President's Choice Sushi Bites come in 416 gram boxes of 12. Each box has two separate plastic bags of six pieces of sushi, each about the size of a ping pong ball; and a pouch of "wasabi" dipping sauce. There is a "panko-style" breading around the sushi, meaning it will have a crunchy exterior -- probably to deflect attention from the fact that once it comes out of the oven, you will be having hot sushi.
The product is basically as picture-perfect as on the packaging (!). That means there really is a chunk of shrimp or scallop in the middle. However, strangely enough, despite the fact that I could isolate a chunk of filling (about 1/3rd of a shrimp in volume), even when I dug it out and ate that filling on its own, I didn't get any clear shrimp or scallop flavour. The perils of freezing shellfish, I guess. Also, no seaweed flavour.
The "wasabi" sauce does have a light wasabi flavour -- nothing that will clear your sinus painfully, like a chunk of real wasabi -- but mostly it tasted like... lime? There's no lime in it, but there is white vinegar, which would probably account for the sharpness. This is a pleasantly coloured and harmless party tray sauce.
Overall, it's a great visual-presentation product for a house party, and tastes tamely enough plus it comes with a not-fried crunchy-fun exterior. The sushi on its own, minus the wasabi sauce, is pretty tasteless. Like eating rice.
Also, for what is more like a two-bite item, I don't like the seaweed, which can result in some chewiness between bites and possibly a mess, what with the panko crust crumbling and possibly some rice spilling out. And it's quite a mouthful to do in one bite.
The product is basically as picture-perfect as on the packaging (!). That means there really is a chunk of shrimp or scallop in the middle. However, strangely enough, despite the fact that I could isolate a chunk of filling (about 1/3rd of a shrimp in volume), even when I dug it out and ate that filling on its own, I didn't get any clear shrimp or scallop flavour. The perils of freezing shellfish, I guess. Also, no seaweed flavour.
The "wasabi" sauce does have a light wasabi flavour -- nothing that will clear your sinus painfully, like a chunk of real wasabi -- but mostly it tasted like... lime? There's no lime in it, but there is white vinegar, which would probably account for the sharpness. This is a pleasantly coloured and harmless party tray sauce.
Overall, it's a great visual-presentation product for a house party, and tastes tamely enough plus it comes with a not-fried crunchy-fun exterior. The sushi on its own, minus the wasabi sauce, is pretty tasteless. Like eating rice.
Also, for what is more like a two-bite item, I don't like the seaweed, which can result in some chewiness between bites and possibly a mess, what with the panko crust crumbling and possibly some rice spilling out. And it's quite a mouthful to do in one bite.
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