Source: Penguin Eating and Drinking Guide
In recent years, Sam's popularity has indeed become higher and higher, just like a self-media traffic password. It's not difficult to understand - I know the pain points of the local people, there are more and more exclusive products, and I can also frequently release popular models, so it doesn't make sense if it's not popular.
It's good to buy, but Sam's total SKU is around 4,000, and it's still a bit dazzling for ordinary people to visit; In addition, the unit price is not low due to the large amount of product, and the cost of stepping on thunder is still very high.
This time, I pulled in my food and fresh selection colleagues, and spent thousands of dollars to pick up Sam's new products for you, and I will be honest about whether it is good or bad.
Red Red Red List
01 Homemade baking The ingredients are honest and cost-effective
In addition to the regular explosive Switzerland rolls, mochi bread, strawberry cake and so on, let's take a look at what new delicious things have been added to the baking area.
· Cheese Denmark pastry
If you buy it and eat it cold, it is just plain soft bun with a faint cheese flavor.
But! If you use an oven or air fryer to reheat, you will find that after heating, it is almost the same as before - from appearance, texture, to taste.
The puff pastry on the surface becomes layered and golden and attractive; You can eat the obvious wheat aroma of the pie crust, butter milk and cheese, and the sourness is more obvious.
Can be called a qualified Denmark pastry!
The sandwich is slightly sweet and not greasy, the size is appropriate, and it is just right to eat one with milk for breakfast.
The fly in the ointment is that the amount of Parmesan cheese is a little less, and it lacks the aging aroma of cottage cheese, but it is 6 yuan a piece, which is very good!
· MM osmanthus wine brewed Daifuku
Osmanthus wine brewed Daifuku should be the new Internet celebrity dessert recently.
Contrasting tastes, Sam's is still the most recommended.
The skin is very comfortable: it is cold, not hard or thick, soft but not sticky to the teeth, the entrance slowly melts, and the swallow is smooth.
Although the osmanthus on the surface is not evenly sprinkled, the osmanthus nectar is added to the filling, which is more sweet and refreshing than the dried osmanthus flower.
The mascarpone cheese is fragrant, and although it has an unstable presence with the sake, it is thick and light, but it is very refreshing overall.
*Sam's Osmanthus Sake Daifuku is frozen when it is received, and it is normal to eat it after it has warmed up at room temperature. There are ice crystals in the state of hard bangbang, but there are also friends who like to gnaw ice cream without thawing, which is not impossible.
· taro Basque
For this Basque, Sam's comment section has mixed reviews. Some people say that it is full of taro flavor, and there is also taro head ecstasy.
We think it's still delicious overall, it's the taste of Wuyang brand taro ice cream + taro milk, and there is indeed a real Lipu taro paste added in it, and the taro paste has a strong taste.
Although some taro flavor may have been added, the amount and formula are not uncomfortable.
The impression of both the first and second sipes is good. The taste is thick, the thin and crisp almonds increase the pleasure of chewing, and the mascarpone cream imported from New Zealand is smooth and fragrant.
The sweetness is just right for tea and coffee. However, if you eat too much, you will feel a little tired. If the volume can be reduced by half and the price is lower, the cake should have a lot fewer negative reviews.
· French lightning puffs
This is a lightning puff that exceeds our expectations: it is much better than the 20+ yuan a lightning puff in the dessert shop, which is much smaller in size!
This Symphonie Pasquier is a long-established France brand that opened its first dessert shop in France in 1936, specializing in classic French pastries such as lightning puffs and macarons.
The puff itself has a mediocre texture, and surprisingly, the puff has a thick layer of chocolate sauce on the surface, and the inside is filled with chocolate sauce, but it doesn't taste sweet at all: it has a mellow black flavor and a bit of high-end bitterness!
Sure enough, when you look at the ingredient list, you don't use cocoa butter substitutes, but the rich flavor of the chocolate itself, chocolate lovers will love it.
*Official serving guidelines are required to thaw for 6 hours, but you can also:
- Eat it frozen, it feels like eating chocolate ice cream cones, it's also good, there are no calories when you eat it frozen~
- Air fryer 180°C, 3 minutes, the chocolate inside melts, the shell becomes crispy, the sweetness rises, with iced coffee, iced milk is a must.
02 Semi-finished products of ready-to-eat pre-made dishes that lazy people must stock
Compared to baking and frozen meat, semi-finished pre-made dishes are actually not Sam's strong point, and the frequency of updates is not so fast.
But this year, Sam's product manager should have been no less involved, and there are many Western-style semi-finished products and local products co-branded limited, and many of them are eye-catching.
· MM Deep Sea Cod Sandwich
Deep Sea Cod Sandwich, the real cod chunks are visible to the naked eye, and they are very cost-effective just by looking at the volume! It tastes very good when you eat it, and you will definitely repurchase it on the shelf.
This sandwich can be opened in two ways, bringing two textures, fluffy and crispy, both of which are delicious~
Microwave for a minute, the bread becomes super fluffy and soft, and the cod meat is delicate; When the air fryer heats up, the bread becomes crispy and crumb, and the cod shell hardens, as if it has just been fried.
The fly in the ointment is that the sauce is a little less, and it will be a little dry after eating the whole whole, so if you want to be more satisfied, you can add some mayonnaise or basil sauce by yourself.
*I saw that some people on the Internet think that this cod is fishy, and I personally think that this is the taste of instant fried cod. If you can accept McDonald's Deep Sea Cod Burger, then we don't think this is a big problem~
· MM French ham
The French ham that we have been repurchasing since it was put on the shelves, the amount and price are really touching, and it is a big bargain to pick up!
Sam's ham slices, and Brillin ham, which has long occupied the C position in high-end imported supermarkets, come from the same factory, and also use France antibiotic-free pigs.
It does not contain starch, has a lot of meat, and has a moderate saltiness, so it will not be salty when eaten empty.
Breakfast with bagel croissants, or chopped and placed in an o'm egg, there is still room for seasoning, which is a very convenient and delicious daily consumable.
· Aidells Apple Chicken Sausage
In all fairness, this is not as satisfying as MM Taiwan sausage, after all, chicken sausage can't burst like pork sausage.
But it is better than the simple ingredient list (no starch added, real chicken ≥ 85%), seasoning is passable, and the calories are excellent.
A low-calorie sausage of only 150kcal, seasoned and salty, slightly sweet, can provide the pleasure of eating meat, and is a good thing to satisfy cravings during the fat loss period!
Although there are real apple grains added, there is no sweet apple taste. It is salty to eat, so it is recommended to serve it with bread or rice.
* According to the instructions, the air fryer is 200 degrees for 10 minutes, there is a little burnt, you can turn it more, or only bake it for 7-8min.
· MM kale mixed salad dish
At the price of 20 yuan, it is really not easy to eat so many salad dishes with dark cruciferous leaves. (It's like Costco's salad dishes that are not discouraged from the shelves)
And the cut is also very small, easy to eat, and the proportion of cabbage is small (the main component of cabbage is water, and less bangzi also means more nutritious leaves).
The box is big enough to mix and eat directly, add some chicken breasts by yourself, and the bowl does not need to be washed.
· Rayleigh to mix seeds
This pack of mixed seeds, with many types and convenient bowls, is recommended for everyone who loves nuts!
It contains pumpkin kernels, watermelon kernels, perilla kernels, chia seeds, black sesame seeds, golden flax seeds and sunflower seed kernels, which are rich in nutrients and must be used by those who eat a healthy diet.
Some seeds are not suitable for raw consumption and need to be roasted in the oven or air fryer at 120°C for 25 minutes, or dry sautéed for 5 minutes after they are bought home.
The ripe seeds are so fragrant that they can be used in many scenarios: to make oat bread, overnight oatmeal cups, to sprinkle a handful into salads, and even to soy milk. (Both humans and birds can eat it)
· Kabayaki eel
Although almost every supermarket is selling pre-made eels, Sam's advantage is obvious.
- Twice as large as a regular instant eel, grilled live eel.
-The fat is evenly distributed, fat but not greasy. Some of the roasted eels are too lean, and the dry firewood does not taste good, and some of the fat accumulates in one place and is too fatty.
- The sauce is sweet and balanced, but does not mask its own flavor.
-The spines are soft, unlike many instant eels, the bones are very hard, and you can eat them with your eyes closed and not afraid of being pricked.
One person can eat it into 4 servings, and it can be heated in an air fryer or oven without thawing, and it is very convenient to serve with rice or vegetables, and it is a good thing that will always be repurchased.
· Maryland-style crab patty
Personally, I like this crab cake, which is a familiar flavor for Ruko Miku.
After freezing, there is no need to thaw, just put it in the oven and bake it, and after 15 minutes, it will become golden and crispy.
The real crab meat is added >60%, the meat is thick and you can see the large pieces of crab meat drawing, and there is a refreshing feeling of eating crab meat in a big gulp (you need to put oil in the pan heating, and the heat is not easy to grasp and it is easy to spread, so it is recommended that you use an air fryer or oven).
If you don't dip it, the taste is relatively light, and you can enjoy the fragrance of parsley and crab meat, but the umami is not particularly sufficient.
The taste is very similar to the crab cake in the United States restaurant, and even the little fishy smell is familiar (friends who can't accept the fishy smell at all, don't try it).
· Beautiful garlic white meat
The new garlic white meat is really unexpectedly delicious, and it is the kind of product that can be eaten without any effort to cook.
There are three portions in a box (150g white meat + 90g garlic paste + 60g oil and spicy seeds per portion), which can be eaten directly after being disassembled and assembled, and a plate of small cold dishes is only less than 20 yuan, which is cost-effective.
The white meat cut by the machine is very thin, fat and lean 55 open is not greasy, and it will not feel pork irritation if it is not dipped in condiments.
Seasoning is the soul: spicy is only fragrant but not spicy, the fragrance is very rich and compounded, and the garlic is spicy and fresh, which is very suitable for summer.
There is a lot of dipping sauce, and there is no problem at all with adding some side dishes by yourself.
· Huainan beef flavor soup base
Friends, don't be taken away by the cover picture, this is the soup base, no meat, no vegetables and no noodles!
It is not possible to drink it directly as Huainan beef soup, but it is very good as an ordinary base soup. It is actually made with ≥ 35% beef and beef bones, as well as spices such as licorice and cloves to enhance the flavor.
It is recommended because it does have a little more beef flavor than the general stock stock, and it is pre-flavored, so whether it is hot vegetables, hot meat, or boiled noodles or boiled small wontons, there is no need to put salt anymore.
03 What's new Delicious and interesting snacks and pastries
MM's snack pastries have also been a staple of Sam's Snacks. Not only can we self-develop cost-effective snacks, but the selected imported snacks also perform very well, and most of the time, the ingredient list is particularly clean!
Although they are all XL large bags, fortunately, they all have zippers or small portions, which are very suitable for stockpiling.
· HRYOUP DRIED APPLES
Ingredient list is a very clean dried apple – only apples.
Because it is dried and heated, it is more fragrant and sweeter than eating raw apples. Individually packed in small packages, carry one or two in the bag, and you can eat at any time when you are hungry.
The packaging says one slice is equal to half an apple...... So I soaked it in water for 24 hours, and really soaked it back in half an apple, and Sam didn't lie to me!
· METEM 椰子味芒果大米脆
Mango-flavored snacks have always been the hardest hit area of flavor, but Sam's is much more delicious than the average mango-flavored snacks, and there is something to choose from!
Because of the addition of dried mango, you can smell the rich tropical aroma when you open the bag, not the taste of mango flavor; In addition, there is a faint fragrance of coconut, and I close my eyes and think I am sitting at a street food stall in Thailand.
The rice crisp is the texture of the pot, crispy and crispy, and the soft and sweet dried mango is embedded in it, and the more you chew, the more fragrant it becomes. There is a sealing strip at the mouth of the bag, which is easy to store, and there is no need to be afraid of moisture in the south.
· nuthing pistachios
This California flavored pistachio in United States can be entered with confidence! The price is beautiful (the same gram weight of pistachios Taobao is a few dollars more expensive, or large cans), the quality is passable (there are almost no empty shells, the pistachios are evenly large, relatively full, and the taste is crispy), and it is easy to carry (there are 20 individual small packages in a large bag, about 20 pistachios per bag).
Two flavors: black pepper, pepper with obvious spicy flavor and salty seasoning; The garlic flavor is a rich golden garlic aroma, and the sweetness of the pistachio is more prominent.
What is rare is that Sam's is very flavorful, and the aroma of the seasoning is fried nuts, unlike many seasoned pistachios, which are all on the shell.
· MM Potato Crispy Crackers
Eating this cookie was an amazing experience: it was so delicious that I would go to the snack cabinet and get a pack.
I can make at least two or three packs a day, but the portion is so large that I feel like I can never finish it, which is quite happy......
Both flavors are salty, and the seasoning powder is delicate and evenly distributed on the surface of the thin biscuits, and it is very fragrant to chew.
The black truffle flavor, of course, is not added with real black truffles! However, the black truffle flavor is quite positive, and there is no gasoline smell that ordinary black truffle flavors have.
If you haven't eaten black garlic, you eat it as a salty biscuit, but it actually restores the soft and sweet flavor of black garlic.
· Meizhen fragrant ultra-thin pork flanges
Mei Zhenxiang is a long-established brand in Singapore, and is nicknamed the pork jerky assassin because of its high price (but it is indeed not replaced!). ）。
After working with Sam's, the cheaper is cheaper, but not much, and it is still in the queue where most Sam's members need to grit their teeth to buy.
But aside from being expensive, there really isn't any problem with this Sam's exclusive Mei Zhen Xiang Pork Loose Strip!
The ingredient list is minimal: pork, sugar, fish sauce, rapeseed oil.
The pork hind leg is selected, and the texture of the meat can still be seen. The dehydration is just right, and the taste is crisp and not too dry. The seasoning is sweet, and the mouth is full of mellow meat.
It is a good thing that you want to eat every day when your wallet allows~
*It's not as big as the cover picture, but it's 2/3 smaller than the picture.
Sam's Bar has also launched a lot of new products recently, let's talk about it briefly:
· MM Fried Chicken Bucket
It's really cost-effective, 39 yuan for 3 upper leg rows + 3 pipa legs!
Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It should be a starched pulp with chili peppers in it, and the outer belt is a little slightly spicy, which is delicious.
Take home the freezer, reheat the air fryer, and still have abundant juice. We think it tastes a little worse than KFC fried chicken, but it's so much cheaper, we will buy it back!
· Mochi tangerine peel red bean paste
A super large bowl, milk, water, mochi and glutinous, with a fresh and sweet milky aroma, not greasy at all.
The red beans are sweet and have a strong bean aroma. The fly in the ointment is that the taste of tangerine peel is not prominent, and there is no place to sit in a big bowl of hot red bean paste in summer......
04 Drink fruit juice drinks to cool off
· Burst juicy fleshy citrus
If you like fruits, close your eyes and brew this juicy and fleshy citrus.
We have tested that we can filter out a full 16g of pulp, and when you chew it in your mouth, it will burst between your teeth, I like it!
Because of the use of aluminum cans with nitrogen filling and freshness lock technology, you can really smell the fragrance of mandarin oranges when you open the cans!
Friends are mandarins, not oranges, not oranges, but a recognizable mandarin fragrance.
The blending also took a lot of thought: there are no additives, but the taste and aroma are very three-dimensional. It turns out that there are not only NFC orange juice and NFC wo orange juice, but also jasmine tea leaves, which are good and delicious!
· Mixed berry juice
Although it is not a new product, I still want to praise it again:
Apple juice, frozen strawberry, red raspberry puree, frozen cranberry juice is mixed with four juices, without a drop of water, and the texture is a little thicker than similar products on the market.
You can drink the sweet and sour taste of fresh berries, and you can also drink the grainy texture of the berries after they are crushed, and it is like a homemade smoothie.
Black, black, black, black
It's not easy to go to Sam's to buy goods once, although the average is very cost-effective for a single person, but the amount is so large, it's still expensive! Stepping on a thunderbolt will really hurt you for a long time.
After talking about the red list this time, let's pull out the grass together.
Frozen seafood used to be our closed-eyes buy series, after all, Sam's fishing factory has been certified by the Global Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), the qualification is still very good, and the previously recommended Norway cod and oven grill are delicious.
However, the recent performance of the new batch of domestic frozen seafood has been mediocre, and the following two are particularly dissatisfied:
· Zodiac crab claws
Eating this box of crabs, the mood ups and downs are like riding a roller coaster.
The asking price of 200 yuan is really expensive, gritted his teeth and bought it, opened it very big, and was quite happy, boiled for ten minutes, and the pot and kitchen were stained with the smell of seaweeds......
But for the two hundred yuan spent, I still reluctantly tried it, but I didn't send the tools? The crab claws were not pre-treated, and the crab still did not move even when the teeth were about to collapse.
Sam's metaphor in the comment area is too vivid, it tastes like decoration, there is no hammer at home, it is smashed with the back of a knife, debris is splashed everywhere, and it has to be cleaned up for a long time.
The small pliers are almost empty, and the large shells fly with the meat, and it is hard to peel them to a whole one! The meat is loose and slaggy, very unfresh, smelly, and salty after dipping in the sauce.
*This box of yellow crab claws has 115 reviews, of which 81 are positive by default, and 33 are actually negative, with a negative review rate of 28.6%, which is very high in Sam's products! Well, the good reviews in Sam's comment area may not be a reference, but the bad reviews are still somewhat meaningful.
· MM puree half-shell oysters
It is not small, there are 24-28 in a bag. It is written on the package that it can be cleaned without cleaning, but there is a lot of grit in the actual entrance, so it must be washed well.
After thawing and steaming in strict accordance with Sam's instructions, the oysters shrank very much, and the fishy smell is very strong, not fresh.
· MM Korean-style soba cold noodles
Although the soba cold noodles co-branded with Pulmuone are not difficult to swallow, they are unpalatable when there is a Korean cold noodle pearl jade in collaboration with Jinmendo.
The soba noodles are soft and have a strange taste: some students think it is plastic, but some people don't feel it at all.
The soup base is light, the dried radish rake is soft but not crispy, and the spicy sauce is sweet and sour, not spicy. If you don't add anything, it will feel a bit monotonous.
In short, it is a product that you can not buy, and if you buy it, you will feel a little sorry for your calorie limit.
· Temole海盐风味开心果条
This pistachio strip imported from Thailand has a beautiful packaging, buy it back and eat it.
It's crispy in the mouth, but it's oily. The taste is ordinary puffed thin strips with a little saltiness, which do not stick to pistachios and do not have any nutty aroma.
· and fresh ancient garlic chili sauce
This hot sauce is the spicy of heartburn, the spicy of drilling, and the people of Zigong in this company are so spicy that they can't stand it.
The spicy tolerance varies from person to person, but the most lethal thing about this product is that we didn't feel much of a pleasant taste from it other than spicy. The chili pepper is only spicy but not fragrant, the presence of garlic is quite low, and even the signature rapeseed oil fragrance is invisible.
4 cans, whether it's bibimbap, bibimbap, or stir-fry...... We really can't find a way to digest it.
Finally, the gray list can be chosen according to personal taste
To be honest, many new products are not mentioned every time, not because they have not been tested, but because they are not good enough to be on the red list or bad enough to be on the black list. I simply put the test results of some popular single products here to discuss, which is also to give you some reference for pulling weeds and planting grass.
· Matcha mille-feuille cake Tsuji Riki Tea Shop co-branded
The mille-feuille cake is good-looking, but there are not many layers (11 layers VS LadyM 25 layers), the crust is thick, and the taste is not delicate.
The flavor is a bit "buckle search": the aroma of matcha is not much, and the sweetness is also very restrained.
But if you happen to dislike sweetness and have a light taste, then maybe you can try it.
· Triple cheese bagels
Although its name is triple cheese and you can eat the obvious cheese grains, the three specialty cheeses do not bring a strong cheese flavor and taste like a salted bagel.
Because of the addition of butter, the texture is between soft and chewy bagels, and it will be a little softer than the previous bagels.
The calories of one bagel are 320kcal, and it is completely fine to eat during the fat loss period.
If you prefer a softer texture but still want some satiety, Sam's Triple Cheese Bagels are also a good choice.
*If you can't finish it in 2-3 days, be sure to freeze it in the refrigerator. Sam wrote that the shelf life at room temperature is 3 days, but it will grow mold in 2 days. Fortunately, the bagel is also very convenient to freeze, without thawing, and the air fryer is hot in the morning.
· mustard seed meat floss pack
We agreed that this was indeed a good bread, but against Chef X's seaweed crispy scallops, my friends felt that it was almost hot.
Spain cuttlefish juice plays a role in modeling, and mustard seeds play a role in enriching the taste, and there is no gain in taste.
The meat floss is not soft and soft, but the amount is not small. The sandwiched custard sauce is responsible for providing the sweet and sour flavor, but the sauce fills a little bit. (The individual differences in meat floss are relatively large, so choose by yourself).
It's a little more delicious than ordinary meat floss bread, but it's not fragrant at all. If you have a light taste and feel that Master X is greasy, the oil is relatively large, and there is too much sauce, you may like this one.
· MM Almond Dark Chocolate Crispy Vanilla Ice Cream
A product that Sam's benchmark is Montelong's rich black ice cream. The weight difference is 1g/piece, at least 7.4 yuan for a Menglong on TB, and 5.8 yuan for Sam's this one.
Each one is at least 1.6 yuan cheaper than Menglong, and the appearance and ingredient list are similar to Menglong, but the calories are higher than Menglong's. (Calories per 100g: Sam 1424kj VS Menglong 1360kj)
The intuitive feeling is that there is no fragrance of Menglong, the sweetness is more direct, and the details and texture are not as good as Menglong, but there are all that should be there.
If you want to eat cheap Menglong, you may be able to give it a try.
· Bara Jasmine Bubble Tea
The flavors of jasmine and ballet are quite clear, and they are slightly sweet when drunk directly, but the bubbles are not strong enough and the air is not very sufficient. It's still good to drink as an ordinary drink.
If you have already bought it home and don't like it very much, try adding ice and a little Yakult to help you burn up some inventory.
· guava apple orange juice mix
The once-popular guava apple orange juice is back! But it's up by 10 dollars......
100% juice content, 62% apple juice, and then add 19% guava and 19% orange to taste, the taste is indeed quite pleasant.
We think it's a little sweeter when you drink it directly, and adding ice or sparkling water doesn't dilute the flavor. However, if you really like the juice of Bala, it is more recommended to recommend the Red Heart Ballet of Hema (the content of Ballet is higher!). ）。
· Chiranto buffalo burrata cheese
The buffalo bulrata imported from Italy is frozen and transported to China at low temperature, and the sale state is thawed. Truly, we cannot demand too much from frozen ブララー.
Although it doesn't have the elasticity of fresh meat, the internal fluidity of Cilento's burrata is not bad.
The milky smell is there. There will be no big mistakes with salad and ham, the basic mission of Burrata can be completed, and it is worth the price of 29.9 yuan, and you can buy it if you are occasionally out of stock, but there is no need to buy it deliberately.
· MM Arctic Sweet Shrimp
If you have the idea of eating sweet shrimp with sashimi, don't buy MM cooked frozen sweet shrimp.
Cooked and frozen sweet shrimp are cooked after harvesting, and then quick-frozen and packaged, although the variety is the same as that of raw frozen sashimi sweet shrimp, the difference in processing methods makes the texture and taste very different.
MM's cooked frozen Arctic sweet shrimp are miniature in size, and more than 60% of the shrimp are seeded.
Eat it directly, it tastes more like a large version of dried shrimp, salty, a bit like eating tough paper, and it doesn't feel too much like eating shrimp.
However, because of the differences in eating habits, most Chinese feel that it is not safe to eat raw, and have developed many cooking methods with Chinese characteristics, such as stir-frying, boiling, and some friends say that the taste is good after processing, which depends on everyone's own needs.