Aldi... what do you recommend?

fin12

Had the fishmonger Hot Smoked Salmon Fillets today, so nice. €2.99.

harr

Bassfish wrote: »

They're doing new Thai Red and green curry pastes. Made a chicken and pineapple red curry with their Mange tout and baby corn and had it with the tilda microwavable brown rice. Beautiful meal for two made for about ?5/6, gotta love Aldi!

Had this during the week...fab..drop of cream and coconut milk with chicken and spring onions ,just trim onion and spilt in two rather than chop.
Tried the green paste tonight didn't find it as nice and found the red a lot hotter..

ongarite

Sorry if has been asked before.
The Brooklea Greek yogurt in 500g tubs (same style as FAGE) has been out of stock in my local for the last 2 weeks.
Is it gone for good?

The Greek style alternatives from Duneen Dairy are not as good IMO; too runy, watery IMO.

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caviardreams

ongarite wrote: »

Sorry if has been asked before.
The Brooklea Greek yogurt in 500g tubs (same style as FAGE) has been out of stock in my local for the last 2 weeks.
Is it gone for good?

The Greek style alternatives from Duneen Dairy are not as good IMO; too runy, watery IMO.

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I picked it up in Stillorgan last Sunday. Can just be difficult to get as it's popular I find!

Thargor

fin12 wrote: »

The sugar free sweets by the till are lovely. I got the Cappuccino one, is really nice 69c each.

Yeah they are really nice actually, Ive been eating them at work to get over fag cravings after tea.

Thargor

This pizza is in a slightly different black box in the freezers and its called Pizza Romagna these days but theres only 3 different ones in the frozen black box range so you'll have no trouble finding it, agree with the author of this article, its as good as a restaurant pizza, the base and toppings are near perfect, my new favourite frozen pizza anyway and Ive tried them all at this stage, near perfect:

http://www.alliespizzandgarlicbread.com/pizza-reviews/aldi-stone-baked-romagna-salami-rocket-mozarella-pizza-review

vicwatson

Thargor wrote: »

This pizza is in a slightly different black box in the freezers and its called Pizza Romagna these days but theres only 3 different ones in the frozen black box range so you'll have no trouble finding it, agree with the author of this article, its as good as a restaurant pizza, the base and toppings are near perfect, my new favourite frozen pizza anyway and Ive tried them all at this stage, near perfect:

http://www.alliespizzandgarlicbread.com/pizza-reviews/aldi-stone-baked-romagna-salami-rocket-mozarella-pizza-review

Is this a regular product or does it come and go?

Conor Bourke

vicwatson wrote: »

Is this a regular product or does it come and go?

It's regular. The packaging was changed/jazzed up a few months ago but the product remained the same. The romagna one is my favourite, absolutely delicious for a freezer pizza.

Also, just to be clear- romagna is just the name of the salami and rocket pizza within that range, I think there are two or three other topping types.

accordingtoger

I love the microwave pouch Quinoa, Bulgar Wheat & Wholegrain rice. I know it isn't as good as fresh but for a quick dinner it tastes really great.

B0jangles

Along with the salami/rocket romagna, there's a goats cheese one, a hot n spicy pepperoni one (etna?) and the last is I think some kind of chicken one but I'm not 100% on that.

Also the 1.99 fresh pizzas have a really really good base - they come in ham/pineapple and pepperoni. When aldi were selling bread-baking stuff I got a 12 inch circular earthenware baking platter from them that I now use as a pizza stone and it's fantastic

(It did need serious seasoning at first though; as sold they are like glue when it comes to things sticking to them)

Zelda247

accordingtoger wrote: »

I love the microwave pouch Quinoa, Bulgar Wheat & Wholegrain rice. I know it isn't as good as fresh but for a quick dinner it tastes really great.

I loved this also, its great value and tastes fab. Only thing is I think the pouch smells a bit when microwaving so I put into a dish before putting into the microwave.

Reputable Rog

Chilli bratwurst are lovely.

vicwatson

Just had some salt and vinegar passions hand cooked crisps - they are amazing

fin12

vicwatson wrote: »

Just had some salt and vinegar passions hand cooked crisps - they are amazing

The sweet chilli and sour creme are really nice aswell, way nicer than Lidl ones.

Polka_Dot

The chickpea shortage seems to be affecting the UK stores too. The shelves had been empty the last few weeks, today they had been replaced by the East Web brand as mentioned before, but still no chickpeas! Tins and tins of butter beans and kidney beans but not a chickpea in sight.

Bassfish

harr wrote: »

Bassfish wrote: »

They're doing new Thai Red and green curry pastes. Made a chicken and pineapple red curry with their Mange tout and baby corn and had it with the tilda microwavable brown rice. Beautiful meal for two made for about ?5/6, gotta love Aldi!

Had this during the week...fab..drop of cream and coconut milk with chicken and spring onions ,just trim onion and spilt in two rather than chop.
Tried the green paste tonight didn't find it as nice and found the red a lot hotter..

Good to know! As well as the curry I used the red paste as a marinade for chicken and roasted it. Lovely in a wrap with salad. Would be great if they did a yellow or massaman paste, any one I've tried from other places tend to disappoint.

Oat23

Anyone else buy the sourdough bread and noticed the smaller slices in recent weeks? It's only a small change but I don't like change. They are probably a little thicker to compensate but I feel like am eating less. My triangle toast looks sh*te now because the slices are shorter .

deadanonymau5

Oat23 wrote: »

Anyone else buy the sourdough bread and noticed the smaller slices in recent weeks? It's only a small change but I don't like change. They are probably a little thicker to compensate but I feel like am eating less. My triangle toast looks sh*te now because the slices are shorter .

I didnt know aldi did sourdough bread...

HeidiHeidi

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

I didnt know aldi did sourdough bread...

It's a sliced pan that really bears no resemblance to actual sourdough bread. It's nice enough, but I wouldn't be raving about it.

Thargor

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

It's a sliced pan that really bears no resemblance to actual sourdough bread. It's nice enough, but I wouldn't be raving about it.

Its the best toasting bread Ive ever found, like the kind Gordon Ramsay would serve a poached egg on

But yeah absolutely nothing to do with sourdough, do Aldi not have any bakers or chefs signing off on that kind of thing?

beer enigma

Anyone seen these ready meals in Aldi ?

Alf Stewart.

beer enigma wrote: »

Anyone seen these ready meals in Aldi ?

No, probably part of the UK range, they seem to have lots of products that aren't sold in Irish stores though.

deadanonymau5

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

I didnt know aldi did sourdough bread...

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

It's a sliced pan that really bears no resemblance to actual sourdough bread. It's nice enough, but I wouldn't be raving about it.

Thargor wrote: »

Its the best toasting bread Ive ever found, like the kind Gordon Ramsay would serve a poached egg on

Is it good enough to make an idiot sandwich out of it?

deadanonymau5

beer enigma wrote: »

Anyone seen these ready meals in Aldi ?

Not specifically that one but I noticed lots of new pre made meals like that in the freezers.

harr

Not sure if it's been posted but a few have been looking for chickpeas...big jars now in the "taste of Iberia " section.

Cheshire Cat

harr wrote: »

Not sure if it's been posted but a few have been looking for chickpeas...big jars now in the "taste of Iberia " section.

That's In Lidl, this is the Aldi thread

harr

Cheshire Cat wrote: »

That's In Lidl, this is the Aldi thread

Sure enough I should have said what supermarket they were in...might have been handy

Dizzyblonde

Plenty of chickpeas and red kidney beans in the Santry branch today, all East End brand.

nc6000

What's the difference between a chickpea and a lentil?

Donald Trump never paid to have a lentil on him.

HeidiHeidi

Don't know if they're new or I just haven't noticed them before (I don't look in the sweet freezers much) - I got a box of the "mini ice creams" recently and just tried one.

They're the cutest little things! A proper little mini-Magnum!

The ones I got are ginger and pistachio - I got them because they have dark choc coatings, there are other flavours covered in milk/white choc.

Tried the ginger one just now, and I'm well impressed. Looking forward to trying the pistachio soon.

Yum!:)