Pico Imli Chutney in a bottle Review: Worth a squeeze? December 1, 2016 Much like our hankering for that one true soulmate, we all have an ideal version of the perfect imli chutney that we spend our whole lives searching for. Its roots, if traced, will probably lead us back to a fa... Read More...
Amul topples Britannia and Farmella, Emerges as Kids’ Favourite Cheese Slice! January 28, 2014 With 13 years of consuming cheese in all its forms behind them, our six adolescent boys were the perfect blind taste testers for our cheese slice face-off. The winner that emerged may have been expect... Read More...
Back To Nature’s Sea Salt Roasted California Almonds: Very Fresh But Where’s the Salt? January 20, 2014 My earliest memory of almonds involves being hounded by my mom who tricked me into believing that eating soaked, shelled almonds will bestow me with a super brain, an amazing memory and increased conc... Read More...
De Nigris’ Aceto Di Vino Bianco: This White Wine Vinegar is Moderately Tangy, not Typically Sharp December 7, 2013 Years ago, I stocked only one kind of vinegar – the cheap variety that’s better suited for cleaning than cooking! Besides, I hardly ever cooked with vinegar. But when I got into sophisticated cooking, creatin... Read More...
Drink Review: Masses Rejoice! Parle’s Cafe Cuba Unites Coffee with Cola August 13, 2013 We were at our local Udupi restaurant when we overheard a bunch of teens who'd just walked in ask for a round of 'cold coffee'. Soon, four glasses of a light-coloured cola arrived at the table. Three of the bo... Read More...
Paper Boat: The Clever Branding Made Me Drink it But it’s Actually Pretty Good August 9, 2013 Paper Boat's Aamras and Jaljeera drinks are hard to miss in the Tetra Pak jungle of juices and other fruit-based beverages at your local grocery mart. Designed to appeal to your most buried hipster tendencies... Read More...
‘Yoghurt Weds Juice’ Is Not A Happy Union In Real Activ Drinking Yoghurt – Mango July 25, 2013 The mango fiends that we are at Real Reviews, mango withdrawal in the rains led us in search of alternatives at the supermarket. Our mental taste buds conjured up mango lassi when we saw Real Activ... Read More...
What Is The Difference Between Vanilla Extract And Vanilla Essence? November 26, 2012 http://youtu.be/48eO13GgZyU If you’re into baking cakes and other desserts, you must often have wondered about the difference between vanilla extract and vanilla essence. Different recipes call for either, b... Read More...
Ready-to-eat Bhel Puri: How Does Local Chheda Stack Up Against Haldiram’s? October 19, 2012 After our Mother Dairy Mishti Doi review, we’ve been keeping an eye out for other regional specialities that have now become available nationally (and sometimes even globally) in packaged form. Now... Read More...
McVitie’s HobNobs And Fruit Bakes: Premium Cookies, Premium Taste October 12, 2012 After our disappointing experience with homegrown biscuit brands – see here and here – we decided to try out McVitie’s which, because of the price factor, definitely falls under the premium category o... Read More...
