Chef One Vegetable Egg Roll (Redux)

I've reviewed these Chef One Vegetable Egg Rolls before, and wasn't super impressed then. Ross saw them at H Mart and thought that we should give them a try. I wasn't sure if they were identical to the previous samples, since they were in a different package, so I fell for it. I toasted these in the toaster oven, one of the recommended cooking methods. The shell didn't cook fully after the suggested period of time, so I put them in for another 10 minutes. Still not great. The shell is brittle and tastes doughy, and the cabbage heavy-filling is just too plain to be good. There's tons of it in there, your mouth is just filled with bland cabbage shreds. Even slathering these with chili sauce was not enough to make me want to eat them. I will not fall for these again.

Score: 2/5 - I liked these even less than last time...

Chef One Vegetable Egg Roll

These are another H Mart frozen aisle score. I am not sure if the brand, Chef One, is actually the same brand as previously reviewed Chef One products, the packaging looks significantly different to me. At any rate, these were OK egg rolls. The filling was pretty standard mixed vegetable filling, with lots of cabbage and carrot, with a good amount of texture to it. The shell was the disappointing part of this roll. I baked them in the oven (and this was one of the recommended cooking methods), where I watched them sort of vent steam, which I haven't seen before in a spring roll. The shell wasn't burnt, but it ended up crackly and brittle, with a sort of old fried dough taste. I'm sorry, I am just not that into it. They were well received overall, but I just wasn't into the shell.

Score: 3/5 - Not as good as others out there. The shell isn't to my taste.

Chef One Vegetable Bun

These are another remainder from Kam Man. The Chef One buns in general have breadier, drier dough that I am not in love with. The ratio of filling to dough is also low. I think it works for their rich sesame peanut variety, but with a sort of plain vegetable filling, you want more filling! These were inoffensive, but I should really plan on not buying them in the future, they don't live up to some of the other options out there.

Score: 2.5/5 - Just OK. More bread than filling, which doesn't work that well for vegetable buns.

Chef One Sesame Peanut Butter Bun

Sesame seeds and dry peanut butter come together in the filling of this bun to create a great taste. The filling is a little on the dry and crumbly side, and a little sweet, but it works. The filling portion suits these relatively small buns. The bun itself is just OK; the bread is not as chewy as some of the other brands. Generally, it just acts as a medium for the filling. In other flavors of bun, that would be a problem, but with the great taste of the sesame peanut butter filling it's OK that the bread is there to just prop it up. These are one of Ross's favorites. They are definitely better than the plain sesame filling buns. I've yet to find this flavor elsewhere.



Score: 4/5 - A unique bun. Peanut butter and sesame temper each other in the filling.