Food and Drink

A lot has happened since my last post about a surprising “Chef’s Signature” flavor. That includes my purchase and careful happy hour tasting session of a Devil barbecue chip, retasting the signature salted egg and trying a new signature roasted chili flavor.

You saw, perhaps, the serendipitous arrival (or was it discovery?) of two extraordinary new potato chip flavors last month. These were “Chef’s Signature” flavors. I was excited to find another flavor in this line.

I’d been in southern Thailand, doing the things one does there. Botanizing. Boat rides. Train rides. Eating lots of regional food like khua kling. And keeping my eyes open for the next new flavor of potato chips.

I made this map to show some of the places I’ve traveled to over the past few years. This is a test to see if it displays here. In other news, when I arrived in Thailand on a recent trip, I found this new flavor of Lay’s potato chip.

Lay’s Thailand continue their periodical release of new potato chip flavors. I was in Bangkok earlier this month and tried the crab curry flavor. I saw the extreme hot chili flavor and didn’t bother trying it.

Regular readers of this site will know that when I visit Thailand after a long absence, one of the first things I do is check the new potato chip flavors. There have been some intriguing ones over the years.

On a recent visit to Thailand, there was this new flavor. That was impressive. I didn’t think it could get any better. And then, today I discovered these limited editions with a cooling sensation.

Anyone else thrilled to see the new Thomas & Friends X J.League collaboration? That’s an official collaboration. Then there are just good ideas. Like the Lobster Hot Plate flavor from Lay’s Thailand.

If you like ketchup-flavored potato chips, I would like to recommend the lasagna flavor now available in Thailand.

I’m a big fan of collaboration. These are some of my favorites. There was the SAPPORO X ROYCE’ collaboration some years ago. The idea was brilliant. Two of my favorite brands.