Food/drink/snacks on Amazon - What have you found?

[Mont Blanc]

I have found Amazon to be an interesting place to source unusual/random/imported booze, snacks, coffee, soft drinks, bulk boxes of genuine Japanese instant noodles, imported chocolates/sweets…. You name it.

I’m interested to read what you have bought from there

[beambeam1]

Occasionally bought a crate but more often I would buy the powdered sachets, it’s great stuff especially when ice cold. There’s an asian supermarket near my work that stocks it so haven’t had to buy any this year.

[vaud]

I think that is the Japanese one that is touted on Chris Broads "Abroad in Japan" podcast (worth a listen)

What does it taste of?

[n_const]

beambeam1 said:

Occasionally bought a crate but more often I would buy the powdered sachets, it s great stuff especially when ice cold. There s an asian supermarket near my work that stocks it so haven t had to buy any this year.

Buy this from our local Asian supermarket, love the stuff.

Have you tried this ? Very similar "sometimes" cheaper.

[Dave Hedgehog]

i find a lot of stuff on amazon S&S is hard to beat on price

i buy a lot of these yubi bars 100cals a bar, high protein and fibre, low processed sugar and often £9 a box on deal and S&S

https://www.amazon.co.uk/yubi/s?k=yubi

[NSNO]

beambeam1 said:

Occasionally bought a crate but more often I would buy the powdered sachets, it s great stuff especially when ice cold. There s an asian supermarket near my work that stocks it so haven t had to buy any this year.

I was in Japan last summer and it was incredibly hot and humid so was drinking a lot of this. Very refreshing and thirst quenching.

[ozzuk]

I buy vodka from there, I don't drink like I used to so tend to stick with the good stuff, Belvedere, it's often 29quid delivered for 70cl. Though I do get annoyed when it shows I buy every month .

They do 1kg boxes of fizzy type sweets that often gets bought. Or the really large dairy milk bars, good stocking filler.

But basically anything now, its rare I need to go to other sites for anything (like ebay) as often on amazon, cheaper. Saying that, clothes are often highly variable in quality so tend to avoid that.

[seefarr]

Mmmm, love me some Pocari Sweat when we're in Japan. It makes you wonder - what sort of animal is a Pocari?

Yuzu Kosho is yuzu (Japanese citrus) with salted chilli / pepper in paste format. Use it as marinade on fish, on sushi instead of wasabi or I most use it as a schmear on toasted cheese sandwiches - so good!

https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChsSEwjE6...


Turkish pepper paste is like paprika paste. I first tried it in a Turkish chicken marinade but we've since been using it in sauces / stews / base for quick pitta pizza things:

https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChsSEwjm2...

Marinade from this guy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HppJ7TInPec&t=...


2 minute noodles are for plebs. Us powerfully built company directors go for the fancy Indonesian 3 minute noddles with 3 separate flavour sachets. Cut up some spring onions, radish and some Japanese pickles and it's almost like a real meal:

https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChsSEwih7...

[Mobile Chicane]

I found these on Amazon. Absolutely delicious - never seen them in shops.

'Energy drinks' are either too sweet for me or taste chemical and disgusting:

[twing]

It offered me the chance for same day delivery a while ago but I had to spend an extra £5.50. Junior is obsessed with Lucozade and it's a fortune in Co-OP, 12 cans for £5.50 and bought them from Amazon ever since.

[alangla]

If you live in Scotland or Wales the beer prices are often cheaper than Minimum Unit Pricing…

[geeks]

seefarr said:

2 minute noodles are for plebs. Us powerfully built company directors go for the fancy Indonesian 3 minute noddles with 3 separate flavour sachets. Cut up some spring onions, radish and some Japanese pickles and it's almost like a real meal:

https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChsSEwih7...

Those of us in the noodles thread would like a word

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[Glassman]

[dapprman]

Glassman said:

Last year I actually got three boxes of these and three of the peach version to review under the Amazon Vine program. Still got just over half left. Rather sweet but not too bad with an added slug of lemon juice.

[Glassman]

dapprman said:

Glassman said:

Last year I actually got three boxes of these and three of the peach version to review under the Amazon Vine program. Still got just over half left. Rather sweet but not too bad with an added slug of lemon juice.

I quite like the Lipton ice tea mango flavour but unless you can get to Sainsbury's, the only other place to get it is on Amazon. But when that was NLA, I tried a few alternatives and found this which does the trick (with brandy/cognac).

[Mobile Chicane]

These are delicious. I find the standard ones too sweet but these are great.

Try blitzed up in a blender with a splash of vodka

[Ham_and_Jam]

Mobile Chicane said:

These are delicious. I find the standard ones too sweet but these are great.

Try blitzed up in a blender with a splash of vodka

Everything tastes better with a splash of vodka

[QuartzDad]

Had these in a pub once, now have them on s&s

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B3F67Z77

[dickymint]

geeks said:

seefarr said:

2 minute noodles are for plebs. Us powerfully built company directors go for the fancy Indonesian 3 minute noddles with 3 separate flavour sachets. Cut up some spring onions, radish and some Japanese pickles and it's almost like a real meal:

https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChsSEwih7...

Those of us in the noodles thread would like a word

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Noted and put on the list

[Mont Blanc]

Saw this mega snack box the other day for £19.95 but it appears to be out of stock now!