CyliK music : A Non-Food Review

I'm making a one time exception in this blog to review something that isn't food! On the one hand, there's no peanuts involved. On the other hand, it's good music. CyliK is a very new electronic artist, just burst onto the scene! Only a few tracks posted so far, but they're all winners. Good study music, good background music, good chilling out music, driving music, all that stuff. My favorite track is posted below, but check out Cylik.com for the rest and for info about how to download or follow them on facebook etc.


Overall
Cost: 9/10
Taste: 9/10

J says: great stuff, 9/10

Perkins Restaurant

This is a very old-people restaurant, which makes it a comforting place to go. Relaxing, low-pressure diner with lots of breakfast, lunch and dinner options. I always enjoy it, even though they kind of rush you out of there sometimes.

Turkey Dinner: Very comforting. Stuffing, turkey, and a tiny bit of cranberry sauce (and apparently a roll, sometimes). Get with corn and mashed potatoes and you're in the thanksgiving spirit!

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 7/10

Chewy Chips Ahoy - Gooey Caramel

False advertising!! This is not GOOEY!! Won these for being trivia losers, which is nice. They really taste just like regular chewy chips ahoy, which are OK, but not amazing -- very very processed tasting. You bite this in half, and it does not goo out! It is like a solid piece of cookie. You can hardly taste the caramel, honestly. I don't know what's going on with this. Maybe I should have tried microwaving them, or something.

Overall
Cost: 6/10 (usually on sale)
Taste: 5/10

Lay's Cheddar Bacon Mac & Cheese Chips

Damn, these were a little disappointing (especially after those BLT ones were so good). Did not taste especially like Bacon or Mac and Cheese. Just cheddar powder flavored, really. Maybe a tiny hint of smokeyness if you're really looking. As a chip, they're average, but not bad -- like a cheddar chip (like those Ruffles ones that are in vending machines across America). But as a new flavor, it let me down. It let us all down.

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10


J says: What a disappointment. 5/10

Chobani Greek Yogurt with Oats (Apple Cinnamon)

It's been a while since I had a yogurt, so I decided to try this one out. I like the regular apple cinnamon chobani, but I did not like this one as much. Too many oats! Too grainy! Too lumpy! Not enough apple! And so on. It was quite filling, though, and it didn't taste bad, it just didn't taste good. I would much rather have a regular yogurt, this one kind of felt like a punishment. But it was filling and relatively healthy (good fibre, protes, etc). So, I tepidly recommend it if you like yogurt and whole-grain oats, but I probably won't buy again.

Overall
Cost: 7/10
Taste: 5/10

Cappuccino Lay's Potato Chips

New flavors! Exciting stuff! OK, so these are very interesting. It's a hard thing to make a chip flavored like a drink....these don't taste a ton like coffee, really, more like sugar and cinnamon. And a little potato chip. It's not bad, in my opinion. A nice sweet snack. Like Taco Bell's Cinnamon Twists! So I don't hate it, but I wouldn't want it "on the reg" either -- it's not much of a snack food.

Overall
Cost: 6/10
Taste: 6/10


J says: Ew. 4/10

Bacon Ritz Crackers

These are interesting because they are crackers flavored like bacon. Everyone likes bacon, but not necessarily everyone will like these Bacon Ritz. They are "OK". They do taste like bacon, which is what we hope for, but they aren't really better than a regular Ritz Cracker (which are admittedly quite good). They have a little bit of a smoky flavor, which I don't like. I think J liked them, though.

Overall
Cost: 4/10
Taste: 6/10