Yamayoshi Potato Chips Chili (Chilibee)

Tall Elegant taste taster bought this packet of crisps from the local Japanese shop too. Boy was she out of control! Buying two packets of crisps at once.... Mind you, it's been a very stressful time at work just lately. I felt so stressed I bought cake and you know that's not a good sign.

These chilli crisps are a beautiful rich golden colour tinged with chilli red, nice crunch and you get about two seconds to enjoy a very pleasant flavour before a wacking great thump of chilli heat kicks in. You know I am a bit of a wuss when it comes to chilli. I thought they were really hot. Dutch taste taster told me she liked these crisps a lot. And she ate quite a few to prove it.

Not for the faint hearted but a good choice for chilli fans I think.

Yamayoshi Potato Chips Wasabi (Wasabee)

Tall Elegant taste tester fancied sushi so she too made her way to the local Japanese shop. Actually, I think she was seduced by the idea of wasabi Kit Kats which apparently are big in Japan. Imagine, she had no idea that while in the UK we have about... two (if you're lucky) Kit Kat flavours, in Japan they have loads of fascinating options.

Anyway, no luck on the Kit Kat front, so she bought lunch (mostly salmon I believe) and some crisps. Wasabi crisps. Extremely wasabi crisps.

Now I don't like wasabi. Before I ever tried it I had a feeling it would not be for me. Someone said not to worry because it's like a combination of horseradish and mustard. Is it though? Well unfortunately for me I don't like horseradish and I'm not very keen on mustard either. So I'm not a wasabi fan.

But everyone else in the office seems mad for wasabi. And these crisps were very popular with the reluctant taste testers. Even though we only started this packet after lunch it was all eaten up in no time.

I gather that these crisps have a very fresh, very genuine wasabi taste and are to be recommended.