was minimal and disappeared amongst the fatty tasting of the outer coating. Very disappointing failed product.

Is it wrong that when I bought this, I was expecting it to be horrible and that I'm only eating it for the blog's sake.

Another of my fiancée's purchases from our local Woolies. She's in love with this brand...


Beautifully packaged as always but such a small container of ice-cream. Is the definition of gourmet: small serving sizes. It has a very artificial banana tasting ice-cream, like they blended those infamous banana shaped lollies I had when I was a kid. The caramel flavour is almost non existent. Where is the caramel???

Okay... if you've been following my blog you might have noticed I bulk bought a lot different flavours in this brand.

Ummm what is with all the flavours tasting the same. It feels as if they lessened some chilli in one and added a bit more citrus in some but essentially no matter what they call it, it tastes the same.

Not to say its a bad thing, the flavours work great together and its the 3rd night in a row where I've eaten a whole bag. I'm personally too scared to step on the scales today, there can be no good news from that.

The packet sat on the shelf.. unwanted and unloved and crushed.. literally... sold at a discount just to rid itself from the shop...


Fortunately the flavour itself immediately caught my eye. Masala means spice/s. I usually associate it to a chilli-like flavour.. at least most masala-labelled items coincidentally have that taste. I'm a big fan of trying country specific snacks...

I grew up on Ritz biscuits. There was something about them that my parents loved and I now have a soft spot for it.
The fatty in my says "Anything with cheese on top makes it better." Fortunately Ritz has kept this saying true.

How do you keep a great simple cracker like Ritz great?... add cheese! I like the light taste of cheese through the cracker that I've grown to love but best of all I like to snack it with a can of John West tuna.
The cracker is so simple and so light but unfortunately IS NOT a healthy snack. Just a nice change to the super oily chips I love. If you want the healthier choice.. there's a LOW FAT option available.

To be honest, its not the most addictive snack that's on the market and I don't ever crave it....BUT its been around since 1934, it's familiar and it'll always be a family favourite.

Yum! Jalapeño flavour.. the weak baby of the chillis.


The oh-so-famous quote “These pretzels are making me thirsty” – Made famous by Seinfield…
These pretzels make me feel like I’ve trekked through the Sahara for days without water…

After 10 pieces.. I managed to scull down half a litre of water and my mouth is still covered in seasoning…
The seasoning, unlike traditional snacks, is actually baked into the pretzel and then the pretzel looks like it was broken into irregular pieces.

First off, thanks to my fiancée's auntie for the bag of Filo snacks. This laid amongst the goodies and I was excited to try.. peanut milk chocolate screams delicious!


Oh dear god.... where have you been all my life. I love this snack. This tiny bite-size snack just crumbles as you open the packaging and the chocolate embraces the peanut butter taste and just melts ever so nicely in your mouth.

What a perfect combination! My only complaint is the pieces are way too small and requires me to test my skills in opening up another without crumbling this heavenly bite-size snack.

"Once you pop, you can't stop." Oh how true does this tag-line ring.


Pringles makes the most beautifully cut chip, sitting so well in its can. The chip ( a perfect hyperbolic paraboloid) lays perfectly on your tongue and then crunch..... I love the combination of the perfect amount of seasoning on a not so oily chip and the BBQ flavour is nothing new but works well in this  crunchy delight format. The rarity nowadays is to buy something from a particular range and know that no matter which flavour you get, you'll get a good snack each time.

Wow! Its rare to see such cool flavours in your local Woolies or Coles... hence why this was found at the Asian IGA @ Haymarket. Introducing the "Thousand Island Baked Potato Flavour!"

What a super exciting flavour! My hopes were aimed way too high and I was gunned down with disappointment. For $1, the bag seemed awfully light, weighing in at 46g. It tasted like a weak BBQ flavoured chip that rivals no-one.

BTW what is with the packaging... It has a burger to represent this flavour. That doesn't even make any sense.

A bright colourful packaging containing Oreos (with a twist) which I quite like. They didn't venture too far into the woods with this one. Making a fairy-bread-like snack would be enough to be different yet safe enough to keep the sales up. The taste of the original Oreo is still present as you bite into it, but then you get a nice and complementary taste of the 100s and 1000s.

Just one gripe... this is the image on the box of what I'm expecting....


This is what it looks like... Dont lie to me Nabisco!!

There's something about snacks that contain fruit and nuts that make me want to try it.

The first ingredient listed is Condensed Milk so we can scrape off the image of a healthy snack. The first bite left me so disappointed. The apricot pieces are minimal leaving just a plain nutty flavour. As I kept eating it, I find that you can smell the light sensation of sweet milk, and it mixed nicely with the almonds and oats.

The fact that I know the condensed milk is most likely holding the bar together and I can't even taste it, is well plain rude. I've tried some of the other snacks Coles produces, and this well below their average.

Why did I buy this brand? It's because the first time my fiance got it, she got it for the Pavlova flavour, which she raved on and on about. So we find ourselves in this belief that their other flavours are of the same standard. So here we go....

What we have here is a  fancy de-constructed lamington in icecream form.
I quite liked it (can't say the same about the Pavlova flavour). Tiny coconut pieces mixed with a  nice sweet chocolate aftertaste. Just like a Lamington... but always not enough chocolate.