Bestore Kelp, Spicy Flavour

My mom is quite elderly now and says she can't handle many types of foods. She likes soft things like rice porridge (congee) every day, so I got her a little something to jazz things up. As she adds some chili to everything for spicy heat and occasionally likes dried seaweed, this spicy Bestore Kelp product seemed to be a promising combo.

First of all, as you can see from our slides, the product doesn't look like the picture on the packaging.

It's also quite over-packaged with sub-packages inside, but I suppose that helps with keeping the product from being overexposed to dehydration or needing to be refrigerated if you don't finish it all.

The taste is rather mild and the spiciness barely there.

The texture is slightly crunchy like al dente pasta but more firm. And this despite being rather thin -- certainly not as thick-looking as the magnified picture on the package. For me strangely the word that initially came to mind was "meaty".

Overall it's okay as a novelty but probably more of an acquired taste to really like it.

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