Review - Fastachi Wasabi Snack Mixes
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For those who have never tried it, wasabi is a type of strong, spicy vegetable mostly grown in Japan that is closely related both in taste and in lineage to regular horseradish. In addition to horseradish, it also resembles the pungent qualities of hot mustard, chile peppers, and even onions. It's definitely an acquired taste, but a lot of chileheads love it for its apparent "heat" it brings to dishes, such as a nice dipping sauce for a sushi roll. Personally, I'm not the world's biggest fan of wasabi, but I do think it works well in certain snack foods, such as the line of nuts and snacks produced by Fastachi.
I've reviewed three Fastachi snack mixes; two that contain wasabi - Hot & Sour Wasabi Mix and Tokyo Mix, and one that doesn't - Cranberry Nut Mix.
Tokyo Mix
This odd Asian trail mix certainly has loads of flavor personality. This contains mostly puffed rice pieces of varying shapes and sizes. Some of these were slightly spicy while others were sweet and savory. The wasabi-covered dried peas were a good blend with the rice crackers; there were just the right amount to balance out the carnival of flavors going on here.
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Hot & Sour Wasabi Mix
This is the best of the three mixes. A combination of wasabi peas, roasted almonds, peanuts, chewy dried cranberries and golden raisins are a great blend of pungently hot and sweet. If you or one of your friends haven't been introduced to the flavor of wasabi, this would be the best way to "ease" into the taste.
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Cranberry Nut Mix
Includes cranberries, salted pistachio meats, salted almonds, roasted unsalted almonds, salted hazelnuts, roasted unsalted hazelnuts, salted peanuts unsalted peanuts, red skin peanuts, sesame peanuts, and salted cashews.
This is a decent blend of nuts, but I thought it contained too few cranberries in proportion to the nuts. Although some of the nuts were salted, this had a very bland, plain taste.
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Fastachi's website features online ordering for these and other nut and snack mixes. The prices vary from $3.99 to $10.99 and more per pound.
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2011-11-24 12:00:43
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