Cadbury Dairy Milk Triple Decker (now with Mint flavor) is the latest offering from the Cadbury line of products. I got one at the airport since its new.
It is described as “a layered combination of DAIRY MILK milk
chocolate, DREAM real white chocolate and mint flavored confectionary”.
The concoction actually tastes rather nice…the milk chocolate and
white chocolate flavors blend nicely and it ends on a minty tone.
Snapple
Pink Lemonade.
I received a Saran wrapped package from the US with a tequila
lollipop containing a real worm inside and a note which says “If he’s
not in Jail, pass to 6 Seal at 016 8883166″. Thanks for the vote of
confidence, Eddie [cooknengr.com]. :p
The tequila flavored lollipop with a real worm comes courtesy of Eddie who came back from the US a while ago before heading back for work again. The lollipop is called HotLix and it’s called “Tequila Flavor with Worm” and lists Malitol syrup, Insect Larva, natural and artificial flavoring as the ingredients.
This is a closer look at the tequila flavored lollipop containing a
genuine tequila worm inside. The tequila worm is listed as “insect
larvae” and it’s technically a caterpillar that lives on the leaves on
the mescal plant and it’s usually called an “agave worm”. There is no
worm in tequila of course, but this marketing perpetuated myth has
produced some interesting products. :)
The tequila flavored lollypop with worm tastes
great – but the syrupy lollypop kept on sticking to my tongue piercing
stud. It’s a very sticky lollypop which smoothes out towards the end
and the are hints of tequila flavor (agave) shines through after the
initial sugary taste. The objective is to suck on it until the tequila
worm comes out. The tequila worm (technically insect larvae) tastes
great!
Oh, hello!
Mmm…tastes like chicken. :)
Scratch that…it actually tastes a little crunchy and has a deep
fried texture to it; so I would say it tastes like deep fried chicken skin. ;)
Nestle came out with a limited edition strawberry flavored Kit Kat in Japan. fish fish
[blogspot.com] kindly brought it back for me but I forgot to take it
the first time and only managed to get it when I went out for dinner
with her a couple of days ago. The Japanese Kit Kat box is very well
designed with images of strawberries and a photo of the actual Kit Kat
Strawberry bar printed in front.
Nestle Kit Kat Strawberry Limited Edition is
packaged in the specially designed cardboard box pioneered by Japan
that has evolved into the standard limited edition Kit Kat packaging
now. The distinctive packaging is filled with kanji and hiragana
characters and has a side perforation which opens up to reveal the
individually wrapped twin bars that has become the benchmark for
limited edition Kit Kats around the world.
The Japanese Nestle Kit Kat Strawberry Limited Edition cardboard box
contains 2 x 2 wafer bars in a nicely designed wrapper which features a
pink color scheme and strawberry outlines in bright aluminum foil
interspaced throughout the wrapper. The back of the individually
wrapped twin bars is inscribed with “Have a break, have a KitKit” and
it’s really nicely designed compared to Malaysian efforts.
Nestle Kit Kat Strawberry Limited Edition (Japan) opens up to reveal
the familiar Kit Kat layout with a distinctive strawberry scent wafting
out as soon as the foil is perforated. It’s amazing…they got the
strawberry fragrance spot on, and I immediately felt like eating it!
The bars are nicely pressed too, with speckles of bright red containing
bits of strawberry pieces in a pink strawberry flavored coating.
Nestle Japan Kit Kat Strawberry Limited Edition
tastes great! The taste test does not disappoint – it seems that the
wafers in the Japanese edition of Kit Kat is much better than the ones
we get over here…it has an almost melt-in-the-mouth texture and the
middle of the wafers is coated with strawberry paste too, making this
one extremely strawberry-licious Kit Kat! :)
Nestle Kit Kat Cappuccino Flavour Limited Edition X1
is the first one in the new line of Malaysian Kit Kat limited edition
series. I have only seen the other one (Nestle Kit Kat Lemon Cheesecake
Flavor Limited Edition 02) on the shelves and it seems that Nestle Kit
Kat Cappuccino Flavor Limited Edition X1 is a Jusco (the hypermarket)
exclusive.
I was walking around in Jusco when I saw this rack
of Nestle Kit Kat Cappuccino Flavor Limited Edition X1 on a promotional
stand. The normal box (2 x 2 finger wafer) retails for RM 2.29 and the
new larger format box goes for RM 4.29. This batch of Malaysian Limited
Edition KitKat runs seems to have only two flavors in the lineup.
The packaging looks impeccable – the new line of limited edition Kit
Kat cardboard boxes are done well, much like its Japanese counterpart.
It is indeed a leap from the simple design of the first Malaysian foray
into the limited edition Kit Kat market. The normal 2 x 17 g box and
the larger 4 x 17g box have similar side perforations to open up the
box.
Nestle Kit Kat Cappuccino Flavor Limited Edition X1 has a more
elaborate design compared to the minimalist Nestle Kit Kat Lemon
Cheesecake Flavor Limited Edition 02 – there are intricate swirls and
symmetrical patterns adorning the cardboard box with a cup of frothy
cappuccino in the form of a raised imprint as the centerpiece.
Nestle Kit Kat Cappuccino Flavor comes in individually wrapped 2 x 2
wafer packs with KitKat logo and the words “Cappuccino Flavor” on the
right extreme tapering into a pure brown color palate to the left, much
like the other limited edition KitKat in this series.
Nestle Kit Kat Limited Edition X1 Cappuccino Flavor opens up to
reveal dark brown twin Kit Kat wafers. The chocolate coating is
slightly darker than the standard Kit Kat bars.
The Kit Kat Cappuccino Flavor tastes like coffee flavored Kit Kat bars. The official description is printed as “Wafer fingers in milk chocolate – Cappuccino Flavor“. It tasted alright, but it’s too plain compared to the Cheesecake Flavored Kit Kat.
Nestle Kit Kat Limited Edition X1 Cappuccino Flavor can be found at Jusco hypermarkets on cardboard stands printed with “It’s out there – ENJOY The rarest of breaks“.
Nestle KitKat Lemon Cheesecake Flavour Limited Edition 02
is the latest promotion of the Kit Kat line of chocolate wafers. I have
no idea where Limited Edition 01 is – I only saw Limited Edition 02 in
the Kuching airport before I took a flight to KL. Perhaps the numbering
is just arbitrary. *shrugs*
The Nestle Kit Kat Lemon Cheesecake Flavor Limited Edition 02 comes
in two sizes – the standard 2 x 2 finger format we’re all familiar with
(RM 4.50) and a larger 4 x 2 finger format that I’ve never seen Kit Kat
being packaged in, which was what caught my eye in the first place.
The packaging looks great – the Kit Kat cardboard box is light
yellow and has a lemon slice imprinted on one side of the box and
random see-through holes to allow the individually wrapped yellow wafer
fingers inside to be visible through the plastic window. There is also
a perforation on the right which opens up like a flip-tip cigarette box.
This Nestle Kit Kat Limited Edition is only available in Malaysia.
It marks the first time Malaysia has its own individually wrapped and
boxed Kit Kat Limited Edition runs, which are very popular in Japan.
Nestle Kit Kat Lemon Cheesecake Flavour Limited Edition 02 is
officially dubbed “Wafer fingers in Lemon Cheesecake Flavored Confectionary“.
Nestle Kit Kat Lemon Cheesecake Flavour Limited Edition 02 comes in
individually wrapped 2 x 2 wafer packs with words on one side tapering
into a pure yellow color scheme. The design looks good and it marks a
nice debut for Malaysian Limited Edition Kit Kat confectionary.
Kit Kat Lemon Cheesecake Flavour opens up to reveal a whitish yellow Kit Kat wafer in the dual wafer format. The consistent color scheme is great!
Nestle Kit Kat Lemon Cheesecake Flavor tastes like cheesecake on the
inside with the lemon flavor coming from the coating. It really tastes
like cheesecake! I was amazed at the taste and texture, which resembles
a cheesecake (a good one to boot) so closely. The wonders of modern
artificial food flavoring! ;)
Nestle Kit Kat Lemon Cheesecake Flavor Limited Edition 02 tastes great! Get it while you can…it is limited edition after all.
P/S – I wrote this before I found the Nestle Kit
Kat Limited Edition 01 in KL. The review of the other limited edition
Kit Kat in the series is coming up in the next post.
Prawn and Peanut crackers is a local snack that is a variant of the home made Malay keropok (crackers). It isn’t actually made with prawns (shrimp) but ikan bilis
(a small indigenous fish fry that has been dried and salted). It’s just
what we call these crackers (YMMV). The crackers are about the size of
a 3 inch CD.
The crackers are made by DIY (a small Kuching
cottage industry) and retails for RM 1.30 at most coffee shops. One
packet of the crackers contains about six pieces, which makes the price
per cracker at slightly above 20 cents (MYR). The cracker usually has
one intact fish fry and several peanuts embedded into the cracker
itself.
This is what the crackers look like up close – the ikan bilis
and peanuts is placed on the chilli infused batter base before the deep
frying treatment, producing this effect. It’s a favorite snack in our
office. The crackers taste like spicy keropok before the salty ikan bilis tang starts to shine through as the cracker is munched, with the experience ending on a nice aromatic roasted peanuts note.
It contains very basic ingredients, but it’s executed so well that
the whole is better than the sum of its parts. It’s also home made, so
that means no preservatives. :)
This is a face off between two premium Swiss dark chocolate (Chocolat Swiss Noir) – Swiss Delice Supreme Noir Authentique 78% Cacao vs. LINDT Chocolat Cree a Berne. I wanted it to be a straight Swiss dark chocolate comparison so…
…the Cote d’Or Belgian extra high quality dark chocolate is out of this post’s scope
(and also coz I noticed that the Cote d’Or only contains 56% cocoa
solids – a very low figure compared to the two Swiss brands I’m
evaluating)
The Swiss Delice Supreme Noir Authentique 78% Cacao is an extra dark bittersweet chocolate with a high cocoa solid content – the highest amongst the two, weighing in at 78% cacao.
It retails for RM 9.90 each and comes in a thin cardboard package
containing just 100 grams of chocolate. Weight for weight, it’s more
expensive than the Cote d’Or brand (which I wouldn’t be mentioning
except it was brought up :p) with its 2 x 200 g (400 g) packaging
priced at RM 27.90.
The back of the package lists the contents of the chocolate and also
has text that goes “Swiss Delice invites connoisseurs from all over the
world to take part in a culinary journey throughout Switzerland. The
delightful specialties are carefully created using traditional recipes
and only the finest ingredients. Take a real taste of Switzerland home
with you.”
The packaging of Swiss Delice Supreme Noir Authentique 78%
is impeccable – the slim cardboard packaging has a side that parts to
reveal a thin block of dark chocolate wrapped in foil (which is the
best wrapping for our climate – unlike the paper wrappings in
Australia, our heat does not allow anything except foil for long term
shelf life).
The Swiss Delice Supreme Noir 78% cacao breaks
apart easily at the perforations and produces neat imprinted dark
chocolate in bite sized pieces. It’s about the size of the ubiquitous After 8 thin dark chocolate dinner mints for a better mind size comparison.
I ate (nearly) the entire block of Swiss Delice Supreme Noir Authentique 78%
(which isn’t much considering it’s only 100 g – the size of a large
Mars bar) while waiting for my flight (which was delayed). There was
someone sitting beside me, traveling alone too (Swinburne student -
Hello Alice!), and I offered her a slice, which she accepted. She
pronounced it good, as do I.
Swiss Delice Supreme Noir Authentique 78% Cacao is
smooth high cocoa solid content chocolate – it has a melt in your mouth
quality and its bittersweet nature is great. This is real dark
chocolate – the product does not disappoint.
LINDT Chocolat Cree A Berne is also another Swiss
dark chocolate product which caught my eye due to its retro packaging.
It looks like a product from the 1940′s – the candy wrapping is
minimalist and heavily text oriented. It certainly has novelty value.
I sampled the LINDT Chocolat Cree A Berne the next
day (and an important note here is that I wasn’t fully in withdrawal
hell as I planned to stop my opiate consumption on Friday night and I
was still VERY MUCH under the influence of Oxycontin bliss during the
time of this review) at home.
LINDT Chocolat Cree A Berne also comes in a slim 100 g package. Unfortunately, it weighs in at a (relatively) dismal 49% cocoa solids content. LINDT Chocolat Cree A Berne retails at RM 8.90 (all chocolates is this review is from the Choc Stop franchise at the airport).
The LINDT Chocolat Cree A Berne chocolate bar is also wrapped in foil and comes in smaller perforated chunks. I personally prefer an After 8
sized slice, much like the format of the previously featured Swiss
Delice Supreme Noir Authentique 78% Cacao instead of this smaller chunk.
The chocolate perforates nicely to reveal chocolate chunks with the Lindt
signature on each of the chunks. I’m still harping about the size of
the chunk – IMHO, I feel that premium chocolate should come in the
larger format instead of this Cadbury/Hershey’s (tick according to your
country) style chunk which is associated with mass produced chocolate.
The LINDT Chocolat Cree A Berne breaks nicely and
takes well to biting smaller chunks off it. It tastes great, with a
bittersweet symphony that indulges the senses. However, I still prefer
the Swiss Delice Supreme Noir Authentique 78% Cacao as it has that elusive mouth-feel from the higher cacao content.
Swiss Delice Supreme Noir Authentique 78% Cacao is
the better of the two. It’s definitely a must try, with its high cocoa
solid content – which is what chocolate is all about. :)
Hershey’s Symphony is a milk chocolate candy bar
made by the largest chocolate manufacturer in the United States. I
picked it up at ChocShop at the airport during my flight back earlier
this week.
Hershey’s Symphony retails for RM 14.90 and is made by Hershey Foods
Corporation in the US. The bar looks rather retro with its linear lines
and beige background superimposed with the stylized text “Symphony” in
classic red.
The chocolate bar weighs 1/2 a pound, a fact that is proudly
declared on the lower left side of the wrapping. This contributes much
to the retro look as does the scheme – it’s meant to look like sheet
music (as in music sheets, not shitty music).
The 1/2 pound milk chocolate bar opens up to reveal blocks of
chocolate with the Hershey’s logo on it. I had forgotten about it ever
since I left it on the office table when I came back to Kuching until
just now. I had it for lunch.
Hershey’s Symphony tastes like mid-range milk chocolate – with potential, but never quite achieving greatness. It was a good lunch nonetheless.
These are “Premium Quality” Homemade Disney Cookies
featuring several iconic Disney characters. There is an enterprising
company here that sends out product promotion flyers to companies and
delivers FOC, saving the time of employees who doesn’t have time to
shop. I’m not sure if they have a license to use the Disney characters
though…
The Disney Cookies retails for RM 14.90 each and has three nicely designed tins containing three different cookie types. There is Winnie the Pooh Butter Cookies, Mickey & Minnie Chocolate Chip Cookies and Mickey Chocolate Cookies which comes in 300 gm cans. They offer free delivery to your office, so I got all three for the office to share.
Winnie the Pooh Butter Cookies comes in a green tin
that has an image of Disney’s logo and the Winnie the Pooh character.
There is accompanying text which goes somewhere along the lines of
“Sing Ho! For the life of a bear! Sing Ho! For the life of a Pooh!”
The can contains 4 individually wrapped packets of cookies in
different colored “Disney” text. Winnie the Pooh Butter Cookies comes
in a blue text foil package and contains butter cookies in the shape of
Mickey’s likeness. It tasted alright, but I’m not a big fan of butter
cookies in general, due to over consumption of the Dutch version when I
was young.
Mickey & Minnie Chocolate Chip Cookies comes in
a pink can with the flagship characters of Mickey Mouse and Minnie
Mouse as a couple. The text goes “Isn’t it amazing, how you look at me,
and you say nothing at all. But I can understand every word being
spoken through your eyes.” Hmm…
Mickey & Minnie Chocolate Chip Cookies comes in orange Disney
text foil and contain regular chocolate chip cookies. The chocolate
chip cookies are basically butter cookies with chocolate chips embedded
into the cookies. It’s a little crumbly and it tastes rather like the
lower price range commercial chocolate chip cookies. It didn’t taste
“homemade” to me at all.
Mickey Chocolate Cookies comes in a yellow can that
has the Mickey Mouse character on it and two words I haven’t heard in a
long time – Roller Skate. The text goes “The highest truth comes to
light as I roller skate down the highway and watch pickles fall out of
a refrigerated truck.” I guess no one told Mickey that roller skating
has gone out of vogue but kudos to him for sending a message to the
kids that roller skating down highways is cool. ;)
Mickey Chocolate Cookies comes in the classic brown color
characteristic of chocolate cookies. The cookies are also molded into
the likeness of the Mickey Mouse character. Mickey Chocolate Cookies
tastes the best from the batch of cookies. However, the cookies are not
“premium quality” by any standard and the packaging doesn’t seem to
suggest that it’s home made.
It went down well in the office though….
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