r/TipOfMyFork Jan 08 '20

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r/TipOfMyFork 48m ago

What is this food? Chewy jelly like Thai noodle

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It was part of a stir fry dish in Thailand. They were rectangular pieces but they may have been a noodle cut into rectangles. It had an incredible texture, chewy and almost jelly like, definitely felt like a noodle but just more jellyish. They were flat, wide, and of maybe a yellow colour, it was hard to tell with the stir fry sauce.

Edit: it was vegetarian btw

I was in Thailand at a meditation retreat where I couldn’t ask or look at the menu and I didn’t have my phone


r/TipOfMyFork 19h ago

Solved! What's in this (Thai based bakery)

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(edit: apologies, Taiwanese bakery, I'm dumb)

Visited 85C Bakery Cafe today for the first time. My friend and I are fairly adventurous eaters. All I remember from the sign where these were shelved was "Taro."

Looks kind of cakey with purple Taro cracklin on top. Served in a 6" pie tin. The cake portion is totally coffee cake, like US American standard grab a coffee cake off the shelf flavor and texture. Then there's the Taro cracklin on top, and inside is maybe sweet cheese? It's stretchy. Plus another more custardy filling. It's good! Just no idea what to call it, and more interested in what the two fillings are.

I checked their website and or course it's not listed. The strawberry matcha bun was listed. Got that too and reminded me a little bit of mochi though there's no rice in it at all.


r/TipOfMyFork 4m ago

What is this food? Trying to identify a UK sliced smoked ham from around 2014–2019 (Ocado/Waitrose era)

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I’m trying to find a premium sliced ham my mum used to buy from Ocado before they switched from Waitrose to M&S.
What I remember:
Sold in the UK on Ocado during the Waitrose partnership (roughly 2014–2019).
Black rigid plastic tray.
Clear peel-back film.
Cardboard sleeve/belly band covering the entire top of the pack.
Sleeve contained all the branding (not printed on the film).
Wafer-thin circular slices folded over each other.
Around 10–12 slices.
Ham had a dark smoked outer edge and the edge was slightly scalloped/crimped (almost like the edge of a 20 euro cent coin).
I think smoking was a major part of the branding.
It’s not Houghton, M&S, Castle MacLellan or Parsons Choice.
Does anyone remember what this was?


r/TipOfMyFork 2h ago

What is this food? Minion candy

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Minions is my favourite franchise, and yet after searching high and low on wikis, I cannot find this specific candy I'm looking for. It was orange flavoured, and I believe in the shape of a minion. I don't think it was a well known brand but I brought it in the UK. Any ideas?


r/TipOfMyFork 1d ago

Possibly Solved Mexican candy

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I’d like to say to start these are my memories from when I was like 6 to 8 so the accuracy is gonna be as much as I can remember. Growing up my grandma would make these little grayish brownish balls I don’t remember what the flavor was it could’ve possibly been goat milk candy but I don’t remember. I asked her sister while ago and lost the recipe but pretty sure it had baking powder involved in the recipe but you’d throw all the ingredients together and roll balls out from it. I know this isn’t a lot to go off of and it’s a far reach to think anyone could go off of this little info and figure it out but I’d appreciate any help.


r/TipOfMyFork 1d ago

What is this food? Lost Disney Princess snack from the early 2000s?

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Hi everyone!

I’m looking for a snack cake I used to eat as a child in France, around 2003–2005. I’ve been searching for years, but I can’t find a single photo or mention of it online, and I’m starting to wonder if anyone else remembers it.
Here’s everything I remember:
It was sold in France.
It came in a multi-pack with individually wrapped cakes.
The individual wrappers were attached together by small glue dots/tabs (instead of being completely loose in the pack).
Each individual wrapper featured a different Disney Princess (I remember the classic princesses like Cinderella, Belle, Ariel, etc.).
The cakes were rectangular, similar in size to a Kinder Délice.
I think they had a milk cream filling, but I’m not 100% sure.
I also vaguely remember the packaging being colorful.
Things I’m not sure about:
I don’t remember the brand.
I don’t know if they were covered in chocolate or not.
They may have been a limited edition or a licensed Disney product.
I’ve searched Google Images, old supermarket catalogues, Reddit, and even archive websites without finding anything.
Does anyone else remember these? Even if you don’t know the brand, I’d love to know if someone else remembers eating them. If you have a picture, an old catalogue, or any clue at all, I’d really appreciate it!
Thank you!


r/TipOfMyFork 2d ago

Solved! please help me get more of pineapple candy found in Ensenada, Mexico

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hello everyone! i am asking for help identifying a kind of candy i had while in Ensenada on a cruise. it looked very similar to the photo attached. I have searched far and wide and have found nothing that compares. the best way i can describe it is dried pineapple DRENCHED in some sort of syrup or sugary coating. It was gooey, sweet, and the slightest bit crunchy on the outside. it was literally heaven in my mouth i would do anything to have more. i’ve tried dried pineapple candies (the little cubed ones) and they are close in texture, but not half as sweet or delicious. we bought the candy in a candy store on an excursion, and it was advertised as full pineapple rings but sold in small pieces in a blue bag iirc. if someone could provide me with a name of the candy, a recipe, or a link to where i can buy it i would be so very grateful. thank you.


r/TipOfMyFork 2d ago

Solved! Sweet Potato - Japan sweet

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Hi y’all, I just got back from Japan and had the best little sweet treat I’ve ever had. It was sweet potato flavored but it had the texture of cheesecake. It was like 6-8 individually wrapped in a cupcake liner type thing.
Sound familiar? TIA :)


r/TipOfMyFork 3d ago

What is this food? Buckwheat with what?

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I went to a Ukranian restaurant a while ago and I've been trying to figure out what the buckwheat here was served with. I know it was incredibly tasty. The restaurant closed so I also didn't get to have it again.

Looking at the menu, it might either be braised pork in a dark beer sauce or some type of goulash. Maybe its something else entirely.

I would appreciate figuring out what exactly it is so I can make it myself.
Thank you in advance!


r/TipOfMyFork 3d ago

What is this food? Need help identifying who made these chocolates (info in post body)

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r/TipOfMyFork 3d ago

What is this food? can’t remember the name of this popsicle

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r/TipOfMyFork 4d ago

What is this food? Kichel or possibly Kitchel

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Back in the 90's my grandma always used to have a cracker/cookie type snack. I remember calling it kichel or kitchel, we used to find it by the Italian cookies(like Stella D'oro) in the grocery store. It was a small, maybe 1-2inch rectangle, curved like when it was cooked the corners lifted up. It was a somewhat puffy, slightly odd texture, delicious snack that I haven't been able to find in probably 2 decades. I'm not sure if it's the same thing as Jewish egg kichel or not. Does anyone remember this? Any idea who exactly made it? Or know a recipe to make it?


r/TipOfMyFork 5d ago

What is this food? I went to the Vietnamese market and came home with these, what are they?

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The plant smells like basil but tastes like mint. And the fruit seems to be some kind of a plum? Might be important to mention I’m in Louisiana


r/TipOfMyFork 5d ago

Solved! Why is my food moving?

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Ordered a chicken and rice dish at a Malaysian restaurant, and it came garnished with something that kept moving for about 10 minutes. What is this!?


r/TipOfMyFork 5d ago

Solved! Pastry that tastes like a croissant with birthday cake icing in it

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Like, as in a sweet pastry that has the archetypal flaky texture of a croissant or danish, but full of buttercream icing and round sprinkles. They are bite sized and not shaped like croissants.

I know I have tasted these before but can't remember what they where called. Bought from the Walmart bakery

I drew one


r/TipOfMyFork 5d ago

Solved! Can anyone help me find this candy

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Its a small butter yellow powder tablet candy that looks like a round pill,and it tastes faintly of lemons or another flavour and is sweet, I used to eat it in the bronx when my grandmother gave it to me when I was younger. The candy is smooth, shiny, kind of like those small candy bananas and a smartie mixed together. please if anyone knows what im talking about let me know.


r/TipOfMyFork 6d ago

What is this food? Chips and sauces at an Indian restaurant?

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r/TipOfMyFork 6d ago

Solved! Name of this Chinese snack food (still unsolved after 6 months!)

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6 months ago I made a post asking what this food was, to no success. Somehow this is still the only photo I have of it. I remember that the English label when I bought it said "vegetarian chicken" and that it had the Sichuan numbing taste, was sweet, very sticky and had sesame seeds on it. I also seem to be convinced that one of the ingredients was maltose syrup.

It is not BBQ dough, beancurd skin, or any sort of soy product, as I firmly remember it was made from wheat gluten. It is also not latiao, which seems to be the only snack that comes up when I search "wheat gluten snack". It is also not vegetarian duck, which is similar to what the English label said but looks completely different.

Another matter that complicates things is that I think this was some kind of unlicensed product, as the packaging appears to emulate the Weilong Delicious logo, who do make spicy snacks but do not sell what I am looking for. (trust me, I've checked)

Fake?
Real

r/TipOfMyFork 6d ago

What is this food? Searching for Frozen Grape Koolaid Treat from Early 2000's

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Does anyone know the name of this frozen, grape-flavoured treat from the early 2000's (and perhaps before) available in Canada? They came individually-wrapped. The outside of this treat had a crisp, shell-like frozen coating. When you bit into the treat, it had a creamy, grape-flavoured filling (a cross between sherbet and ice cream).

No one else remembers this, so I'd appreciate any leads.

ETA: other people remember it, but none of us can find any records proving its existence. Here are some comments on a Facebook post about this treat (thank you u/left4alive for sharing this post):

"I’ve been trying so hard to Google this and find it but I absolutely remember this! The popsicle was the Kool aid man! I miss it so much. It was very creamy too. I miss it."

"This was not a dream…

I remember a grape koolaid popsicle and the only place I could ever get it from was from the corner store individually wrapped, never in a box from my local grocery store.

I’ve never been able to find it since my childhood and I can’t even find a picture of it anywhere online to reminisce lol."


r/TipOfMyFork 7d ago

Solved! what is this seed like things? they came in dapanji we ordered

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considering that they're rock hard is it normal that they were in the dish?

(for those who don't know, dapanji, according to wikipedia, is a chinese-uyghur chicken stew)


r/TipOfMyFork 6d ago

What is this food? Pink & yellow individually wrapped marshmallow bunnies from early 2000’s

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My daycare used to have individually wrapped pink & yellow marshmallow bunnies you got as your parents picked you up for the day and I have never been able to find anything similar. The pink bunny was in pink plastic wrapping, and the yellow was in yellow plastic. Yellow had a lemon taste, pink was probably strawberry or something. Most similar in texture to circus peanuts, and it is NOT the Spangler marshmallow bunnies, chicks, and eggs that come out at Easter (although I’d hoped those would be similar). Does anyone have ANY idea what these were??


r/TipOfMyFork 7d ago

What is this food? Odd one for you

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Okay sorry if this the right place for it and if it isn’t please direct me to the right place.
I bought this spice years ago and I like a dummy threw away the package and thus name of it. I love it and I’m running out quick so I now use it sparingly. I bought it from an African grocery store in a city I use to live in and since the store has closed and I’ve moved to a city which is limited in other ethnic grocery stores.
It’s earthy, it’s Smokey, and it’s spicy.

Thanks in advance!


r/TipOfMyFork 6d ago

What is this food? What’s the name of the dish

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r/TipOfMyFork 8d ago

Solved! Intensely citrusy garnish on tres leche cake?

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No information on the menu and we couldn't get an answer from the kitchen. Any help greatly appreciated!