Trying out the latest products hitting Israeli shelves isn't easy. Yet, we do it for you. Seriously, it's tougher than it seems, with no gym membership or compensation for the rapidly developing FOMO.
With that, our "New on the Shelf" section ventures forth again, determined, exploring tastes loyal to its consumers' curiosity. This time - Holland, Japan, Germany, and lots of Israel. Yes, we're quite eclectic. Bon Appétit!
Madame Peres' Series, Soglowek
These dishes, in quantities sufficient (at least) for two, come chilled and require a short heating in the microwave (until it whistles) and some additional base of your choice. White rice accompanies the spicy beef meatballs, quick pasta covers the well-seasoned bolognese, and noodles mix with the spicy curry, all delicious. Price: NIS 34.90.
Chai Almond Snowflake, Nestlé Ice Cream & Wisotzky
Maitake Mushrooms, Tekoa Farms
Maitake, the "dancing mushroom" in Japanese (because whoever found it tended to dance happily, so it seems), is known for its health benefits and deep flavor. It requires minimal handling, only a cut of its base roots, and from there it's you and your kitchen skills - a quick sauté in butter or olive oil, a dip in soup, a great sauce for pasta that doesn't require much more than itself, and even a good stir-fry, perhaps with some dances. In the mouth, of course. Price: NIS 13.9-19.9 for a 150-gram package.
Johnny Doodle Chocolate, Tasa
The Dutch brand was born in 2015 and has gained fans and obsessions in almost a decade, with justified popularity and even more justified expectations for the next step. It offers, among other things, white chocolate bars with pieces of cream brulee, milk chocolate with fondue flavor topped with marshmallows and hazelnuts, white chocolate with chia seeds and pistachio spread with chia seeds and caramelized pistachios, as well as milk chocolate with fudge and salted and caramelized pecans, and milk chocolate with roasted pecans in butter and maple sugar (our favorite in the last tasting).
These bars, based on excellent chocolate on their own, shake with additives and combinations, offering a pronounced crunch, chaotic texture games but working and a lot of excitement. Yes, it's also there. Price: NIS 29.90-37.90 for a 150-gram package.
Salted Caramel Cookies, HIT
This is a hit in salted caramel flavor, joining cocoa and mini cocoa flavors, vanilla and coconut, and providing in return a delightful mix of outer crispness and inner creaminess, balanced and good sweetness.
Banana Drink Pack, Yotvata Dairy
The bag, returning to fridges after a successful debut last year, includes six individual pouches (225 ml), allowing family calm, individual sharing, and immediate indulgence.