Monday, 9 February 2026

#BlogLife1015 - Thinking, munching, reviewing

I just tried one of the truffles I bought Mama, it's like a blend of different chocolates into one with a slight bitter aftertaste.

I like it and then I don't. I wouldn't buy it again. Cocoa Loco it was, no wonder she was indifferent towards it.

It's like M&M's meets Terry's and Toblerone, not sweet enough for me. It sounds nice but for the price, I'd rather get a cheaper brand that's tastier.

Next Nik Naks crisps tangy and cheesy, I don't remember ever seeing this one, lemon and scampi, rib n saucy are my favourites.

No I don't like this, too cheesy, it's like Quavers but worse. I'm not a fan, it's crunchy but I'll stick to the other flavours.

Oh by the way, the kebab wrap thing well, the bread was soft and fresh, as was the salad, the chicken just tasted of nothingness lol but good for £3, very filling.

The pakoras were not fresh and slightly tart, must be too much mustard maybe? 

It needs a dip, other than that it's nice, I'll pick up hummus or the onion and garlic one, those would pair well.

I still have the Divine chocolate to try and Montezuma and something else.

But I'm done for today. I'm off to watch Bridgerton and complete the Chatty Chicks..

I think I realised what my issue with the Christmas story is, there's a bit I wrote that sounds like something I've read before and that bothers me.

I want to be original, so I'm going to find a way to rewrite it and make it my own.

The theme is good, I just need to tweak it and after I do that, hopefully it will flow better.

It's not anywhere near done, still at the beginning, but maybe this is the key to working on it and being creative.

I just tried the Montezuma almond dark chocolate bar, yuckityy.

That is the worst one to date, very bitter, not sweet at all and a nasty aftertaste, that's going in the bin..

At least I know now, not to buy these in the future. Oof I didn't like the Divine dark nutty one either, really tart.

But to be transparent I think they both had been spoiled and past the expiry date but I also suspect they weren't sweet enough to begin with.

Maybe I'll stick to milk chocolate for a bit, at least it's less strong and bitter.

Something else I'm craving and it's not available in wholemeal brown version..

Is part baked crusty rolls and small baguettes.

On second thoughts, the rest of the pakoras were ok, they didn't have the extra tangy horrible taste so that's weird.

I just tried peanut pretzels, crunchy, not over salted but I'm not keen on them.

I'll look up the make tomorrow. In the past I've tried Flipz chocolate pretzels and the sweet and salt blended well.

I think I tried cinnamon and that wasn't great. Now this one, I thought it was like scattered shaved peanuts or a filling that was sweet..

Nope it's a random taste of nuts that doesn't belong, there's no seamless flow of sensations it's just an afterthought..

It's not good. Oh gosh, so relieved. I thought the neighbours were misbehaving again and dumped something outside my door.

There was this odour and I didn't want to check but it's gone now and as I took out the bins, there wasn't anything.

Maybe they cleaned it up? I actually wondered if I had a gas leak..

That was stressing me out so much. Then I realised I don't need to freeze the turkey rashers so they stick together..

I can store it in the fridge for a week, so I don't need to cook them all at once, I can just add one or two at a time when I make sandwiches.

And I tweaked the Christmas story, now I'm wondering if I should change the direction, hmm..