The Club Bundle

3.3 • 3 Reviews

I purchased the Algae Cooking Club cooking oil trio as a Thingdrop. The original oil is my favorite mainly because I don't notice much flavor from the mushroom flavored one ... to be fair, I haven't tried the chili one because I have a low spice tolerance, so this one could have more flavor! I have used this oil to cook chicken and salmon - moderate heat, nothing super crazy happening in my kitchen! In terms of cooking, nothing really caught my eye in a super good or bad way in terms of the oil itself. I do really like the bottle and the nozzle - I feel like I can control the amount of oil I use whereas traditional olive oil dispensers make it too easy to pour too much out. Overall, I recommend trying this out!

I bought the set of the plain Algae Oil and the add ons of the Shiitake and Chili flavoring oils. The plain Algae oil is, well, plain. It's neither here nor there. I wouldn't go out of my way to buy it - other than the packaging is really cute. The Shiitake and Chili oils on the other hand are very underwhelming. The shiitake tastes like oil with undertones of dirt. Faintly shroomy, the Urfa Chili dominates for me - but I cannot imagine anything being enhanced by this oil. I am pretty unclear why they brought this product to market. The goguchang chili oil is spicy, but rather one dimensional. It's totally clear with no chili texture, which some might find a plus. With all the amazing chili oils out there I would not choose to add this to my pantry. I kept the plain oil and gave the 2 flavored ones away. The image are the 2 flavored oils.

Ooohhhh I’m into it!! It makes some really yummy eggs in the morning, and I have yet to use it for baking but am excited to try out biscuits/pie crust with the “buttery” flavor! I only wish it were better as a finishing/salad dressing type oil as I love the benefits — maybe the “flavored” varieties they carry would be good for this use? I guess I’m sold on Algae cooking oil 😅