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米芭滋 沙不列夹心饼干 Mibazi Strawberry Black Tea Flavour Sablé Sandwich Cookies – Grocery Review

I picked up a packet of these Mibazi Strawberry Black Tea Flavour Sablé Sandwich Cookies from our local Asian grocery store, I think for around $4. The photo, with its microscope level detail of the fruity looking filling, was promising a lot, so I entered into this agreement with perhaps over heightened expectations.

The sable sandwich cookie component was quite good. The biscuits were rich and buttery. The filling however was quite different to what was pictured. Instead of having fruit throughout the core, the majority of the filling was this sweet, caramelly, brown mixture, with a hard consistency, similar to a hard toffee. Whilst perhaps I could imagine a scent of tea, I couldn’t say that it definitely wasn’t due to being incepted by the word tea in the name of the product, and without prompting I probably wouldn’t have picked it.

I don’t think I’d get it again, but at least now I know the word sablé

米芭滋 沙不列夹心饼干 Mibazi Strawberry Black Tea Flavour Sablé Sandwich Cookies
6978362741876

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Chinese Snacks

天天好日子 香辣小海虾 Tiantianhaorizi Spicy Shrimp – Grocery Review

Around 4 years ago, I had a delicious fried prawn head snack from the Korean grocer in Strathfield Plaza. It was crispy, crunchy and umami. Not getting the name nor the photo of this snack was one of the regrets of my life, and though I suspect it was from Jung Sae Woo, I have never again seen it for sale.

Today I came across what appeared to be a similar snack at a local Chinese grocer. This packet of deep fried spicy shrimp was only around $2, and so relatively low risk to try. Unfortunately they ended up being not very similar to what I remember of the Korean shrimp. These Chinese spicy shrimp were not just the head but the full animal.

They had a sticky exterior coating which meant that they were a bit softer rather than truly crispy. The stickiness of the coating made the snack seem sweet even though the flavour of it wasn’t particularly sweet – more of a spicy with a little bit of numbing and a bitter aftertaste

I didn’t really enjoy these as much as I had hoped, although my orange cat did enjoy one (and he will probably therefore die).

I wouldn’t get these again.

天天好日子 香辣小海虾 Tiantianhaorizi Spicy Shrimp
6938395622054

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Groceries Korean Snacks

Sanlip Custard Soboro Bread 카스타드 소보루 – Grocery Review

One of the important functions of this site is for me to remember what I don’t want to eat again, and this Samlip custard cream soboro bread bun was particularly bad and uninspiring.

It featured a semi-pineapple bun like exterior, however was damp and soft and not at all crispy or craggly.

The bread had a slightly bitter flavour and the custard filling was in reality much less substantial than what was pictured on the packaging.

I truly could not recommend this. Ever. Please avoid it.

Sanlip Custard Soboro Bread 카스타드 소보루
UPC 8801068405460

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Drinks Groceries

Gaza Cola Sugar Free and Salaam Cola No Sugar – Grocery Review

I saw Gaza Cola being sold at Cairo Takeaway recently, and rather than spend $5 on a single can, decided to maybe buy a case.

I ended up buying a slab of Gaza Cola sugar free and compared it to the memories of some Salaam Cola No Sugar that I had lying around as well as your average can of Diet Coke.

A direct head-to-head comparison was not performed, as the Salaam Cola, which I had first been introduced to by a member of the trade union movement, had somehow deflated in my pantry, and I was not comfortable drinking it.

In comparison to the Salaam Cola, the Gaza Cola was a bit lighter almost as if echoing the comparison between Diet Coke and Coke No Sugar. The bubbles seemed to be a little bit larger on the tongue and the taste was similarly less sharp almost in keeping with the different colours here.

Whilst I might enjoy a Salaam Cola No Sugar on occasion (honestly quite good with a squeeze of lime), I still think that Diet Coke is the most superior non-sugared diet cola for a sugarfree cokehead.

The Gaza Cola Sugar Free was really not that good, and now I have like 20 more of them to go and nowhere to really put them. (I no longer work in Western Sydney).

Maybe I should have just spent the $5 on a single Gaza Cola rather than $39.60 on a 24 pack case if I didn’t know if I’d like them.

Oh well, the more you know.

Gaza Cola Sugar Free
8437021593297

Salaam Cola No Sugar
5070003068135


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Chinese Groceries

Ruyee Chive and Egg Dumplings, (如意 韭菜盒子) – Grocery Review

I had the PLEASURE of eating these chive and egg “dumplings” from Ruyee a few minutes ago. They were new to my local Asian grocery store, and what a delight they were.

Though labelled dumplings, I would not really characterise them as such as they were each quite large (shown in a 10-inch carbon steel pan above). The Chinese label, 韭菜盒子, is much more accurate, indicating that they’re more of an egg and chive pocket. The cooking instructions suggested heating them in a small amount of oil for a total of six minutes, however due to the three dimensional shape of the pockest I found it neccessary to hold the straight sided edge against the pan to ensure that that portion of the pocket was not left raw.

The taste of these, however, was really good. There was a strong chive taste, with an excellent filling to dough ratio – honestly even better than ones I’ve paid for at literal restaurants and food stalls.

At a pack of 5 for $6-7, I have no notes – hopefully I will be able to find more yummy frozen snacks from this company in the future.

Ruyee Chive and Egg Dumplings 如意 韭菜盒子
UPC 936999818197