Blog Tag - Taste Test

Give Peas A Chance: A Pea Sized Punch to the Senses
Fried peas are a timeless snack undeniably associated with the East, made with marrowfat peas and flavored with wasabi powder or sometimes plain. In...
Seaweed Showdown: The Good, The Gross, and the Slimy
We all know seaweed tastes great wrapped around a sushi roll, but what about all of those crazy packaged versions you encounter at your neighborhood...
Taste Test: Which Haw to Gnaw?
Hawthorn apples are found in many forms. Sometimes in naturally dried cuts, sometimes jellied, and occasionally covered in crystalline sugar. We...
Taste Test: Muesli
Muesli is the morning fuel for health nuts the world over, and for good reason. Even the processed versions have their benefits. We based our...
Aye Que Salsa: Mexican Sauce Wars
With this weather every day is a potential picnic day, which is why we here at the Beijinger subjected ourselves to the grueling (grueling I tells...
Currying Favor: Comparing Packet Curries
The packet curries of East and Southeast Asia is a Taste Test that has been long discussed, but often dismissed on the grounds that it will be god...
Taste Test: Comparing Unsalted Butters
Used for spreading, cooking and baking, butter is a magical hunk of dairy worthy of examination. For our April issue's Taste Test (read the April...
Jam Session: A Strawberry Jam Taste Test
Jam, preserves, jelly, whatever you want to call it, there are few things more satisfying than a thick spread of the strawberry variety smothered...
Taste Test: Lick, Twist and Dunk
  Oreos abroad are much like Coca-Cola – far better for dismissing America’s infatuation with corn syrup sweetness and continuing the glorious...
Taste Test: Sampling Microwaveable Roast Duck
Holiday season brings no shortage of roasted fowl in the West, and if that’s any indication of celebration then given kaoya, Beijing is partying all...
New Chip on the Block: Which of the Latest Lay's Chip Flavors Is Best?
There must be something about the potato chip that calls out to the flavor chemist like a blank canvas to the artist. A quick jaunt down the chip...
The Drop-Off: Antidotes for Sore Throats
Memories of the warmer months long gone, we’re descending rapidly into the true chill of the season. The return of the common cold is imminent....
Chew On This: How Long-Lasting Is The Flavor?
You’ve just finished a plate of those cold garlicky cucumbers when you spot an attractive romantic specimen just outside the restaurant. Do you...
Cookie Monsters: C Is For Chocolate Chips
Most of us may have outgrown the Santa Bunny Fairy by now, but we’ll never outgrow chocolate chip cookies. Whether sneaking them in bed ’til you’re...
Rockin’ Ramen: When Instant Noodles Tangle
By the time these noodles are deep-fried, preserved and packaged, their connection to dough is tenuous at best. But we couldn’t let this issue go by...