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guides & stories.
Taste tests, quick recipes, ingredient guides and the culture behind the snacks, noodles and staples we ship across the UK.
Tastings23/10/2026
The Pantry Taste-Off: Taro Leaves, Wet Towels and Steam Paper
We taste-test three pantry oddments — dried taro leaves, zodiac wet towels and dim sum steam paper — to see which earns a spot in your basket.
Tastings23/10/2026
The Drinks Shelf Showdown: Coffee, Isotonic, and Milk Tea Picks
We taste-test a Vietnamese instant coffee, a Malaysian isotonic, and a Taiwanese milk tea to find the best drinks for your basket.
Tastings23/10/2026
The Sauce Shelf Showdown: Sweet Heat vs. Deep Umami
We taste-tested a Malaysian shrimp paste and two Indonesian sambals to find the bottle worth your basket.
Tastings23/10/2026
The sauce shelf taste-off: 3 pantry workhorses we tested this week
We tried three very different picks from the YummAsia sauce shelf — from Filipino seasoning granules to Ceylon cinnamon — to see which earns a basket spot.