As you can see, these are Lay's potato chips - the same brand as the lime-flavored chips from the older installments. So do they taste like regular Lay's? For the most part. They're not a dead-on match - slightly less salt for one, and it tastes like they are cooked in a different type of oil. Still, they are tasty - in fact, I'm finishing the bag as I type this. Hooray for normal chips!
I picked this up on a whim the last time I was at the grocery store. It cost a scant 2.5 RMB (about 35 cents). Unlike the previous bottle, I have been unable to decipher the name as the characters elude me. None of this bodes well. Still, that is a cheery-looking guy on the label, right?
This is proper baijiu, albeit not one of the better brands. This bottle is 90-proof, or 45% liquor - stronger than most spirits available in the States. I suspect that the actual amount is higher, as there's no way that something this strong could clock in at 90-proof. It smells vaguely like peppermint and licorice and burns like cheap vodka all the way down. I tried treating it like vodka and adding various mixers - first orangeade, then Coca-Cola. No matter what I used, the smell was overpowering and the flavor of the alcohol dominated the mixer.
I'm tempted to say that it's the brand at fault here, as I've had much better baijiu on previous occasions (which, oddly enough, only cost a few cents more than this). The strength goes as high as 112-proof/56% alcohol, but I think for my own health I'll be avoiding that. Nope, it's medicine wine for me from now on.
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