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A slightly strange crispy wafer white chocolate snack bar. It’s not intense, and it doesn’t really taste of much. Wouldn’t have known it had coconut in it if I hadn’t checked the label. But it was cheap.
[star rating=”2/5″]
Allegedly a crossover between a Jaffa Cake and a donut… there’s almost no chocolate (a problem Jaffa Cakes now also suffer from), and minimal orange filling (and that’s another problem Jaffa Cakes now suffer from).
Not quite flavourless, not quite tasteless, not quite not there, completely avoidable.
[star rating=”1″]
Cashews with “ponzu inspired glaze” and sesame seeds and lemongrass and pineapple.
In reality: cashews with a glaze and some sweet bits and some pepper and bulked out with peanuts.
Very expensive for what you get.
[star rating=”1.5/5″]
It’s like eating fibreglass. Avoid.
So Apple announced a service bundle yesterday, packaging up services in an effort to upsell you on their expensive services. As someone who already uses an Apple family music plan and iCloud, none of these are interesting or at all price competitive.
Would I like to pay an extra £9 a month for Apple Arcade and Apple tv+ and News +? No. Would I take them for free at the prices I’m currently paying? No.
As usual though we got the breathless uncritical coverage from the UK media…
It takes skill to mess up a Toblerone clone but M&S have done it. Tasteless white chocolate combined with super (overly) chewy nougat.
Avoid.
[star rating=”1″]
Best small seat bag I’ve tried. Robust, well made, easy to attach and easy to get into.
If you want to use tubeless tyres (i.e. not have to use inner tubes) you usually have to add some form of liquid sealant to stop small leaks etc. Here’s my experience with Peaty’s Tubeless Sealant.
Am slightly ambivalent about Peaty’s Tubeless, to be honest. It’s relatively easy to use, but I am not that convinced it is effective.
While it has usually sealy sealed small holes/leaks for me, it has usually been quite slow to do so – i.e. it’s taken days – so am not sure how reliable it will be on the trail.
When I had a slash/cut on a sidewall, it was ineffective.
[star rating=”2/5″]
I really wanted to like the Santa Cruz Chameleon… but I didn’t.
It’s light, really stiff, and climbs really well (on tarmac or manicured trail/path). Going downhill was a different story – it was super skittish and the rear end *never* stayed down – felt like I was riding a pogo stick.
A special edition bar, but there’s nothing special about it. Has a strange taste that’s not obviously orange, strange mouth-feel as well, a bit greasy. Orange after-taste (eventually).
[star rating=”1.5/5″]
This wasn’t the worst thing I’ve ever eaten, but it’s probably in the top ten. Awful flavour combination, terrible texture combination. Avoid.
[star rating=”0.5/5″]
I love speculoos. And there are some great chocolate bars with speculoos. This is not one of them.
Imagine a milk chocolate bar full of flavoured grit, and you’ve got this bar.
Imagine a giant chocolate turtle and you’ve got Hammond’s Pecan & Caramel Piggy Back. They are huge – half an inch thick, solid, and a real handful. Great taste, great balance of caramel and nuts, great to chew on.
Incredibly hard to find, but worth looking for.
[star rating=”4/5″]
Cheap and crumbly. Not particularly smooth, not particularly flavourful – best avoided.
Waitrose describe it as ‘Perfect for baking or enjoying on its own’ – so it’s repackaged baking chocolate.
[star rating=”1/5″]
Perfectly competent and fairly reasonably priced. Hazelnuts aren’t broken up which is a big bonus. Very little after-taste.
How’s that for a somewhat underwhelming review?
[star rating=”3/5″]