Rating: ©©-3/4 chips (tolerable)
Doritos Royal = Rich Taste Tortilla Chips….. Okay, we can definitely buy into that! Plus, we’re pretty sure that these chips are double fried.
As you may or may not know, we are slowly working our way through a variety of unique flavored Japanese Doritos and Cheetos from eBay. So far we have reviewed: Doritos Black Pepper, and Tandoori Chicken flavors. Next up, Doritos Royal Ahijo?!
Not sure what Ahijo is…? Well, neither were we; so we did a little research. Obviously the pic on the front of the bag looks like shrimp and clams, in some sort of soup or stew, and sprinkled with some herbs. According to what we found on the world wide web, Ahijo = Garlic Seafood (not sure if this flavor is supposed to be a misspelled version of the popular Spanish dish Gambas al Ajillo (Garlic Shrimp)? Either way, yes that’s right GARLIC SEAFOOD flavored Doritos!! All together now “Ewwwwwwww!!!”
These are amazing! Wait, that may have come out wrong. These Doritos are amazing-ly spot on, 100%, seafood flavored tortilla chips! We definitely taste shrimp or prawn. There’s a touch of garlic in there. Good splash of sea water, or seaweed. Really wow, we have not tasted very many seafood, fish, shellfish, etc. flavored chips, but we cannot deny that these are spot on! However, due to said accuracy, there in lies the question “do you like garlic seafood flavor sprinkled on your corn tortilla chips?” Well, we here at Chip Review have come to the cohesive conclusion that we certainly do not like garlic seafood flavored tortilla chips!! Maybe this flavor combination is simply too foreign to us, but in the end none of us actually enjoyed eating them. If we were rating these chips solely on our taste preference then they would have received our worst possible rating, however due to their unique flavor accuracy we have bumped that rating up a bit.
Doritos Royal tortilla chips themselves are shaped just like the example on the front of the bag – sort of like a bell. They are a tad thicker than our traditional U.S. Doritos, with a harder crunch. No qualms with the chips themselves until they try to carry seafood seasoning into our mouths!!
Well, there you have it. Anyone else out there tried them yet? Thoughts? As always we would love to hear what you think. Agree or disagree. Let us know.
Chips purchased from market_tokyo on ebay.
Frito Lay – Doritos Japan Official Website
Chip Ratings Scale:
(1/4 increments)
© – return to sender
©© – tolerable
©©© – notable
©©©© – lip-smacking
©©©©© – “A” list
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