Spicy Strips - Spicy Gluten Latiao, Chinese Special Casual Snack Food, Made From Wheat/Chili/Spice, Low Sugar and Low Calories, Best Vegan, 78g (Pack of 2)

I liked these, they have a very spicy kick to them, the texture is interesting, so if you're not good with textures, they're not for you. They've got a sort of tough chew to them (if you watch the same videos on social media I have, you know they give a pull to tear off some). The smell is strong-ish, and unusual to Western tastes, it makes me think of a sesame, peanut buttery scent, combined with the chili oil scent, this can seem strong to anyone not used to it. The taste is spicy. Now I know why those little kids were sucking their breath in to cool their mouths. Chewing on them, they have an almost spongey texture that releases an oily juice, that has all the spice. These aren't meaty, they're not like a snack stick, these are made with wheat gluten (hence the nutty scent) and is basically soaked in chili oil. So, if you like any of those things, you might enjoy these.

I was so worried because so many other reviews said they smell and taste bad but to me they smell amazing and taste great! Super spicy though so idk how my GERD will react but it has a strong cumin smell. I guess if you dont like the spice cumin then these wont smell or taste good to you. Cumin was used a lot in the tacos my grandma made so to me these smell and taste meaty. The texture is one that I have craved since childhood. Soft but chewy and it has a nice crunching sound despite being soft and chewy. I look forward to trying the less spicy ones when those arrive in a few weeks. So good, so tasty, and I can smell them as soon as I open the bag and it smells so good! Again if you dont like the smell of cumin then these probably wont smell good to you at all. These are so spicy they can probably warm you up in an Alaskan winter!

It's very spicy. Like if white people level spice is level 2, this is 6. The texture is chewy but the most interesting thing is when u bite down and start chewing u get a mouthful of oil/flavor juices. It's like if u took a spicy cheeto and made it chewy and added oil to it. Can turn a lot of people off I think. I can taste sesame, clove, pepper, chill, garlic. Worth spending the $10 in my opinion to just try something unique.

This did not have the best flavor. I’m pretty open to trying new things but the smell is very fishy and since it’s very oily it ca stain and stick to places for some time. The sodium on theses are through the roof. Overall I have taken a few bites and it’s ok the texture is chewy and oily and definitely taste better than they smell just not my kind of taste. Very similar oily texture to chili oil

Nasty does not taste good at all tastes very stale and it makes you tongue sting I don’t recommend at alllll!!! It smelled very bad like it had so much preservatives the texture it was really chewy and very sweet and spicy but like it made your tongue sting for a good while it wasn’t pleasant at all!!!