Salted egg everything is the “food trend” these days. Just have a look around and you can see they have sprinkled almost every food item imaginable with salted egg yolks. From easy recipes up to popular snacks, everybody is going crazy with this yummy item these days.

Unluckily for me, it seems that it is not as hyped up as it is here in Dublin. So imagine my frustration seeing my Facebook page filled with everything salted egg yolk. Most of my Facebook friends are still in Asia so they are in-tune with all these things. And times like these, it makes me feel a little bit bad not to be near food that I love.

Despite that, I had a friend who came over from Singapore and spent a few days with us. Of course, we invited her over to stay with us so when she asked what sort of “gift” we want – I didn’t hesitate to tell her I wanted some of these hyped up salted egg snacks!

She arrived with two packets of Irvins salted egg snacks: potato chips and fish skin. I believe that there are a lot of salted egg snack items in Singapore right now or has been there ages ago but Irvins is the hottest brand out there in the market these days.

For this review, I am going to write about the Salted Egg Fish Skin from Irvins. To be honest, I was a bit worried when I saw she bought this pack. It is the first time for me to eat fish skin as a snack and while I do not mind it on my meal, I don’t know what to expect if I am to look for something just to munch on to snack. I somehow wished she bought two packets of the potato chips variant instead but then, it is time to try something different, right?

We opened this bag of fish skin snack last night to accompany our congee. I thought the crispiness would be a perfect match to add a bit of texture to our gooey meal. And in my mind, in case there is any fishiness to it, we can easily “drown it” with the almost bland taste from the congee.

I took my first bite and all I can say is, I got hooked! If I didn’t look at the snack or if I was eating it in the dark, I would mistake it for potato chips, to be honest. There’s no fishy after taste and the texture was really nice and crisp. And similar to the salted egg yolk potato chips, it wasn’t too salty! So, you guessed it right that I almost finished the entire bag in just one sitting!

Overall, I am extremely pleased with this. Lovely to eat as a snack or paired up as a side dish. I don’t mind having it both ways anyway. The delicate flavor of the salted egg paired up with the slight spiciness from the chili makes it difficult to stop anyway!

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