Food Reviews
Honey and cinnamon Pancakes
One of Kurt’s favourite dishes are pancakes and we make these on a regular basis. My wife and I take it in turns so he knows that mummy’s and daddies are both good in the kitchen.
The recipe that we use is very simple and was Lyndsey’s Grandmothers recipe …
Choco Mucho Chocolate Wafer Roll
I have a sweet tooth and I have this problem of not able to think without eating any kind of chocolates or any sweet.. its like chocolate is my food for the brain.
One of which that I always crave in is the Choco Mucho Milk Chocolate Wafer Roll. …
Jollibee Amazing Aloha
Jollibee has again put to market their another famous burger brand called the Amazing Aloha. It is a burger with a slice of round pineapple and a few bacon strips with lettuce and cheese and mayo. If that is not good enough, you can even order a double Patty …
Piattos Roadhouse Barbecue Chips
Piattos Roadhouse Barbecuq is a new flavor of the “Piattos” potato chips. I have always enjoyed eating Piattos as a child and I have never outgrown enjoying this snack even if there are quite a lot of competitors around selling snacks much cheaper than that of Piattos. Piattos is …
Minute Maid Pulpy Orange
7 eleven once again has offers of free juice drinks when you buy a sandwich product. They always have these things to attract more people to them to buy their products. Well, this time, I got a Minute Maid Pulpy orange for free when I bought a tuna sandwich. …
Oishi Sponge Crunch
The Oishi has a new product in the market and I should say I am like a kid always excited to have a bite of this snack every once in a while. When it comes to snacks and other sort of junk foods, I am always in the know …
Century Tuna Flakes
Century Tuna has already come up with tuna meals in can along with its original tuna flakes in oil. They have flavored tuna flakes like Tuna Mechado, Tuna Afritada, tuna Barbeque flavors. They also have improved tuna flakes in oil, as they have now hot and spicy tuna flakes …
Purefoods Chinese Style Luncheon Meat
Purefoods Chinese Style Luncheon Meat is what we had partnered with rice in our dinner today. Well I think it will be more fun to have it paired with bread and not rice. Well I really like luncheon meats but I did not really enjoy this one. I have …
Hello! Wafer Bar
Enjoying a bar of Hello Wafer has been really a wonderful experience for me. The Wafer bar has a wonderful taste. It is crunchy due to the wafer, it is sweet too because of the chocolate coating; but then the vanilla filling I had tasted is a good combination …
Granny Goose Chillos
Chillos is a new snack from Granny Goose, the one who gave us the very nice Kornets! I love that corn chips that is cone shaped. It is really amazing and is fun to eat too. The Chillos is a corn snack, triangular shaped and has about 3 flavors …
Hong Kong Style Noodles
There is a new kiosk that is very famous to office employees and others alike. The Hong Kong Style Noodles have simply made a remarkable “appearance” and have yet again revolutionized noodle meals. For only Php26.00 or half a dollar, you can already enjoy 2 pieces siomai or dumplings …
Fab! Juice Drinks
Another nice ready to drink that was introduced is the Fab!. I guess they meant Fabulous; hitting two birds with one stone here, emphasizing on your soon to be wonderful body and the product as a fabulous drink, Fab is a juice drink that also offers the goodness of …
Skittles
Perhaps all of us have heard about Skittles Candy. This confectionary or candy sweets looks like an m & m chocolate. Skittles is a chewable candy packed in thin plastic-like paper sealed for freshness. This chewable candy is really enjoyable to eat, it has different colors are each color …
McDonald’s Shaker Fries
I really enjoy eating french fries; more so if it is flavored with cheese, barbeque or sour cream. Mc Donald’s offers a good flavored fries which they call shaker fries. You can order this fries separately for Php50.00 (it was only Php48.00 last 2 weeks) or upsize your value …
Fruit Magic
“5 a day” is what Fruit Magic have for their advertisement. It sticks to the mind like a glue, that we have to eat or drink fruits and veggies everyday to be healthy. Well I used to really enjoy an order from Fruit Magic. I really believe that they …
Fantastic Delites, Sweet Chilli and Sour Cream
I had to rush out and buy this packet of Fantastic Delites today when I went grocery shopping. I first tried these deliecious rice snacks when I hired the movie Juno the other night from Blockbuster. They had a special promotion hire the movie and receive a free packet …
Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh - Turkey
Since I’ve had some good luck with other new Oscar Mayer products, when I saw their new Deli Fresh, I decided to give it a try, too. I’m a turkey lover, so selected the oven roasted turkey breast (shaved).
It comes in a rectangular plastic container that is touted …
Ball Park Beef Franks
Hot Dogs! Armour Hot Dogs! The dogs kids love to eat!
Oops, wrong brand. However, I used to love Armour and while it’s still a great brand, several years ago I tried Ball Park Beef Franks and was swayed to the dark side. Okay, seriously, there …
Indomie - Mie Goreng - Instant Fried Noodle
I am a lover of instant food. I know it’s not healthy, but they are very convenient and practical, and some of them are really good tasting. One of my favorite is Instant Fried Noodle, from Indomie. They do not have the lowest calories of food …
Minute Maid Pulpy Orange Juice Drink
Minute Maid Pulpy Orange Juice Drink is a new product by Coca Cola. It comes in 2 sizes, 1 liter and 330ml. I usually go for Pepsi’s Tropicana juice drink before as it’s a good replacement for carbonated sodas and love the almost natural orange taste, it’s too sweet …
Orville Redenbacher’s Mini Smart Cakes
This week I obtained a package of Orville Redenbacher’s 100 Caolorie Mini Smart Cakes to sample. These snack treats came in a colorful, high quality pouch that was sleek, but a little difficult to open. This was a sample packet, though, so it’s not necessarily how the …
Wild Fire Flavor cigarette tobacco
Wild Fire Flavor infused tobacco is a line of cigarette tobaccos for Top. I know smoking is bad but people are going to do it so get over it. Anyway I am not big on rolling my own cigarettes but these things are so good I have …
Vitazone Soursop Lemon
I like cold drinks. Almost any kinds of cold drinks. If I don’t have the time or energy to make some cold drinks, I opt by buying some of them. One of the drink I love to buy is Vitazone, it is a vitamin isotonic drink. …
Vegetarian Vegetable Soup from Venise Maid foods
My daughter and I just ate a can of Condensed Vegetarian Vegetable Soup. The brand is Venise Maid Foods. My daughter seemed to like it well enough but I personally feel that it couldnt get any worse it was so awful! It was the worst tasting vegetarian vegetable soup …
Nestle Coffee Mate Coffee Whithener
My coffee time will never be satisfying without my Nestle Coffee Mate creamer. I know it’s fattening some says. But drinking coffee is the only pleasure I give to myself in between housechores, work and errands. There was a time when I ran out of Coffee …
Sliced Fish Noodle Soup
Most Asians love to eat Sliced Fish Noodle Soup. Including myself. I love the noodles especially, instead of eating this Sliced Fish Soup with the replacement of rice.
And for the noodle option, I love the yellow ‘E-Mee’ or just a normal yellowish noodle-type. Really delicious …
Lontong (Compressed Rice)
Lontong, or in English known as Compressed Rice is tasty! I’m not sure about people from UK and US; whether they have the chance to have a taste of this delicious food. It is actually like rice-form, and I don’t know whether to label it as just rice …
Barbecued Stingray
I love Barbecued Stingray very much! My mom told me that whoever cooks it if not careful, there could be a tinge of smell to it. Therefore, those who cook this type of fish would have to cleanse it purely and well. A good tip that my …
Kraft Maxwell House 3 in 1 Coffee Mix
I am not so fond of coffee but I drink at least twice in the morning to keep me awake. I usually bought instant coffee so I can prepare it quickly. I used milk and sugar for my coffee and sometimes putting all these is such a hassle specially …
Cheerios
Cheerios have been a staple in my house for as long as I can remember. I had them when I was a kid, I had them as a teenager and I had them in my house for my childen and grandchildren.
Nowadays, they are pushing all the healthy …
Quality Streets
These have got to be my favourite mixed chocolates of all time. When I was younger the only time we had Quality Streets was at Christmas when we would get a big tin in. I used to look forward to Christmas Eve when I would be allowed to open …
Homemaker: Premium 100% Pure Florida Squeezed Orange Juice
What an amazing product. I’ve tried other orange juices before and they are just bland. They do not have any taste or they taste artificial. Even if you do find a brand that tastes amazing, it ends up costing you double what it should. Homemaker Florida Squeezed Orange Juice …
Sunsweet Ones Individually Wrapped Prunes
I was never a big fan of prunes or dried plums in the past, but I was looking for a sweet, healthy snack the other day and the pretty blue tube shaped container of Sunsweet Ones California Prunes caught my attention. It had been years since I had …
Sargento Shredded 4 Cheese Mexican Cheese
When I went to visit the USA I was faced with a variety of cheeses to choose from, they ranged from brands to types of cheeses and I had seen Sargento being advertised on the television. I looked around the section and came across Shredded cheese’s by Sargento.
They had …
Emborg Havarti Cheese
I like to try different foods and cheese is included in this. Some I have liked lots and some I just didn’t want to go near it after my taste buds got a “whiff” of it. Well, I am here to talk about Emborg’s Havarti Cheese. One of the …
Smucker’s Caramel Magic Shell
I remember when I first saw Smucker’s Magic Shell. They had not yet have a Caramel flavour, but that was to soon change and I was so delighted when I saw Smucker’s Caramel Magic Shell Topping sitting there on the shelf. I immeadiately grabbed one, I love caramel!
Smucker’s Caramel …
Smucker’s Chocolate Magic Shell
When I visited the USA I always used to buy my favourite vanilla ice cream there because they never used to import it yet (they do now) plus I can make ice cream that matches that particular brand. Anyway, on to ice cream sauces. There are always a variety …
Royal Castle French Fries
Royal Castle is a local fast food chain which sells the typical fries and fried chicken along with a variety of other dishes that usually accompany fried chicken. They even have rotisserie chicken there! Well, it has been the longest while since I last visited a Royal Castle outlet …
Royal Castle Fried Chicken
I like to try foods from different places and one of our local fast food chains is a restaurant named Royal Castle. Now admittedly I haven’t eaten Royal Castle in the longest time. Royal Castle is essentially a local version of the worldwide popular Kentucky Fried Chicken outlets.
Well, one …
The Grille Stop Spicy Chicken
The Grille Stop has been around for as long as I can remember and my absolute favourite food item on their menu is their Spicy Chicken. I usually go there solely to buy a piece of Spicy Chicken with a side of some sort.
The Grille Stop’s Spicy Chicken looks …
Kirk’s Potato Salad
I love potato salad and usually to get the perfect potato salad I would have to make it myself. I have only ever found one potato salad that can stand up to my recipe and it is the potato salad made by a man named Kirk who sells freshly …
Itamaraty Selection Chocolate Filled Wafers
I love my snacks and of course sweet snacks. Sweet snacks don’t necessarily mean candy bars or chocolates, but it can actually mean one of my other favourite snacks to have…wafers. I have tried and tasted so many different wafers before and another one that has been added to …
Kazim’s Place Green Salad
I really need to start eating green salad a lot more like I used to back in high school. I usually get a lovely large helping of green salad at Kazim’s Place anytime I purchase food there. It is usually served as a side dish but they give you …
Kazim’s Place Potato Salad
I love potato salad but I have a special technique, if you want to call it that, when it comes to making potato salad. Whenever I buy food outside potato salad is always on my list of food to scout out before I decide to look at rice or …
Kazim’s Place Macaroni Pie
I know macaroni pie sounds odd, so let me give you a brief rundown of what it is supposed to be. Macaroni pie is simply macaroni (like elbow macaroni) which is boiled al dente, then mixed together with evaporated milk, eggs, grated cheese(lots of it) and black pepper and …
Al Haaq’s Potato Salad
I absolutely love potato salad and when I started working at my current job all the workers and even the boos kept on talking about Al Haaq’s BBQ food. I put it off for a long time but one evening I finally gave in and bought a box of …
Reese’s Whipps
I like chocolate and sweets a lot and I always go through the snacks and chocolate aisle looking at candy bars, chocolates, cookies, etc. I had run across something called Reese’s Whipps the other day and it interested me. I did not purchase it then but today I finally …
Wai Loong’s Chicken Wantons
I don’t usually buy wantons because I make my own at home which come out quite nicely if I do say myself. One day I decided to try Wai Loong’s Chicken Wantons from their extensive menu of differently filled wantons, because I was not going to be home for …
Wai Loong’s Vegetable Lo Mien
I am a person who truly loves her lo mien. But sometimes ti is hard to find the perfect lo mien. I mainly order chicken lo mien but the vegetable lo mien made by the Wai Loong Chinese restaurant is one of the best I have encountered.
Usually when …
Caribbean Spices Ground Black Pepper
I know they say black pepper is something you shouldn’t use a lot of but I like to marinate my fish and shrimp with just some black pepper, or add a dash into my soups and spaghetti sauce. There is just something noticeably missing when I don’t have this …
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