Lamontagne Milk Chocolate Pistachios

These are delicious!!! If you love pistachios and chocolate, you are going to absolutely enjoy this combo. They are sweet and salty from the pink himalayan salt. Has whole pistachios in it wrapped in just the right amount of milk chocolate. Each piece is about the size of a glosette so for me, every bite has about 5-6 pieces in them! :) 

Highly recommend you pick these up the next time you are at Costco!

I found a sea salt version as well

https://amzn.to/2KlhhEA

The pink himalayan salt are exclusive to Costco

https://bit.ly/3gFq8NA

 

Revlon 165 Romantique Nail Polish Review!

It’s been awhile since I’ve done a nail polish review, heck it’s been awhile since I’ve even had the chance to paint my nails! Two kids sure keep me busy. 

I’ve been really loving Revlon’s Romantique! Love the nude, brown, pinky shade. I can see this looking great on many skin tones. I also love that with just one coat it completely covers my nails, time saver! Goes on smooth with a great glossy shine. 

This will definitely be my new Fall go to nail polish! If your usually into pink nail polish, give this one a try. You won’t be disappointed!

Hope you all are staying safe & healthy. 

Love, Linda

 

NEW Melona Purple Yam

Whaaatt?!.... Melona now has purple yam flavour?! Definitely had to try it!

If you are not familiar with Melona, it is a frozen dessert bar from Korea. Melona is known for their flavourful creamy delicious popsicles. 

So did this taste like purple yam? Kind of! The most distinct taste I can pick out is pandan with a hint of purple yam. Definitely tastes coconutty. Love it! Flavourful & super creamy. 

 

My favourite Melona flavour has to be this new purple yam one & strawberry has to be a close second!

Have you tried this? Thoughts?

 

Taste Test Ice Cream Bars (A-Chino Salted Egg Yolk & Boba, Lipton Milk Tea Ice Bar & Parm Matcha Ice Bar)

 

From my previous post, you guys know how much I loved A-chino's ice cream bars so I thought this one would be just as delicious. Boy was I wrong. This A-chino salted egg yolk boba ice cream bar had such a weird cheese-y almost plastic-y taste to it. You can slightly taste the salted egg but it was not a pleasant taste. I say save your taste buds & skip this one at the grocery store!

Next up we have the Lipton Tea Ice Bar. This one was pretty decent. I wouldn't buy it again but it was nice to try. They are pretty small in size so if your looking for just a snack size treat these are great! They taste like sweet milk tea that you would get from Asia convenient stores. The boba in these bars were a mix between actual pearls & grass jelly texture. The actual texture of the milk tea ice was very light and airy. Nothing too special!

Cute bar code!

Last but not least are these Parm Matcha Ice Bar. You guys know I am a matcha lover so I needed to try these. This was super yummy! They had a matcha chocolate coating on the outside & soft creamy matcha ice cream on the inside. They were decadent & had the perfect amount of matcha flavour to it. Not too bitter & not too light, just perfect!

Will be purchasing more of these in the near future!

I hope this taste test post was helpful! Let me know if you plan on trying these out for yourselves as well or if you did already, thoughts??

A-Chino Ice Cream Bars (Brown Sugar Boba, Oolong Tea Boba & Brown Sugar Pudding)

 

I purchased these A-chino ice cream bars at Price Smart Foods in Richmond, BC. The Brown sugar boba was $7.99, the Oolong tea boba & Brown sugar pudding were $5.99 each. Each flavour had 4 ice cream bars per box & were all deluxe in size!

Brown sugar boba ice cream bars have been so popular so when I saw this at the supermarket, I had to pick it up. A-chino's version of these ice cream bar is beyond delicious. They are so milky & creamy with just the right amount of brown sugar taste to it (not too strong and not too subtle, just perfect). I actually prefer this one over the xiao mei/shao mei ones. The A-chino one is much more creamy, well balanced and it just melts in your mouth!

There are boba (bubbles/pearls) in the bars as well. They are big, stretchy, super chewy & soft. Sooo good!

Highly recommend these brown sugar boba ice cream bars. Open up the package, take a moment to smell the brown sugar goodness and take a bite or two or three.. or eat it all. You won't regret it!

Oolong tea boba ice cream bar. When I looked at the ingredients & saw Tieguanyin and Japanese roasted tea, I was sold!

These are definitely deluxe full size ice cream bars! So big! The top part of this bar is A-Chino's signature creamy, milky ice cream. The bottom part is where all the milky tea flavour is, yum! Look at all those tea leaves. This was also delicious. It had a nice creamy texture with a strong tea flavour. When I was eating this, it reminded me of Shiny Tea's popular white pearl tea bubble tea drink.

There were boba throughout the ice cream bar but these were smaller than the brown sugar ones. They were also not as soft but did have a nice chew/crunch to them. Think boba meets coconut jelly texture.

I really enjoyed the Oolong tea boba ice cream bars. On days where I'm craving some tea flavoured ice cream, I'll definitely be eating these!

This had a icy brown sugar shell with again, the most milky, creamy, strong pudding flavoured ice cream on the inside. I love the different texture the shell gave the bar. With that being said, there wasn't much brown sugar flavour. Probably because it was an "icy" coating so it tasted like a very faint/watery brown sugar ice pop. 

Side note: with pudding ice cream bars, I'm use to the sugar being at the top of the bar so having the sugar coated like this was definitely something quite unique. My husband said it was too thick but I actually liked the thickness of it.

I was surprised when I bit more into the ice cream bar that it had little pudding jelly bits in it. These had a nice jelly texture to it & completed the whole ice cream bar in my opinion. 

Now, here comes the weird part. My husband had his own ice cream bar and that one had pudding jelly bits in it and mine had none! I guess it was his lucky day. Than it became my lucky day because being a sweetie that he is, we traded.

If you tried the pudding version, let me know if this happened to you as well.

I enjoyed this pudding ice cream bar. Great pudding flavour, creamy & I love the texture of the icy brown sugar coating and jelly pudding bits. 

Overall, I thought all of these ice cream bars were delicious. If I had to choose in order of which I liked best, it would have to be... brown sugar, oolong and than pudding. All were not too sweet which I appreciate and they were all huge! You will definitely be satisfied with one bar.

I've never tried anything from the A-Chino brand but after trying these, I am a BIG FAN! 

Have you tried these? If yes, what are your thoughts??