vegan foods n snacks

  jp low carb bcut  tried @20231210 & @20231211 3 flavours of low carb bcut  from a Japanese brand called Silvia  #1 soy milk flavour #2 black tea flavour  #3 cocoa flavour ==================== @20231210 the soy milk flavour  the aroma once opened is already familiar  n yet juz can't tell what it is after biting down  the taste feeling even more familiar  at first.. the taste makes me think of Chinese almond cookies 杏仁餅 n then.. think of the Philippine milk cookies (that milky n powdery cookie)  the texture.. n also the size it resembles the jp egg cookies 雞蛋煎餅 that is good light crispy crunchy  ... the black tea flavour  the tea aroma is very welcoming  the taste same brings back my memory  n yet juz can't describe it the texture  its same nice n crispy like the soymilk flavour the tea leaves are visible but give no effect on the texture  ... some good points first the biscuits are all baked to be juz r...

  jp sweet potato snacks 2023 tried @20231126 & 20231127 7 products tried #1 japapo hoshi imo (dried sptt)  #2 japapo beni kirishima glacé 紅霧島 芋菓子 #3 japapo beni sakurajima glacé 紅櫻島 芋菓子 #4 japapo yaki-imo chips 紅霧島芋 (deep fried sptt chips, yellow) #5 japapo yaki-imo chips 富士紫芋 (deep fried sptt chips, purple) #6 jonetz deep fried sptt chips (round) #7 越後製菓 funwari meijin baked sweet potato flavour (fluffy mochi rice puffs) ==================== @20231126 #1 & #2 dried sptt juz very much like those Chinese version 蕃薯乾 n yet more moist.. n sticky chewy  though some large pieces might still be a bit dry beni kirishima glacé  tender bite... texture like 糖冬瓜 however quite sweet.. is a bit too sweet compared to the dried sptt ==================== @20231127 #2 & #3 (glacé)  beni kirishima 紅霧島芋 is bit sweeter than beni sakura  maybe stick shape got larger surface area n thus coated wif more sugar? both got texture like 糖冬瓜 n yet a bit less sickly sweet...

  rice milk, comparison  @20211202~1205 *gluten free gf  *comparison cp *vs/ battle/ taste test organic rice milk taste test  got 4 brands n 5 products to try some are plain wif no fortified ingredients  some are wif added fortified calcium  ...  brands to be tried  #1 joya  #2 casino  #3 macro #4 the bridge  ============================== @20211202 (midnight) cp #1 tried 2 products wif no calcium added n is only composed of water, rice, sunflower oil n salt  ... results...  joya  - latter best before (06 06 22) - rice content 13.5%, lower concentration  - ingredients same - one twist open, easy n convenient  - liquid looks not so opaque, less solid white.. got some white chunks floating  - texture quite dilute.. watery but juz not so rich creamy  - taste no so sweet.. juz very mild sweet -less chalky.. only after half a carton.. n then starts feeling a bit chalky  casino - earlier best before...

  thai rice flat noo battle 2021 August  @20210801~0802 *comparison  *taste test *vs (2 trivia + 18 pics + 13 pics =33 pics) =============================== first of all  some trivia of rice noodles products ...  trivia #1 rice noo not chosen  this summer got a thai festival at aeon encounter a number of thai rice noo mostly some vermicelli some pad thai yet only a few are flat wide rice noo plus.. not all are pure rice flour made n juz dun want products w/ other starch in it one example rat na  a product of thai rice noodles  which doesn't state the composition of rice noo ...  trivia #2 wellcome brand impurities  the wellcome brand rice noodles  when picking one of these at grocer found some of them got impurities inside  (left bag, grey cluster, at centre) (right bag, white cotton-like, at bottom corner)  n which looks like a ball of dust or some mold n also can find pieces of thinner noo  whatever the odd substanc...