ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?

[TRPK]

Todd Bonzalez said:

Anyone tried their gins yet? Thinking of giving them a go.

The Topaz Blue is very good at 14 quid a bottle, drinks well neat or with tonic.
Their regular and award winning stuff at 14 quid a litre I didn’t enjoy, didn’t seem to have much to it.

[Gretchen]

Lidl Lunch. £1.39. Haven’t tried it yet but cheaper than a sandwich and 9 mins in the microwave.

[twing]

Todd Bonzalez said:

Anyone tried their gins yet? Thinking of giving them a go.

Can't remeber if Lidle or Aldi but Hortus Artisan is very good

[Gretchen]

twing said:

Can't remeber if Lidle or Aldi but Hortus Artisan is very good

That’s a Lidl one

[RammyMP]

jj5b said:

Aldi almonds & other nuts more than half the price of other big brand supermarkets

I've had a few bags of the almonds, great for the price.

[V8mate]

This morning's treat...

[SpeckledJim]

Aldi Thai Green Curry Paste.

Crap. Total crap. Very disappointed.

[Yidwann]

SpeckledJim said:

Aldi Thai Green Curry Paste.

Crap. Total crap. Very disappointed.

As is most Thai Green Curry Paste, its one thing that takes minutes to make, and you'll never go back

[SpeckledJim]

Yidwann said:

SpeckledJim said:

Aldi Thai Green Curry Paste.

Crap. Total crap. Very disappointed.

As is most Thai Green Curry Paste, its one thing that takes minutes to make, and you'll never go back

I'm sure you're right.

We've been massive fans of the Mae Ploy stuff for ages, and having run out, tried Aldi's version.

Mistake.

[jbudgie]

Mae ploy is the proper stuff, all supermarket pastes are rubbish.

[hyphen]

The toffee apple/chocolate apples they have in for Bonfires night went down well.

[V8mate]

V8mate said:

This morning's treat...

Tried one of the almond ones. Lovely; quite sweet, but the pastry is of the crisp, biscuity style, which I like.

No good if you're one of these people who like mince pie pastry to lock your tongue to the roof of your mouth

[matchmaker]

Not food or drink but toothpaste. Colgate in Tesco is £2. In Aldi it's 85p for exactly the same tube.

[Steamer]

matchmaker said:

Not food or drink but toothpaste. Colgate in Tesco is £2. In Aldi it's 85p for exactly the same tube.

I was a bit surprised by that one too - even did a double check that its the same capacity tube.

[Steamer]

Battered Cod: horrible.. how I imagine paper mache would taste.

Breaded Cod: a soggier version than above.

The boxes are deadringers for the ones I usually buy in Tesco, as much as I sing the praises of Aldi these are best left where they area!

[anonymous-user]

the Tesco finest battered is worlds apart from the aldi one, the aldi one is cheaper though.

[Eyersey1234]

We buy a fair bit from Aldi most of it is good, we've found some of the fruit doesn't last very well though

[Steamer]

The Spruce goose said:

the Tesco finest battered is worlds apart from the aldi one, the aldi one is cheaper though.

Thats the one I usually buy.. certainly worth the price after trying Aldi's version.

[Legend83]

Maple and Sea Salt Fudge.
Caramel and Pecan Fudge.

Nom nom.

[ambuletz]

anyone know if LIDL have any sweets/choc (for sharing) worth looking into? it's my turn at work this friday to bring in sweets & choc.

generally we'll get stuff like haribo, or packets of chocolate buttons/caramel buttons, those red spaghetti things etc..