Out
of curiosity I’ve finally tried Mujirushi Ryouhin’s pasta sauce that I have
been eyeing for such a long time: the Pancetta and Mushroom Cheese Cream Sauce.
And
just out of boredom, I kind of want to try to do a quick review about this, so,
here I am with this post!
By
the way in case that you didn’t know, Muji is considered as a Japanese retail company
that sells everything from clothes to furniture, stationary to travel goods,
and lots lots of other things including food! I always love their pasta series;
as several of them were really nice such as the Peperoncino sauce, Americaine
sauce and lots of others.
The
one that I tried this time was a little bit different, as the normal series is
usually consists only one package of sauce for 2 servings, this one is the
reverse; 2 mixing package of sauce for one serving. It’s like the premium
series I guess? Considered the price is almost doubled, 450 yen per package
compared to the normal one for around 250 yen averagely. Bought it when it was
on promo back then, for 432 yen.
This
is the packages appearance:
And
inside contains of other 2 packages: the Pancetta oil sauce for the green
colored one and the cheese cream for the yellow one. (Thousand times I rotated the pic and blogger keep giving me this upside down picture!! WTF. Sorry about this..)
Poured
on top of my previously prepared 100gr warm pasta before I mixed them: the left
side is the cheese one and the right side is the pancetta one.
Quite
surprised of how big the pork slice though! Too balanced it off they only put 3 of it. Smart move.
Mixed
it up, and DONE!
Not so much change..
Judging
by the looks, it was not THAT convincing either, but I have to say, I’m beat. I
finished the whole plate in less than 10 minutes. Yums.
Final
judgement??
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It
was great and I’m so glad I tried this!!
The
combination of both sauce were great. The cheese was not as thick as I expected
to be, in a good way that it didn’t make me sick of it until the last bite. The
consistency is good; not too oily yet not too creamy; it was just right. The
mushroom is not stale too, it was fresh and I can still feel the soft-crunchy
texture of it. However!! The one big winning point that I was overwhelmed about
this is that how fragrant the pork slices (pancetta) are!! I can
smell and taste the roasted, slight bitter taste of the spices on the meat very clear. Was damn
niiiiceee. Too bad they only put 3 of it L
It
was a fulfilling (symbolically, and literally), one plate of an (instant) pasta
for me.
If
you’re looking for a little bit of heavy-sauced pasta and the "cheaper" version
of it, I think this may be the right choice for you as usually restaurant-made
heavy-sauced fancy pasta can cost me like 1000 to 1500 yen per portion here in
Tokyo.
For
people who are more concerned about the price though, well, it was indeed
expensive for instant style pasta. But still it was something that I will
recommend to at least try once just for the sake of killing the curiosity. If I
have to spend another 450 yen plus for pasta sauce, I will try other flavor or
brand instead of repurchasing it.
So,
how’s your thought??
See
you on my next post!
