UK Food that Foreigners and Expats ask for.
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Tallow said:
The Moose said:
Right now, I’m pleased I bring back Lemsip powder that you make into hot drinks to help with colds etc. had a nasty few days in the house.
That's a good one actually, and a good reminder that I need to stock up again!bulldong said:
Tallow said:
The Moose said:
Right now, I’m pleased I bring back Lemsip powder that you make into hot drinks to help with colds etc. had a nasty few days in the house.
That's a good one actually, and a good reminder that I need to stock up again!The Moose said:
bulldong said:
Tallow said:
The Moose said:
Right now, I’m pleased I bring back Lemsip powder that you make into hot drinks to help with colds etc. had a nasty few days in the house.
That's a good one actually, and a good reminder that I need to stock up again!bulldong said:
The Moose said:
bulldong said:
Tallow said:
The Moose said:
Right now, I’m pleased I bring back Lemsip powder that you make into hot drinks to help with colds etc. had a nasty few days in the house.
That's a good one actually, and a good reminder that I need to stock up again!
djc206 said:
Go to the pork section in a Waitrose there.
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t story time, my dad was buying bacon for his Sunday fry up in Waitrose in Dubai and Sheikh Mohammed was behind him in the queue. A very personable chap apparently.
Beef bacon is far worse. It’s like fried biltong, chewy as fk and with completely the wrong flavour. I don’t understand their objection to pork.
Duck bacon however is awesome. s
t story time, my dad was buying bacon for his Sunday fry up in Waitrose in Dubai and Sheikh Mohammed was behind him in the queue. A very personable chap apparently.Beef bacon is far worse. It’s like fried biltong, chewy as f
k and with completely the wrong flavour. I don’t understand their objection to pork.h0b0 said:
Ayahuasca said:
h0b0 said:
Robbo 27 said:
Just had some Americans to stay and they really wanted a traditional Sunday roast dinner with Yorkshire Pudding and roast beef.
Yorkshire puddings are called popovers in the US. You often find them in steak houses. 
I have seen them in others though. The name is still something Americans may be familiar with.
Terrible picture in terrible light. Impressively large size wise.
When I worked a lot in the US, I ended up taking Marmite with me, as Americans manage to make everything sweet, and if just wanted some toast with sweet spread I wasn't stuck with peanut butter. I always used to bring back Mexian/Latin ingredients in my suitcase, along with beer. My American friends want me to bring over Ale (usually if they have spent time here), for a change from Craft Beer, chocolates and baked goods. One friend wanted as many large jars of Branston Pickles as I could bring over, but he was an Aussie. Another friend who is over every month brings back Tonic Water, as she said she can't get decent ones in her local shops, along with cat food - I'n not sure the cats crave British cat food, more her guilt of being away.
My friends in SE Asia usually want Tea, Cheese, chocolate and snack food. Also bring back dishwasher tablets, as they say they are very expensive back home. My Friends from Singapore stay in AirBnb's when they visit the UK, and love how cheap food and meat is here, and have exclusively British or European food when they eat out or cook when here, and avoid their native Oriental food.
My friends in SE Asia usually want Tea, Cheese, chocolate and snack food. Also bring back dishwasher tablets, as they say they are very expensive back home. My Friends from Singapore stay in AirBnb's when they visit the UK, and love how cheap food and meat is here, and have exclusively British or European food when they eat out or cook when here, and avoid their native Oriental food.
djc206 said:
Beef bacon is far worse. It’s like fried biltong, chewy as fk and with completely the wrong flavour. I don’t understand their objection to pork.
I love beef, and I love bacon. Beef bacon is just sk and with completely the wrong flavour. I don’t understand their objection to pork.t. I first came across it at a Hotel in South Africa (why?!?!?!), but after spending more time in the Middle East and Muslim countries around the world I learnt to steer clear of it. But for breakfast, there all kinds of interesting local food that you don't miss it.If you crave western food like pizza and burgers, it gets annoying, with either a limited menu or rubbish substitutions. A strange one is McDonalds in Singapore, Islam only makes up 14% as the religion of the population, doesn't have pork on the menu, sausage and bacon is made with Chicken
The Moose said:
Ayahuasca said:
What I really crave and cannot get - proper chip shop fish and chips. Yes you can get fish, and you can get french fries, but nothing, nothing like fish and chips. or a decent pint of bitter.
Where are you located?We batter and fry our own fish.
The nearest tropical fish to cod here is 'corvina' - something like snook or sea bass. But really nothing like cod. What fish do you use?
Ayahuasca said:
The Moose said:
Ayahuasca said:
What I really crave and cannot get - proper chip shop fish and chips. Yes you can get fish, and you can get french fries, but nothing, nothing like fish and chips. or a decent pint of bitter.
Where are you located?We batter and fry our own fish.
The nearest tropical fish to cod here is 'corvina' - something like snook or sea bass. But really nothing like cod. What fish do you use?
so friends and family are under strict instructions to load up with chocolate hobnobs and wine gums. O and prawn cocktail crisps, my (American ) wife can’t get enough of them Ayahuasca said:
Lived abroad for over a decade. Things I bring back when I visit UK:
Jaffa cakes
Marmite
Fry’s Turkish delight
Birds custard powder
Treacle puddings
Heinz beans
Lyles golden syrup
Stilton cheese
Branston pickle
Cadbury’s chocolate fingers
What I really crave and cannot get - proper chip shop fish and chips. Yes you can get fish, and you can get french fries, but nothing, nothing like fish and chips. or a decent pint of bitter.
Its the same here in Austria, yet to find anything similar, a colleague and I have half jokingly talked of opening a chip shop someday! Other one is bakers with proper pies/pastries, they have similar here but not as good imo.Jaffa cakes
Marmite
Fry’s Turkish delight
Birds custard powder
Treacle puddings
Heinz beans
Lyles golden syrup
Stilton cheese
Branston pickle
Cadbury’s chocolate fingers
What I really crave and cannot get - proper chip shop fish and chips. Yes you can get fish, and you can get french fries, but nothing, nothing like fish and chips. or a decent pint of bitter.
Main one I always bring back is irn bru, can get it in places here but its quite expensive, especially compared with the 24 can crates from tesco etc at about 7-8 quid each! Last time we drove back to Scotland the boot floor was lined in them
There are a couple of British/American shops here but they are well overpriced, frey bentos pies for 5 euro+ (despite being rank) or tins of heinz soup for 3 euro+ etc, one thing they do sell which isn't badly priced is Robinson's diluting juice at around 3 euros per bottle.
I tend to clear them out of the Orange and Pineapple when I visit and it lasts a while! They do local diluting juices here but not found any I really like yet...
Bacon is another thing I brought back last time, they just seem to sell streaky bacon here whereas I like the chunkier smoked stuff we get in UK.
Same Bacon issue here in the Netherlands. Went to Copenhagen a while back and was looking forward to some nice Danish bacon before I discovered they also do thin streaky stuff and appear to ship all the good stuff to the UK.
On the other hand when I move back to the UK I'll need to find an expat shop somewhere to get my fix of Karvan Cévitam, which is the best squash I've ever had. Quite a few shops in the UK sell Stroopwafels now which is good.
On the other hand when I move back to the UK I'll need to find an expat shop somewhere to get my fix of Karvan Cévitam, which is the best squash I've ever had. Quite a few shops in the UK sell Stroopwafels now which is good.
ClaphamGT3 said:
Back bacon is the one thing we just can't get in France
You can... just has to be mail order.https://www.baconbythebox.com/
https://www.britishcornershop.co.uk/british-butler...
http://flavour-to-savour.com/order-english-meats.p...
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