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Old 13-10-2011, 16:06
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I was just looking up something at mysupermarket and was surprised to see how many products he's now got his name to

http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/Shopp...roots&SortBy=3
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Old 13-10-2011, 16:08
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He's the HR Heinz of West Indian food, his name will live on long after he will.

I recommend the chilli beef with seasoned rice, it's the only chilli-type thing on the market I don't have to add hot sauce to.
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Old 13-10-2011, 16:18
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I'vew only ever tried one product. That was the BBQ sauce. There's now several varieties of it.
I'm tempted to give the Ginger Beer with Honey & Lime a try.
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Old 13-10-2011, 16:26
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Only ever tried his peri peri sauce and imo it's yuck!
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Old 13-10-2011, 16:29
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I wasn't too fussed with the BBQ sauce
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Old 13-10-2011, 17:13
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I tried his Jerk/BBQ sauce. I was not impressed. Supposed to contain Scotch Bonnet chillis but you'd never know. I threw the rest of the bottle away.
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Old 13-10-2011, 17:59
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Just been to Tesco and picked up a couple of bags of crisps. One was chilli beef,. The other didn't list a flavour
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Old 13-10-2011, 17:59
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I tried his Jerk/BBQ sauce. I was not impressed. Supposed to contain Scotch Bonnet chillis but you'd never know. I threw the rest of the bottle away.
I don't think i've used a bought BBQ sauce for several years without adding a splash or two of soy, hot sauce, sugar etc.
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Old 13-10-2011, 18:01
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I got one of his products back home. It was a sauce, can't remember what variety. I was taken with how watery it was. Sauce, I'd thought, is at least to have some thickness to it. It was like pouring water on my dinner.
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Old 13-10-2011, 19:17
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He is every where. He's done curry sauces, tomato ketchup sauces, chicken currys, a lot of stuff with Birds Eye as well.

He's made a fortune.
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Old 14-10-2011, 07:51
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Fair play to him, one of the best marketed products in years considering he had nothing unique at all when he went in the Den.
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Old 14-10-2011, 09:01
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I've never tried any of his products..

But I am going to buy some Reggae Reggae Sauce as I've always meant to try it.

Is it nice?
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Old 14-10-2011, 09:07
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He's been well marketed by shrewd businessmen. There's nothing particularly special about his products, IMO, there's plenty out there of better quality. That said, I do like to use his original Reggae Reggae Sauce on chicken thighs and drumsticks as a marinade when I can't be bothered to make my own.
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Old 14-10-2011, 09:16
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i've nevertried the reggae reggae sauce, but i do like the carribean crush drink, i might have to get some from asda later on
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Old 14-10-2011, 11:11
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I don't rate his sauces. Prefer the Nandos sauces for Peri Peri or look in the 'World Foods' section of your supermarket and try one of the other West Indian ranges, like Encona.
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Old 14-10-2011, 15:45
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I've never tried any of his products..

But I am going to buy some Reggae Reggae Sauce as I've always meant to try it.

Is it nice?
As others have said, it's just a bog standard BBQ sauce. Nothing really special about it. It's just the name/style that's made him/it famous.
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Old 30-10-2011, 21:56
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Had some of the Reggae Reggae crisps earlier.

They crisps themselves are nice. A good thickness and texture. They are just rebranded Burts
http://www.burtschips.com/


The flavour was like weak and slightly spiced roast chicken. I wonder if they're supposed to be jerk chicken flavour

I doubt i'd buy them again. I also have a pack of the chilli beef to try.
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Old 31-10-2011, 11:05
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The drink is not nice at all imo.
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Old 31-10-2011, 11:13
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I don't rate his sauces. Prefer the Nandos sauces for Peri Peri or look in the 'World Foods' section of your supermarket and try one of the other West Indian ranges, like Encona.

Yes, Encona are much better. Also Dunns River.
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Old 31-10-2011, 13:35
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Just been to Tesco and picked up a couple of bags of crisps. One was chilli beef,. The other didn't list a flavour
The chilli beef ones are nice.
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Old 01-11-2011, 12:44
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I think with Levi Roots, his sauces and foods and so on need to appeal to a broader range of tastes, so they tend to be blander, and without as much spice.

I tend to stay away from them and go to my uncle for cooking advice.
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Old 01-11-2011, 13:00
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I made a caribbean curry with one of his sauce jars - the sauce was a bit watery and not really full of flavour. Nice enough, but it tasted exactly like what it was - a mass-produced consumer sauce.

All credit to him though, he's created (with a lot of help from whichever dragons invested) a marketing juggernaut. And at the end of the day, that will be all that matters to the businessman in him.
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Old 02-11-2011, 13:37
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covent garden soups seem to be dabbling in the current trend for everything Jamaican with their 'Jammin Jamaican' soup. I'm trying it as part of my lunch right now. Its basically sweet potato based with ginger, chile and coconut - not bad actually, its got a decent spicy kick
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Old 02-11-2011, 23:46
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Yes, Encona are much better. Also Dunns River.
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I really rate what Levi has achieved but I really don't like his Reggae Reggae sauce. Encona is beautiful.
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Old 02-11-2011, 23:52
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I normally buy my hot-sauces from the Hot-Headz website as I do like my spicy food. Although I always keep a bottle of Reggae Reggae Jerk/BBQ sauce in the cupboard for my cheese on toast and to mix into baked beans.
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