UK Food that Foreigners and Expats ask for.
Discussion
North East of China, close to the Russian border. Most packaged goods can be bought on-line, albeit at a highly inflated price. In winter the range increases, as products like cured meats, condiments and cheese can be shipped.
When back in the UK
Cheese, lots of especially Stilton
Pies, especially Melton Mowbray Pork Pies
Crumpets
Sausages
Lamb chops
Not food, dusters and shoes
Couple of weeks ago placed my online order in preparation for Christmas, obviously some items need to be substituted, but come close enough.
Twinining Earl Grey tea
Baileys for Mrs. DG
Mcvitie's Jaffa Cakes
Cheese Mature Chedder, Camembert, Danish Blue (yes l know)
Carr’s Water Biscuits
Salami
Marmite
When back in the UK
Cheese, lots of especially Stilton
Pies, especially Melton Mowbray Pork Pies
Crumpets
Sausages
Lamb chops
Not food, dusters and shoes
Couple of weeks ago placed my online order in preparation for Christmas, obviously some items need to be substituted, but come close enough.
Twinining Earl Grey tea
Baileys for Mrs. DG
Mcvitie's Jaffa Cakes
Cheese Mature Chedder, Camembert, Danish Blue (yes l know)
Carr’s Water Biscuits
Salami
Marmite
UAE
Most things available at extortionate prices which you still pay as it’s tasty.
Can’t get haribo tangfastics for love nor money, usually bring loads of these back. Pork pies also hard to come by (pork and pork products are not, just the pies!).
Found a reliable source of crumpets last month which was heaven.
When I visit the UK, the chippy is high in the agenda, as is Greggs!
Most things available at extortionate prices which you still pay as it’s tasty.
Can’t get haribo tangfastics for love nor money, usually bring loads of these back. Pork pies also hard to come by (pork and pork products are not, just the pies!).
Found a reliable source of crumpets last month which was heaven.
When I visit the UK, the chippy is high in the agenda, as is Greggs!
Can get most things over here, even the local supermarket chain sells Heinz English Recipe Baked Beans alongside the local variety. However, one thing unites all British expats, and many locals that have been to Britain, and that is beer. All agree that a pint of British ale, served either through a proper beer engine, or better still, via gravity straight from the cask on the bar into the glass, is something we wish was available more widely. Lots of bottled stuff around, my local usually has Adnams, Fullers and Theakstons.
The flip side is that there is a large variety of imported beer from everywhere else to try.
Beer here has improved immeasurably in the past 10-15 years, but proper draught ale is still a rare ol' thing. Its a bubbles and temperature thing.
The flip side is that there is a large variety of imported beer from everywhere else to try.
Beer here has improved immeasurably in the past 10-15 years, but proper draught ale is still a rare ol' thing. Its a bubbles and temperature thing.
ChevronB19 said:
Friend of mine has just opened a British food shop in Texas, packed with most of the above, but shockingly excluding the great northern British crisp, the XL Cheese
What's the name of the store? And do they ship to other states?I really miss crisps such as wheat crunchies and chiplets: biscuits (digestive, malted milk, bourbons, custard creams), sauces (HP fruity and original, salad cream), sausages, confectionery (coltsfoot rock, chewits, refreshes, aniseed balls), and decent squash.
JuniorD said:
Irish people abroad like "Tayto" brand crisps. I had to send a box out to my mate when he was serving in Iraq,
But what brand of Tayto, there's Northern Ireland Tayto (Nordie Tayto) and Republic of Ireland Tayto ( Free Stayto)They are seperate companies but agreed not to sell in each others territory, some shopkeeper in Northern Ireland got taken to court for selling RoI Tayto.
The NI cheese and onion has a stronger flavour, in multipack bags it's stronger than the larger share bag which is a bit odd.
The RoI Tayto has a more milder flavour similar to Walkers.
As an expat (USA), I hoard chocolate hob-nobs, marmite, orange squash, branstons pickle, mango chutney, brinjal pickle, baked beans, Coleman's mustard, and (whilst not technically a food) Lemsip.
In terms of what foreigners like about British food...its probably just Cadbury's. Its hard to over-emphasize how awful Americans think our food is.
In terms of what foreigners like about British food...its probably just Cadbury's. Its hard to over-emphasize how awful Americans think our food is.
Expat (NZ) here - oddly the usual thing top of the list is Bisto gravy granules :spew:
I miss the following
Freschetta pizza (specifically the pepperoni one) - cant get at all
Alpen muesli (we can get but its $805 a box)
Mueller corner yogurt and similar - most of ours are very traditional & fruit based
I miss the following
Freschetta pizza (specifically the pepperoni one) - cant get at all
Alpen muesli (we can get but its $805 a box)
Mueller corner yogurt and similar - most of ours are very traditional & fruit based
Pot Noodles. I'm going to give another big up to my friend who I've never met, Mobile Chicane, who graciously sent me a selection of festive Pot Noodles a few years back.
Yorkshire Tea is for amateurs, and I say this as someone who used to have them sent to me on request. Barry's Tea is where it's at.
McDonnell's Curry Sauce powder.
Pickled Onion Monster Munch.
Yorkshire Tea is for amateurs, and I say this as someone who used to have them sent to me on request. Barry's Tea is where it's at.
McDonnell's Curry Sauce powder.
Pickled Onion Monster Munch.
I get porridge oats, granola, honey and mince pies sent out and previously lots of dark chocolate hobnobs but Ive come to realise they are made with about 90%sugar and its much too much.
Good call on jaffa cakes, light enough so can be posted too. Will have to carry pork pies and Branston as the mail goes via the middle east so they will spoil.
Good call on jaffa cakes, light enough so can be posted too. Will have to carry pork pies and Branston as the mail goes via the middle east so they will spoil.
RizzoTheRat said:
Tea bags are a strange one, loads of expats here (NL) moan that you can't get decent tea bags, but when you point out the massive range of loose leaf teas available they seem to think some kind of complex witchcraft is needed to make tea out of it.
It’s the whole “not what I’ve grown up on” thing. You can get brilliant loose leaf tea in the UK yet most people, myself included, still drink PG Tips/Yorkshire/Tetley. It’s not that it’s better just that it’s familiar I think. A bit like Cadbury’s chocolate, it is better than Hershey’s but then having your teeth pulled would be better but it’s not ‘better’ than many others, just different. We like what we like.
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