Have not done a general food review post for a little while. The ones written recently, have all had a seasonal theme to them. This post is largely inspired due spotting drink Um Bongo in my local Tesco. This juice drink was a real favourite of mine when I was growing up. Similarly, last week I found a packet of crisps which I also remember fondly from my childhood. Didn't think they were made anymore and they were quite as yummy as I remembered them to be! Have been in a real savoury mood recently and this post certainly reflects this. With the arrival of the warmer weather (at long last!), have found that I have been eating a-lot more fresh fruit, salad and cold meals in the evening. One of my favourite things at the moment is baked sweet potatoes in their skin, nicer, healthier and more flavoursome than your standard baked pot! As they were on last weeks super six, I had a generous bag full of the things for a fantastic 69p. So versatile, they are excellent in a veggie curry and yummy in a soup- particularly combined with roast parsnips.
UM BONGO
Not a new drink but one that I haven't seen or drank for many years. It is also the first time that I have seen it come in a large carton (1 litre) as opposed to a single serve one. On the shelf alongside, there was a new type which is orange in flavour and aptly called- Orang-Utan. This keeps up the jungle feel of course! As a child the bright and colourful packaging appealed and I seem to remember it having a very cool advert and catchy theme tune. The flavour of the standard version and one I bought is tropical. It blends nine different fruits to give it, its unique taste. It is a lovely light and refreshing drink. Especially nice chilled with ice. It isn't like other tropical juice drinks, which oddly perhaps sometimes have a tomatoey flavour to them (to me). I thought that it may be too sweet as the food and drinks often are that we enjoyed as children. However, this wasn't the case at all. A refreshing drink and real blast from the past!
