Asian Haul - Asian Food Market : Cherry Hill, NJ
Along with Ikea, I also went to the Asian Food Market again. Look forward to tons of foodie posts from that! For now, here is a group shot.
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Shigekix Super Gummies in Grape. - House of Fun, NJ
This is the other flavor I picked up at the toy shop. I really liked the cola ones, so I am hoping these will be just as good.
The packaging is the same as the cola, it is color coordinated to match the flavor inside the bag and the face has a sour puckered mouth.
When I open up the bag, it smells…delicious! I was surprised by how rich the scent actually was. There are some richer notes to it, like a really good grape juice.
Like the cola gummy, the first thing I could taste was the sour powder, but it quickly turns into a sour grape. It did not take long for the candy’s real flavor to shine through. The chew is really stiff, like the cola ones, but the fruity flavor is amazing. Like a mix between grape jam and a sparkling grape juice.
These are fantastic!
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Kasugai Gummi Sampler (Muscat and Pineapple) - Chinatown, PA
To see what the other gummies tasted like, check out my reviews apple, grape and orange.
Time for the last two flavors-pineapple and muscat.
Lets start with muscat, muscat is a variation of grape and very popular in Japanese sweets. Will it be the same as the grape I had before? Why offer grape AND muscat in a sampler? Isn’t that a bit redundant?
The spring-green gummies smell like sparkling white grape juice. The smell is very strong, and it seems like it would be carbonated.
The coating on the muscat flavor seems to be more waxy than the others. A bit of the wax got stuck on my front teeth as I took a bite. (I did not enjoy that at all.) The chew is soft and bouncy, just like the apple, and the taste is crisp and refreshing.
It has a very light flavor, more white grape juice than grape jelly. I think this flavor is light and different enough to warrant it’s own bag in this sampler.
Moving on…pineapple!
I love pineapple everything. So I was very happy to see pineapple gummies. When I opened the bag, the smell wasn’t as strong as any of the other flavors.
The candy is almost crystalized on the outside, and they feel stiffer than any of the other flavors.
As I tasted the gummie…I was shocked. I feel like I am really eating pineapple. Dried sweetened pineapple! These are amazing. The flavors are so realistic that I almost forget I am eating a candy at all.
Out of all five of the flavors I have tried, I think pineapple and grape are the best of the bunch. I would definitely buy a full bag of those flavors. The worst? I’d have to say orange. The flavor and taste was concentrated and almost pulpy. I was not a fan.
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Kasugai Gummi Sampler (Orange and Grape) - Chinatown, PA
To see what the apple gummies tasted like, check out my review.
Time for more gummi goodness.
This time it’s orange and grape.
I love oranges, and orange juice, but most orange flavored things can taste a bit vitamin-y. Orange candies remind me of baby aspirin, so I had a few reservations about this candy.
This gummi’s package claims that it should taste just like orange juice, will it? When I opened the package the smell screamed ‘baby aspirin!’
These gummis have the same texture as the apple ones, but the chew is a little stiffer. The overall flavor is, in fact, orange juice. More like juice from concentrate than fresh squeezed, but there is no doubt that this is supposed to be orange juice.
Now it’s time to try the grape.
Only recently have I started liking grape flavored candies, so I was excited to try this flavor. They smell like artificial grape. (Very much like grape Bublicious gum.) The chew is much softer than either the apple or the orange gummi. These grape ones also melt in your mouth more easily than the others.
How do they taste? Is it grape? To me, they taste exactly like grape jelly. It is almost like I am eating a spoonful of jam. I love it!
Out of the three flavors, grape is my favorite. Orange is alright, but it isn’t crisp or refreshing. I am not a fan of this flavor. The grape? Spectacular! I will definitely buy the larger bag of these next time I see them.
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Kasugai Gummi Sampler (Apple) - Chinatown, PA
I love Kasugai gummies! I have had the honeydew and strawberry flavors before and both were delicious. I have always wanted to try other flavors, but I didn’t want to commit to buying a full-size bag of them. This sampler is the perfect solution to that!
The sampler comes in a long strip with 5 different flavored gummies. In the selection we have: apple, muscat, orange, grape and pineapple. I think this is a nice collection of flavors and gives the buyer a decent amount of variety.
To kick things off, I’ll start with apple.
The packet has a nice little portion of candies inside, about 10, and they smell like a fruity white wine. The smell was a bit shocking, since the two flavors I have tried before this had smelled strongly of honey. The apple gummies have a bit of texture, they seem to be very lightly sugared which gives it the texture of a citrus-peel.
Time to taste! They have a soft and bouncy chew. The packaging says “Kasugai’s Gummy has the taste of apple juice,” but you get the strong taste of apple cider. It is a darker, sweeter, apple taste than apple juice. Afterwards, it has a dry almost wine-like finish.
I think these are yummy and different, but I am not a big fan of apple flavored things. I wouldn’t be buying the larger bag of this flavor, but I was happy to give it a try.
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