vegan taiwan snacks party 20210515

vegan taiwan snacks party 

@20210515 

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got some vegan taiwan snacks 

all are some puffy or crunchy bites 

vegan 馬仔 n puff pastry are expired this month

while others are of latter best before 

... 

of all 

vegan 馬仔 is my favourite 

n juz love that soft sticky texture 

second the puff pastry 

n which is flaky gd

however

vegan 蜜麻花 too rock hard 

the handmade twist juz nothing special 

first starts with vegan 馬仔

once opened 

its juz smells sweet n gd 

n juz same as the 馬仔 in childhood memories 

btw 

its soft n fragile 

n prone to hurting the shape 

bite into 

juz as gd as traditional 馬仔

n as gd as last experience of it

soft n sticky flour puffs 

sweetness juz perfect 

w/ juz gd amount of maltose coating on 

... 

hey~ 

why dun hong kong producers do vegan version

lucky got this taiwan producer who cares for our tastebuds n animals.. lol.. 

then hv the vegan cranberry raisin puff pastry

opened up 

got 8 individual packs on a plastic tray

n that's neat n tidy, keeping the pastries intact

the first piece 

golden puff as others puff pastry sticks 

wif sugar glaze on top 

smelling sweet n buttery 

bit into 

puffs are flaky crumbly 

wif raisins sandwiched in the middle 

sweetness juz gd enough 

feel like only the top layer got sugar sweetened 

this one place on spoon 

as to see the whole pastry stick 

same golden on top layer wif sugar glazed 

bite up the top layer

cranberry n raisin sandwiched between 

n this one got generous amounts of berries

then the bottom layer 

it's more plain as w/o sugar glaze 

a piece that's very burnt 

juz darker brown caramel on top layer 

next hv the vegan 蜜麻花 honey twist cracker 

opened up 

looks shiny sticky w/ honey n maltose coating 

n sprinkle with sesame seeds 

bite into 

quite hard 

though still sticky of the coating 

juz that the cracker is dense hard 

n the sugary coating texture like hard candy

also 

the sesame flavour is obvious 

n they are scattered around n hard to skip 

sweetness is ok to me 

can see the sticky stringy maltose thread pulling 

n that's sth I like 

but the rock hard texture is no easy to munch on

finally 

only hv one piece

after that 

hv the handmade twist cracker 手工麻花

pick out one intact piece 

its same as the designed pic

looks n smells of oily fried dough 

juz the smell of cny fried food 

bite into 

its crunchy, texture like thicker hard crackers 

(yet less hard than 蜜麻花)

sweetness is ok 

some got white sugar powder glaze 

juz taste of sweet biscuit sticks 

yet 

a bit oily 

juz obviously some deep fried biscuits 

one of them 

in a cute curly shape 

likely the twist loosen when fried?

...

overall 

these twist crackers resemble sweet biscuit sticks or finger biscuits 

same got a plain sweetness n ok light crunch

but juz wif a thicker rod 

n in a twisted shape 

plus.. juz more oily than finger biscuits 

still 

they are easy to munch on 

tried n no finish all 

quite full n too late 

done abt 350g of everything