Sardines au romarin et au fenouil

Very good quality and very good tasting sardines.

I LOVED this flavour! I haven't tried the other ones yet because they were sold out in Whole Foods, but I'll be ordering a bunch online. I liked it better than the Fishwife ones I've had. I really like when sardines have an herby/floral/salty flavour with them, it compliments the sardine so well. I've always liked the Fangst tins a lot for that and this one felt like it was on a similar flavour wave and I loved it! We had some straight up and some on top of a herby summer bean salad, which was a perfect match.

I had high hopes for these sardines, but they are extremely disappointing. Although the fish were plump and lovely, I couldn't taste the fennel nor the rosemary. I bought one of each type and expect similar experiences with the others. I won't be buying them again. Will stick to Brunswick, which are just as good and a quarter of the price.

I eat a lot of tinned fish and these are top of my list for sardines. The rosemary flavor is definitely prominent, but not overpowering. That being said, if you hate rosemary this isn't the tin for you. The meat is so tender, hydrated and perfectly seasoned. I love dumping the entire tin + oil over pasta or in a miso / chicken broth ramen with noodles. You can absolutely eat these straight up as well.

Fresh and nicely packed. To my taste, herbs were overpowering. I also found them too salty. I may try the ones without herbs but will have to wash them to try go reduce salt.