Walker’s - Spicy Flavour Potato Crisps

NOTE: I received these crisps free of charge. My review is not biased by this fact. The crisps are (and will) be judged solely on their merits, as always.

This is the second part of a three part series, the first of which is available here. It deals with the mysterious ‘spicy’ flavour crisps of which I had high hopes.

As with the last lot, these are your standard Walkers fare, so there’s little to talk about in terms of appearance or texture. Instead, we’ll deal with the taste.

Curry. These things are curry flavoured. They definitely taste of curry. And it’s that none distinct, quintessentially British, curry flavour. But there’s a distinct absence of raisin, which was so pronounced in the Golden Wonder offering. I’m glad they’re so obviously curry, because I don’t have to deal with the mental anguish the mysterious ‘meaty’ ones caused me.

So, sure, they taste like curry, but what do they actually taste like? A strange mix of sweet and bitter, with a smoky note. They don’t have anything by way of heat, but the flavouring is quite strong. And other than paprika the packet has no indication of the spices used; they’ve all blended so wonderfully into CURRY that I won’t bother trying to work them out.

There’s not much of an indication as to what type of curry they’re meant to be… is it some kind of chicken curry? I don’t know. It’s certainly not a Madras. But it is tasty, I’ll say that. For, despite my disparaging tone, I rather enjoyed these. They were somewhat unusual.

And the flavour stayed with me for a long while after I’d consumed the contents of the packet. Just thought you’d like to know.

Having said that there’s little to talk about by way of texture, these are quite oily, like the ‘meaty’ flavoured ones, which was welcome. And the bag was just as full as the ‘meaty’ packet was, which, too, was welcome.

Crunch: 7/10
Flavour
- Intensity: 8/10 
- Accuracy: 10/10 (Definitely curry.)
Quality: 8/10
Packaging: 0/10 (White with question marks, I’d like to see the final packaging when they’re released.)

Probably worth a shot when they’re released. If you like curry.