zhang.dianli, 23 days ago to random It's time for some oddball snack foods again. One thing I'm always impressed by here is the quality of the packaging. Even the western brands have had to adapt to local styles to sell. #chips #crisps #WeirdSnacks #LovelyPackaging This is one of my favourite package illustrations for a western brand. It has a classic painting look that suits my vibe, and the flavour is indicated both in text ("lion's head meatballs stewed in brown sauce") and by the picture in the round window at the top right. Unfortunately the flavour doesn't live up to the image. It tastes almost, but not quite, completely unlike the namesake. Not bad, but not honest. 4/10 This is a package of "guoba" (which in traditional form is the scrapings from the side of the pan when boiling rice over a fire, but in modern form comes in bewildering varieties of grains and forms). This particular one is a lovely package inspired by Kunqu (the oldest extant form of Chinese opera) and is "Sichuan peppercorn flavour". I really love the package. And while I generally prefer the traditional forms of guoba, this one was tasty, albeit with perhaps a bit more oil than I like. (One of the reasons I like traditional guoba is that it's not often very oily.) This is a solid 8/10 for me. The back of the guoba package reveals that it's made with rice, vegetable oil soybeans, corn starch, Sichuan peppercorns, salt, and MSG.
It's time for some oddball snack foods again. One thing I'm always impressed by here is the quality of the packaging. Even the western brands have had to adapt to local styles to sell.
#chips #crisps #WeirdSnacks #LovelyPackaging
This is one of my favourite package illustrations for a western brand. It has a classic painting look that suits my vibe, and the flavour is indicated both in text ("lion's head meatballs stewed in brown sauce") and by the picture in the round window at the top right. Unfortunately the flavour doesn't live up to the image. It tastes almost, but not quite, completely unlike the namesake. Not bad, but not honest. 4/10 This is a package of "guoba" (which in traditional form is the scrapings from the side of the pan when boiling rice over a fire, but in modern form comes in bewildering varieties of grains and forms). This particular one is a lovely package inspired by Kunqu (the oldest extant form of Chinese opera) and is "Sichuan peppercorn flavour". I really love the package. And while I generally prefer the traditional forms of guoba, this one was tasty, albeit with perhaps a bit more oil than I like. (One of the reasons I like traditional guoba is that it's not often very oily.) This is a solid 8/10 for me. The back of the guoba package reveals that it's made with rice, vegetable oil soybeans, corn starch, Sichuan peppercorns, salt, and MSG.