These days, kids cereals are getting more and more sophisticated. Simple corn flakes that are coated with sugar simply doesn’t meet the mark any more. The norm seems so be oat cereal with marshmallows in the shape (and colour) of rainbows, unicorns and other storybook characters. Just like this General Mills Lucky Charms cereal. I …
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These palmiers are normally found in a bakery and sold fresh. So when I saw this is a packaged box, I wonder if it was going to be as nice. As it’s from M&S, which generally makes pretty decent food, I decided give it a try. I took one of the ‘boomerang’ palmiers, closed my …
Raspberry jams are nice, except for the little seeds that are not big enough to be easily removed and not small enough to be ignored by your teeth. So when I saw this M&S Seedless Raspberry Jam, I thought they must have solved the greatest problem in the jam world! I spreaded it on a …
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These days, kids cereals are getting more sophisticated. Simple corn flakes that are coated with frosted sugar simply doesn’t meet the mark any more. The norm seems so oat cereal (the supposedly healthy aspect) with marshmallows in the shape and colour of rainbows, unicorns and other storybook characters (the attractive aspect). Just like this General …
Ginkgo is a tree with lots of stories to tell. From our previous post, we found out that ginkgo is the last surviving species in its genetic family. Also, unlike most plants, there are male and female Gingko trees. Another interesting story is how the white hard ginkgo nuts are produced and about that inedible …
These days, chips or crisps comes in many exotic flavours: Tako Octopus, Red Caviar, Spicy Bloody Mary, etc. Most of these are wild flavours that are designed to catch your eyes and imagination. This trend is actually getting a bit boring as they are no longer shocking. Hence, I was very surprised to find this …
These cute little piglets are normally given out to kids during mooncake festival. The adults receive mooncakes and kids receive these little piglets. I closed my eyes and took a bite. I was in the deepest jungles of South-Western China. I was on a mission to find the potion of eternal life for the emperor. …
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When directly translated from Spanish, these are cat’s tongues. Visually, these looks like thin butter biscuits. Let’s see if these cat’s tongues taste good on my tongue. I took a tongue, closed my eyes and took a bite. I was a elite spy. Due to some badly time decisions, I was captured by the enemy. …
I received this chocolate bar from a friend who loves her food. Most of the stuff she brings for us is very good and special, so I have high expectations of this. This is the Mason & Co 75% Bittersweet Dark Chocolate bar. Where (which country) is this from? That’s something I want you to …
Here is another painting from our resident robot, Crazy Robot. He painted this picture of the Rococo Bee Bar Raspberry Fizz (click here for the review). Using this bee hive style. And the result is below. Here is a video of the process. Read here and here to find out more about his skills and …
