A journey through the many flavors of Lay's from the four corners of the globe
Flavor: Beef Noodle Country: Taiwan When Seen: May 2019 In a Bite: Untasted. Have you tried it? Email us and tell us what you thought. In a Haiku:Soup can be messy.Sprinkle its essence on chips.Stay dry, clean, and full. Origin Story: Sometimes you feel like a nice bowl of beef noodle soup, but want to …
Flavor: Crab Country: Kyrgyzstan When Seen: August 2019 In a Bite: Kind of like Old Bay seasoning and shrimp. In a Haiku:Pinch me twice, dear crab.Baltimore meets Kyrgyzstan.Yet more shrimp than crab. Origin Story: According to Taste Atlas, there’s no good local crab in Kyrgyzstan. In fact, the best we were able to find was …
Flavor: Shashlik Country: Kyrgyzstan When Seen: August 2019 In a Bite: Like a fatty piece of beef or bone broth ramen crammed into a potato chip. In a Haiku:Beefy in your mouth.Without the skewer danger.Not Mima’s mutton. Origin Story: Shashlik are the famous meat skewers, traditionally made with lamb, found across Central Asia and other …
Flavor: Sweet Country: Thailand When Seen: September 2019 In a Bite: Untasted. Have you tried it? Email us and tell us what you thought. In a Haiku:Sweet potato chips?.This chip shatters.conventions. Heart-shaped nonetheless. Origin Story: This is perhaps the counterweight to the first sighted flavor in the Play series, Red Hot Chili. Nothing helps to …
Flavor: Hot ‘n’ Sour Punch Country: India When Seen: May 2019 In a Bite: Untasted. Have you tried it? Email us and tell us what you thought. In a Haiku:Lay’s foray to chaat.Maximum hot and sour.A punch in the face? Origin Story: Tangy, spicy, salty and crispy makes for some of the best Indian snacks, …
Flavor: Fiery Habanero Country: USA When Seen: August 2019 In a Bite: Mildly tangy at first, followed by feelings of regret for being cheated out of spiciness, followed by the heat finally kicking in. In a Haiku:Tongue feels nothing first.Then overcome with burning.Can’t stop eating these. Origin Story: If our good friends at Wikipedia are …
Flavor: Cheese Country: Tunisia When Seen: September 2019 In a Bite: Just as you would expect, the taste of classic cheese flavor dusted atop. In a Haiku:Sprinkled with cheese dust.These are just as you’d expect.Cheesy and salty. Origin Story: While not the most original of flavors, we have to hand it to the Lay’s flavor …
Flavor: Bolognese Country: France When Seen: September 2019 In a Bite: A bit of tomato with some Italian seasoning In a Haiku:Meat, meat, where are.you? Not in this.bolognese here. Lonely tomatoes. Origin Story: From the images on the bag–and the flavor of the chips–clearly no one in the Lay’s flavor department in France has made …
Flavor: Crab Curry Country: Thailand When Seen: August 2019 In a Bite: Strong curry smell hits your nose first, followed by mildly sweet and salty curry flavored chips. No taste of seafood. In a Haiku:No fishiness here.Only sweet taste of curry.Just add your own crab. Origin Story: Crab curry is a classic Thai dish, so …
Flavor: Extreme Hot Chili Country: Thailand When Seen: August 2019 In a Bite: Our local taster tells us that it’s not even spicy in the least… unless they got a bag from a batch that accidentally wasn’t seasoned In a Haiku:So spicy that your;tongue is tricked into thinkingthat it’s chili-free. Origin Story: Authentic Thai food …
