Okay so I admit yesterdays review may have
been a bit lazy. For starters I didn't pay for it, then factor in the fact that
it concerned yet another ginger biscuit. If I'm not careful you guys and girls
might stop reading. Hell if I keep boring myself I might stop writing. What a travesty
for the world that would be right?
Anyway I thought I'd push the boat out
a bit and get out there. The boat n question landed somewhere on the oriental
shoreline it would seem judging by today's products. Added to this and to
really spice things up one of today's items is a savoury snacking item. Wasabi
peas to be precise (now go back re-read the spice it up comment and chuckle at
my genius.) The other item is a bag of coated Edema beans another snacking bag
but these are chocolate and yogurt coated and provide the usual sweetness to
my post.
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| They don't look like much but really pack a punch! |
So lets start with the savoury and talk about
your P's and Q's. For those out of the know wasabi is a Japanese mustard like
sauce, very hot and very spicy. Peas are small round vegetation that some
people say is better for you than sugar! I love hot products so was rather
excited hen I saw these for sale in my local cafe. Opening the bag I was struck
by a very pungent mustard aroma, a sure fire sign for a heatwave ahead.
I popped one on my tongue and allowed the
dusting to do its work. Wow are these spicy! With a definite taste of English
mustard not too much to be overpowering and cause the familiar problem of mustard
blowout leading to pain in the nasal cavities. The pea underneath is nicely roasted
its got a great crunch to it and enough flavour on its own to curb boredom. I
risked eating three at once and immediately regretted it. Too hot even for me
and the result was a rather painful sneezing fit.
To recover and recuperate we shall move on
to the sweet. These are roasted Edama beans coated in yogurt, milk chocolate
and dark chocolate. This on the base of it seems like a very odd concept. Whenever
I've seen Edama beans before they are at most in a salad coated in a soy
sauce. They are very nice but not really for the realms of dessertery.
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| All bases covered here |
First up the yoghurt coating, I let it melt
on my tongue as per usual. It tastes subtly sweet with a nice plain milky flavour.
Not to bad, may have worked better had it been coated in white chocolate. The
bean underneath does add to the combination well, it's surprising how nice the
combination is. There is a nice crunch and roasted flavour to these very
similar to the peas.
Next I try the milk chocolate coated beans,
I think these are going to be my favourite of the three. Allowing it to melt I
get a pleasant sweet milk chocolate taste that is cheap but quite nice
regardless. Not quite advent calender chocolate so no sickly sweetener
aftertaste. The bean underneath again gives a nice savoury kick to the occasion that
blends well. Lastly the dark chocolate, perhaps we should have the
"dark" in quotes as it tastes more sweet than bitter. Clearly not a
high cocoa content dark chocolate, rather just a slightly bitter plain
chocolate.
Overall these are all nice in their own
rights. Definitely the change from biscuits that I was aiming for too.
Score
Wasabi Peas - 8 out of 11
Edama Beans - 7 out of 11
Found
The Wasabi peas in my local cafe and chocolate Edame from Yo! Sushi
Final Thought
Today has been very different, two whole types of vegetation in one review!
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