Paid Members Carbomb Posted July 17 Paid Members Share Posted July 17 Bret's again, new flavour. Not bad - very flavoursome, can definitely taste the blue cheese sharpness at the end, though the pancetta is possibly too subtle. Not quite as good as the Tartiflette, or goat's cheese with Espelette chilli flavours, but still good. Bret's don't really do mediocre, it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jesse Posted July 17 Paid Members Share Posted July 17 10 hours ago, Egg Shen said: Anyone got into any of these yet? Â Managed to snag the Cheese Toastie and BBQ Sauce ones today off the back of this. Flavour-wise they're fine, I guess, not bad but not particularly strong either. But it seems like these are using a new chickpea-based recipe for the crisp and it makes them significantly denser and less enjoyable of a bite. Nice to offer some lower-calorie options but if I'm going for a bag of crisps I know what I'm doing for myself and I'd rather it was satisfactory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SuperBacon Posted July 18 Members Share Posted July 18 (edited) 9 hours ago, Jesse said: if I'm going for a bag of crisps Hi mate, I see you've made a typo here and missed off an "s" on bag. Easy mistake to make I'm on a bit of a diet, and haven't really been to anywhere that sells decent or new crisps, so just reliant on the local Spar so still on a massive pack of Roast Beef Monster Munch or Pickled Onion Space Raiders a day. I did have a big bag of Walkers Sensations Mature Cheddar and Chilli Chutney the other day. Can't remember if I've had them before but I thought they were brilliant. 8/10 Edited July 18 by SuperBacon Boldy James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted July 18 Paid Members Share Posted July 18 21 hours ago, davertfnewman said: The BBQ sauce Monster Munch were vile when I tried them. Confirmed, they're fucking horrid. After buying I realised they are chickpea based, maybe that's the issue. Bin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted July 18 Paid Members Share Posted July 18 I always preferred Asda's Beastie Bites to Monster Munch. We've got a huge bag of ketchup flavoured Cheetohs in the car for if we need a snack on the road. They're pretty tasty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedTwoster Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 Torres - Pickle flavour I generally like Torres crisps - and I know they've come up in the thread before (perhaps this very flavour has, I don't know) - but give me pickled onion monster munch over these any day. The pickle taste is very light, and there's a slight hint of dill there too (I hate dill - in the unlikely event I ever become Prime Minister my first act will be to ban the damn thing) - and more than anything else, the taste that comes through is the admittedly pleasant taste of the crisp. 4/10. Fairfield's Farm - Roast Rib of Beef Combine this with he Torres crisp, and you're on to a winner. As it stands, I'm undecided. The flavour is nice - but the crisp is that little bit too thick - closer to what you'd get with Walkers than the lighter, thinner chip you normally get with premium brand crisps. It's decent, but probably not something I'd seek out again. 6/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Dead Mike Posted August 2 Paid Members Share Posted August 2 Not tried them but available from the Co-Op. Imagine they'd be smart with a cheese dip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 Had some of these Lays roasted chicken wing crisps last night, very very moreish and there's a nice Sichuan pepper heat to them which you just don't get with UK crisps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scratch Posted August 18 Paid Members Share Posted August 18 Currently eating these at Gatwick and they’re proper nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SuperBacon Posted August 18 Members Share Posted August 18 Some I've had recently. Spanish Tomato Tango Lays From India I believe. Really nice, good flavour but a right pain in the arse to get open. As you can see in the end I had to cut across the packet. 7/10 Current Hot n Spicy Sticks From the same shop (Nirmala Foods in Winchester) that sell a great range. These are Nepalese I think and they do not mess about. Pure lovely spice and far better than any Cheetos I've had. 9/10 Sour Cream & Herbs Wavy Lays Quality. One of the nicest crisps I've had in a long while, and from the best shop in all of Southampton, which to be honest as a city is incredibly well catered to for anything from Europe and beyond. Excellent coating on these. 9/10 Seabrook Loaded Nacho Chips Chilli Beef Not happy about calling them "chips" from a British company ??? but whatever. Decent, but nothing special. From B&M 6/10 Crunchips X-Cut Chakalaka You all know me. I love my crisps and I'm also quite dramatic, but believe me when I say these are one of the best crisps I've ever had. Like a sweeter, tangier Worcester Sauce flavour and I'm going to have to stock up next time. If you see them, buy them. 10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 I don't know what "Chakalaka Smak Afryki" means but I'm getting weirdly racist vibes, you like racist crisps! I'm gonna look for some this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SuperBacon Posted August 18 Members Share Posted August 18 23 minutes ago, Merzbow said: Chakalaka Smak Afryki Chakalaka is the dish and the rest means "a taste of Africa" I hope! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted August 18 Paid Members Share Posted August 18 47 minutes ago, Merzbow said: I don't know what "Chakalaka Smak Afryki" means but I'm getting weirdly racist vibes, you like racist crisps! I'm gonna look for some this week. We've actually had this discussion early in the thread. Think air_raid had them - seems it is a real flavour, so it's not racist.  In the meantime, had these:  The Crab one was interesting - not bad, and it did taste like crab, but as I suspected, it was a little light in flavour, which is only to be expected with something like crab. Basically not a bad try, but it's the crisp flavour that nobody really asked for or needs. The Spicy Chicken one was lovely - sort of a cross between Roast Chicken flavour and Peri-Peri flavour. Very moreish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Healys Chutney Spoon Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 On 7/25/2024 at 3:55 PM, RedTwoster said:  Fairfield's Farm - Roast Rib of Beef Combine this with he Torres crisp, and you're on to a winner. As it stands, I'm undecided. The flavour is nice - but the crisp is that little bit too thick - closer to what you'd get with Walkers than the lighter, thinner chip you normally get with premium brand crisps. It's decent, but probably not something I'd seek out again. 6/10. Now you see I can't disagree more. Fairfields crisps are absolutely delicious and the fact they are a proper family run farm and firm makes it just that little bit better. For context the daughter of the family who does their marketing stuff donated a box of crisps for the Air Cadet raffle (did I ever mention that on here?) And a few weeks afterwards me and the family went to the Suffolk Show and they had a stall there. I happened to mention to the lady there that I felt obligated to buy something from them as they'd helped us out. She asked who I was from and I mentioned the cadets and she was like 'oh wow, I was the one that processed that and chatted online with you about it. Great to put a face to a name'. Much better when you meet the people behind these smaller firms and realise they work their butt's off to earn a crust rather than just operate machines in a big factory and couldn't care less what comes out the other end.  Should add their prawn cocktail flavoured ones are amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scratch Posted August 19 Paid Members Share Posted August 19 We’ve now landed in the world of proper crisps. Not to be confused with the poor imitation you get in B&M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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