By Gary Bailer
We Try It is a regular series where we try the latest off-beat food and beverage offerings.
While recently browsing the shelves at our local convenience store, we noticed that one of our favorite inventors of bizarre potato chip flavors Lays has a couple of new releases: spicy crayfish flavor and fried crab flavor.
The spicy crayfish flavor comes in a rather lovely pastel pink bag, and is outdone only by the pastel green packaging of the fried crab chips. Both packages caught our attention, so we figured what the hell and bought them both.
Upon cracking open the spicy crayfish-flavored Lays, our nostrils were hit with an odor that was surprisingly like that of the ever-popular, chili-imbued Chinese xiaolongxia. The similarities end there, though. Taste-wise, the chips are underwhelming and lack the advertised spicy kick we were hoping for. Best described as a Lays Original with a subtle fishy taste, Lays spicy crayfish flavor is a letdown particularly if you actually enjoy xiaolongxia.
The fried crab-flavored Lays take a different tack: While the crayfish chips lacked in flavor, the fried crab variety go well overboard and it isnt pleasant.
The chip seasoning is highly reminiscent of the shellfish you find at late-night barbecue joints in Chinas coastal areas, where piles of garlic are used to cover up the taste of week-old oyster. Because the flavor is so pungent, Lays fried crab flavor doesnt get better the more you eat; it remains overpowering and, frankly, repulsive.
Price: RMB7
Who is eating them: We honestly dont know. We have a feeling that even those expats who like pig brain, intestines and blood in hot pot might avoid these
[Cover image via Thats]
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