Crackers and cheese

Every country prides itself on its agricultural produce, so what better way to enjoy crisps than with American cheese and Indian tomatoes? The other cheese flavours are mostly cheddar-based and the other unique tomato-based flavour is ketchup only available in Canada. Cheetos Imitation: 10/10. It uses the real Cheeto powder, Read more…

2024 Audi A4 2.0T Premium

Distance: 1,732 kmLocation: Ontario, Quebec, Vermont, New Hampshire, MaineDate: 20-23 October, 2023 Up front: Audi’s base model compact executive sedan has one major edge over its German peers—it comes with standard leather seating instead of an imitation fabric. The seats are comfortable with a memory feature and fully adjustable lumbar Read more…

Szczecin, Poland

Szczecin is really mouthful for anyone who doesn’t speak Polish so it’s better known as Stettin to Germans. Stettin is actually a huge city with nearly a thousand years of history, it used to be the largest German port in the Baltic Sea and printed a lot of Bibles. You Read more…

AAQ, BBQ, CCQ, DDQ

Michael Edgar is back for this review. There are many versions or barbecue sauces and that’s what makes or breaks a good grill. Sure, you can dry barbecue, but then that’s not the point of these flavours. Otherwise, you might as well just buy ribs or Wagyu flavoured crisps. The Read more…

(Sour) cream?

Lays markets both flavours as having a creamy and savoury taste with a wavy texture. The key ingredient distinctions in sour cream and onion versus regular cream and onion are buttermilk and cheese. While buttermilk is exclusive to the sour cream variant, the regular cream variant has two types of Read more…

2023 Chevrolet Camaro LT

Distance: 1,386kmDate: February 16-20, 2024Location: Florida Up front: It’s solidly built for its $35,000 price point. The door closes with a satisfying thump, the buttons are clicky, and hydraulic pistons hiss healthily. The one glaring issue with the interior is the wide and deep panel gaps. There are cracks where Read more…

2024 Volvo V60 XC B5 Plus

Distance: 541kmLocation: Ontario, Quebec, New YorkDate: 22-23 March, 2024 Up front: In general, the Swedish design has the material refinement of Mercedes and the minimalism of a Tesla. There are pros and cons with this approach. The mid-level Plus trim option doesn’t offer leather anything, but the imitation is nice Read more…

It’s a pickle

The cucumber vs dill pickle debate is, perhaps, less popular than the choice between hickory BBQ and old-fashioned BBQ. The first that that struck me was the lack of any vegetable ingredient (apart from vegetable oil and perhaps some herbs in seasoning) in either flavour. It’s really a love-it-or-hate-it situation. Read more…