California Crunch Cassava Chips in BBQ and Sour Cream & Onions

"Around the world, cassava is a vital staple for about 500 million people. Cassava's starchy roots produce more food energy per unit of land than any other staple crop. Nutritionally, the cassava is comparable to potatoes, except that it has twice the fiber content and a higher level of potassium. Just like potatoes, cassava can be used as vegetables in dishes, grated to make pancakes, dried and ground into tapioca flour, or sliced and made into snack chips."

This is the latest alternative chips snack available in leading Philippine supermarkets and hypermarkets. I have never tried cassava chips until now, and I can say that the taste, as well as the texture is interesting and can surely be an alternative to potato chips.



California Crunch Cassava Chips come in two flavors, Barbecue and Soup Cream & Onions. The Cassava Chips Barbecue flavor has a sweet taste at start but ends with a spicy finish. As soon as you try a chip, the sweetness dominates your taste buds; but when it fades away, the spicy goodness comes in. Just the way I like it! I never knew that Cassava Chips can be this interesting and yummy. It gives an interesting combination. You really have to try some to understand and get a first hand experience of the taste and sensation :)

The other one is the Cassava Chips Sour Cream & Onions flavor, an "American twist to an Asian Snack." Sweet and tangy tastes combine with sour cream and onion goodness. If you're familiar with Sour Cream & Onion on potatoes, it's similar to cassava chips also.



The California Crunch Cassava Chips are packaged like any other chips snack in the market, at 120 grams per pack, and costs Php 44.50 only. Personally, I like the Barbecue flavor more than the Sour Cream & Onions. I feel that the flavor is more natural and it strikes a balance between sweet and spicy flavor, just the way I like it. The other flavor, is a little bit nakakasawa, or maybe it's just me. Try it!

Crunch Time

I arrived home to these 3 (actually 4, but they finished all of the other one) new snacks they bought today. Since they're fairly new in the market (or to me at least), I thought that I would share it with you guys. Oh and, what better way to keep yourself awake while you are studying than to munch these stuff up. :3

Goya's Crispy Chocs (Crunchy Rice Crispies in Milk Chocolate); Arcor's Saladix Snacks (Parmesano); and Champola's POP POP (Rice Crispies covered with Chocolate!!!)

Crispy Chocs - Goya's products have been very popular to the Filipino chocolate-lover consumers, who want a cheap but quality alternative. Crispy Chocs is somewhat like mini-pebble sized rice crispies covered with chocolate. No need for more explanations - it's Goya guys! :)

POP POP - Now this is Champola's own rice crispies covered with chocolate. Think Nerds but x10 bigger, and it's covered with chocolate. Personally, I like this better than Crispy Chocs. It's not about the chocolate, because I love both of them. I think it's about how everything goes together.

Both of these choco-rice-crispies really remind me of the Choco Flakes we buy as pasalubong from Baguio. Yummy!

Saladix Parmesano - I thought this would be really boring and plain, but looks could be very deceiving. I actually like it. It exudes this salty-cheesy flavor that's just what makes it very interesting and exciting to eat.