Taste Test – Thai Kitchen Fried Rice

We gave this fried rice instant dish from Thai Kitchen a try during a quick hurried dinner one night. The instant rice is ready after a short microwaving and can be used as a ready made side dish. The shelf stable product although fully hydrated would be useful on a short canoe trip if the added weight is not an issue. It could be heated by immersing in a pot of boiling water.

An OK side dish if you are in a hurry but any homemade fried rice you would make would be much better. 5 out of 10.

Taste Test – Cratejoy Treats International (Thailand)

The Treats International subscription box this month is from Thailand. Thailand seems to be the go to country for all of this type of snack subscription box and this is the first repeat box from Treats International. I have canceled the subscription because of the repeat. The snacks from Thailand must be easy to source but are not our favorites as our scores suggest.

Alex 6.0 out of 10

Joe 6.0 out of 10

Soccer Jelly by Dragonfly

Alex 6 Joe 5

Strawberry Pocky by Glica

Alex-7 Joe-6

Roasted Seaweed by TripleM

a very repeated item in these boxes

Alex-5 Joe 6

Sweet Basil by Lays

Alex 6 Joe 7

Mini Pineapple Biscuit by Dorkbua

Alex 6 Joe 5

Squid Seafood Snack by Bento (another repeat item)

Alex 5 Joe 6

Solar Dried Banana by Jiraporn

Alex 6 Joe 6

Crispy Crepes by ChunGuang

Alex 6 Joe 6

Coffee Candy by Kopiko (I have gotten these candies in so many subscription boxes)

Alex 6 Joe 6

Chocolate Wafer by Sanghai

Alex 7 Joe 7

Taste Test – Erbie’s Mixed Bugs

We all have food prejudices and I must admit one of mine is insects. I think what I am most nervous about is the soft squishy aspect of some edible insects. We purchased this package of mixed bugs from a vendor called Erbie’s a product of Thailand. This package had grasshoppers, crickets and a couple of different worms. They were fried and salty.

The texture was not off-putting at all just a crunchy, salty bite. The flavor was unremarkable and did not seem fresh, rather bland.

5 out of 10