Emporium of Tyrrell's Tortillas Sour Cream with Poppy Seeds

This is the second fancy Emporium of Tyrrell's crisp I found in Hampstead just before Christmas. And it is pretty fancy.

A lovely crunch, handsome hexagonal shape (although as always with shaped crisps there are more breakages than I would like), lots of sharp sour creamy flavour dust with the added yumminess of poppy seeds. This is a very good crisp. It doesn't seem as sweet as so many crispy snacks, and not so salty either.

Tall taste tester gave it 8/10 after his first bite.

Well, we liked these a lot. And then someone suggested they might be even tastier with a dip. As it happened Dutch taste tester was on her way out to buy food for an evening meeting so we tasked her with buying some dip. Sour cream and chive from M&S. Yum!

Very nice. Extremely nice. I liked the combination a lot. Giraffe Fan taste tester was very taken with it too. I think all the reluctant taste testers approved this tortilla crisp and this combination of tortilla and dip. A very good crisp with a very good dip: quadruple the deliciousness.

What could be better than that? Plus the packaging is rather fabulous.

Emporium of Tyrrell's Tortillas Chilli with Chopped Jalapeno

Just before Christmas I was walking through Hampstead and stopped at a swanky food shop to pick up a panettone. I asked if they sold crisps, and yes they did: this very smart packet of tortillas from the Emporium of Tyrrell's. Splendidly New says the packet.

Wonderfully punchy six-sided chilli corn tortillas crafted with delightfully piquant, properly chopped jalapeño. An altogether edgier nibble. Says the packet.

What a delicious tortilla this is. Fabulously hexagonal, good crunch, a great colour enlivened by the little bits of chilli, and what a taste. The reluctant taste testers and I ate the whole of this 150g packet. And were pleasantly surprised at how many of the hexagons kept their shape.

Really nice chilli taste but not too bonkersly hot. Which is a great combination. I always think it's a bit of a waste if a crispy snack is so hot you can't actually taste it. Yum. I've just licked my finger and poked around the bottom of the packet to get out the remains of the flavour dust. Yum!

And another great packet from the Tyrrell's design department.