So what food would you miss if you moved abroad?
Discussion
Just spent 10 days in Majorca and the first thing I had to have when I landed back in Blighty was a Chicken Tikka Kebab on Naan Bread!! Going 10 days without one was hard enough but never seeing one again would be torture!!
Anything else I could live without, naan kebabs no chance!
What food would you miss if you had to leave these shores??
PS - I'm not a fat f
ker, just enjoy this fine piece of takeaway Asian cuisine!! 
Anything else I could live without, naan kebabs no chance!
What food would you miss if you had to leave these shores??
PS - I'm not a fat f
ker, just enjoy this fine piece of takeaway Asian cuisine!! Living abroad right now, I miss:
- Indian food. Its dreadful here.
- Ribena and Roses lime cordial
- Marmite
- Chutneys for cheese
- Pate (americans dont seem to eat it? and whereas M&S has five or six types, even Whole Foods only has the "Xmas gift hamper" pate in a china pot at a huge price.
- Nice mozarella. American mozarella has the texture of insulating foam.
- Waitrose.
- Indian food. Its dreadful here.
- Ribena and Roses lime cordial
- Marmite
- Chutneys for cheese
- Pate (americans dont seem to eat it? and whereas M&S has five or six types, even Whole Foods only has the "Xmas gift hamper" pate in a china pot at a huge price.
- Nice mozarella. American mozarella has the texture of insulating foam.
- Waitrose.
I lived and worked in New Zealand for a year, and believe it or not, the things I missed most were boiled sweets! You know, the lemon sherbets, chocolate limes, and cough candy sort of thing. These are imported, but by sea, so by the time they've made the journey they've gone sticky and horrible.
Also Marmite, and decent coffee. What's available outside of Wellington's coffee bars is all gash.
However there's a counterbalance to this in terms of things which are either unavailable, or not as good in the UK:
Feijoas (a fruit a bit like a guava). I could eat my body weight in these.
Lamb 'ham'. It's delicious.
Fruit and veg (in season) from markets is generally much fresher than it is here.
Also Marmite, and decent coffee. What's available outside of Wellington's coffee bars is all gash.
However there's a counterbalance to this in terms of things which are either unavailable, or not as good in the UK:
Feijoas (a fruit a bit like a guava). I could eat my body weight in these.
Lamb 'ham'. It's delicious.
Fruit and veg (in season) from markets is generally much fresher than it is here.
i can see where you guys are coming from re: curries. thankfully that's not a problem for me but have sampled indian cuising in france and the states and it is terrible.
dubai is lackingina lot of things, but foodies would not find themselves wanting. there's decent butchers, waitrose [with a pork section selling proper bacon, sausage and pork pies!], great seafood and most nationalities are catered for [the SA butcher makes his own biltong]. eating out is as good as it gets and we're far from being a 'dry' state.
just need a decent chippy, haribo and a boatload of sneck lifter and we're set!
dubai is lackingina lot of things, but foodies would not find themselves wanting. there's decent butchers, waitrose [with a pork section selling proper bacon, sausage and pork pies!], great seafood and most nationalities are catered for [the SA butcher makes his own biltong]. eating out is as good as it gets and we're far from being a 'dry' state.
just need a decent chippy, haribo and a boatload of sneck lifter and we're set!
Edited by shirt on Thursday 29th August 19:22
Decent cheese. Exluding France there's almost no other country that you can get a decent selection of quality cheese.
Especially poor outside Europe, China had one horrible fake cheddar and seemed nigh on impossible to get anything else, same goes for South Africa.
Would also miss marmite, a lot. And nice whisky. And good proper ciders (these don't really exist outside the UK).
Especially poor outside Europe, China had one horrible fake cheddar and seemed nigh on impossible to get anything else, same goes for South Africa.
Would also miss marmite, a lot. And nice whisky. And good proper ciders (these don't really exist outside the UK).
Japveesix said:
Decent cheese. Exluding France there's almost no other country that you can get a decent selection of quality cheese.
Especially poor outside Europe, China had one horrible fake cheddar and seemed nigh on impossible to get anything else, same goes for South Africa.
Would also miss marmite, a lot. And nice whisky. And good proper ciders (these don't really exist outside the UK).
I was absoutely dreading the cheese, beer and whisky situation in America but i was surprised - there's been a bit of a revolution here (at least in the major cities). Cheese shops almost on a par with Neal's Yard, really great microbrews (all IPAs and stouts which is fine by me) and good booze. Especially poor outside Europe, China had one horrible fake cheddar and seemed nigh on impossible to get anything else, same goes for South Africa.
Would also miss marmite, a lot. And nice whisky. And good proper ciders (these don't really exist outside the UK).
Asia though....*shudders at memories of cheese in Japan*
Wadeski said:
I was absoutely dreading the cheese, beer and whisky situation in America but i was surprised - there's been a bit of a revolution here (at least in the major cities). Cheese shops almost on a par with Neal's Yard, really great microbrews (all IPAs and stouts which is fine by me) and good booze.
Asia though....*shudders at memories of cheese in Japan*
Interesting, I assumed in the US they just ate Monteray Jack and kraft slices. Pleased to hear different.Asia though....*shudders at memories of cheese in Japan*
China (presumably rest of Asia too) is a long way behind still. Most of them seem to hate cheese with a passion, my brother's Chinese girlfriend genuinely looks quite ill at the slightest whiff of stilton...
http://bedfordcheeseshop.com/
This place is right by me in Brooklyn, finding it resulted in spontaneous texts to people in the UK saying "I'LL BE OK THEY HAVE PROPER CHEESE!"
Until recently a lot of states banned cheeses made from unpasteurised milk or made using traditional processes but thats changing.
This place is right by me in Brooklyn, finding it resulted in spontaneous texts to people in the UK saying "I'LL BE OK THEY HAVE PROPER CHEESE!"
Until recently a lot of states banned cheeses made from unpasteurised milk or made using traditional processes but thats changing.
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