15 Dec 2014

国産原料にこだわったポテトチップス - Fukagawa Yushi Kabushikigaisha

From the far east, another way of labeling products reaches Crisps&Critics. At the bag front we don't find any brand name, any striking logo nor a motto easily fittable in a typical jingle add. Just a rising sun behind a rice field and a bear presenting this text:  "Potato chips with selected products of national origin". 

The potatoes come from Hokkaido (north of Japan) and are of the Danshaku type. Prepared with care during hours, the chips are cut in wavy slices and go through a very well thought production process so that the taste and texture are optimized. Rice bran oil baking provides the chips with a mild and pleasant flavor. Rice bran oil is extracted from the hard outer brown layer of rice after chaff (rice husk). The baked flavor is well accompanied by a precisely measured quantity of sea salt from the Saroma lake, a sea water lagoon fed from the Ohotsuku sea, between Hokkaido and Sakhalin.

Altogether, it does not surprise Crisps&Critics that these chips are very tasty. At first sight simple food, one feels that it has been carefully prepared with natural products cultivated over the years and specifically chosen and combined to match and please every subtle palate.
Features:

The biggest potato crisps is
5.9 cm long
and has a thickness of
N/A *
Crunchiness:
83 dB
Other features:
Wavy cut, rice oil.
Origin:

Country, region
Japan, Hokkaido
We got them from
a YoursLIVI supermarket in Hiroshima, Japan.
Price / gram
151 ¥ / 60 g
On-line:
* Due to the wavy cut, with very small and close ondulations, the thickness has not been measured.
Inside a bag of Kumachan potato chips

4 Dec 2014

La Sabrosita - Aperitivos La Sabrosita C. B.

After a couple of deceptive reviews, the Crisps&Critics tasters team needed something to boost their motivation and keep on bringing more and better reviews. "La Sabrosita" chips, Spanish diminutive for "The Savoury", made our day.

From a small municipality near Badajoz we discover a huge know-how on the art of cooking snacks: "La Sabrosita" chips are well fried in sunflower oil, with some chips experiencing impossible bent-overs. The potato flavour is good as well as the salt level. The taste of these big and thick potatoes is nearly as good as hand-cooked chips. 

 "La Sabrosita" chips are sold in a slightly outmoded but funny design packaging: Four yellow potato chips wave their hands on the bag while holding a banner: "you'll succumb to the temptation"... and we did succumb.
Features:

The biggest potato crisps is
9.4 cm long
and has a thickness of
1.75 mm
Crunchiness:
92 dB
Other features:
Very big chips, intense yellow colour.
Origin:

Country, region
Spain, Extremadura
We got them from
a couple from Madrid, visiting Cabeza del Buey wanted to share with Crisps&Critics their love for these chips.
Price / gram
1.30 € / 250 g
On-line:
Inside a bag of "La Sabrosita"