walkers

For those that don't know, the crisp manufacturer Walkers, or 'LAYS' as it's know in mainland Europe, did a competition for the public to come up with a new flavour of crisp for them. These are the six finalists...
Cajun Squirrel
Onion Bhaji
Crispy Duck & Hoisin
Chilli & Chocolate
Fish & Chips
Builders Breakfast

Myself and Primecuts decided to taste test all of them. Here's our verdict...

First up, Cajun Squirrel...
Weird combination. Absolutely disgusting. Tasted like moss on a old tree. Totally pointless. Hardly any Cajun spice, maybe a little tangy like a nettle. Rubbish.

Let's try onion Bhaji...
Completely boring. Similar to Cheese & Onion flavour but with no cheese and less onion. There was a slight aroma of Indian spices but not enough to interest us at all.

Next up, Crispy Duck and Hoisin...
Loads of Hoisin flavour, but a bit lacking in duck. Quacking average.

Time for some chilli and chocolate...
Chocolate flavour was very strange, very flowery, like someone sprayed them with perfume... Chilli really kicked in after a few seconds! An interesting mixture but really could have been done better.

Fish & Chips...
I think they should have called this one 'Fish and Vinegar'. I mean, you already have chips in there - crisps are friend up cooked potatoes - ie chips. Bit of a cop out. To be honest if I want to eat fish and chips I'll go and buy fish and chips, not some crisps with a weak flavour.

Finally Builders Breakfast...
Now these are some serious crisps. It's like a different person was in charge of doing the flavour for this one. Initially on Primecuts opening the packet I got a big whiff of egg, but this may just have been him farting. When I tasted them, boy were they good. Again I tasted egg at first but then almost immediately after I tasted bacon and then after munching for a bit I got tomato. And not just plan tomato but fried tomato. These are some special crisps, they really are a whole plate of greasy spoon fry up. I don't understand how they can flavour these up to release the different elements like that. These are ruly special and definitely our winner!

So overall pretty disappointing. It's as though Walkers are scared to apply strong flavour, most of them were so bland, we were expecting a real punch in the mouth. Hopefully Builders Breakfast will win, that shit is incredible.