UK Food that Foreigners and Expats ask for.

[anonymous-user]

When visiting family in the US, it is interestingly the US born family members who demand the delivery of British chocolate when visiting.

In my experience Galaxy chocolate is the most desired of all the brands.

Americans cannot believe how delicious and creamy our chocolate is compared to theirs.

[halfpenny43]

DoubleSix said:

https://www.britishcornershop.co.uk/?gclid=EAIaIQo...

British Corner Shop

Funny I came across this website recently and ordered 10 packs of M&S English breakfast tea for a colleague and a big jar of Branston for myself. As was said earlier - everything at a price !

Made a flying visit to the UK last weekend to visit the family before xmas and came back with cheese (extra mature cheddar and Wensleydale with cranberries), pork pies, scotch eggs and PG Tips.

[psi310398]

djc206 said:

So does bacon and you can buy that in the UAE

I've only ever seen that ghastly turkey 'bacon'

[djc206]

psi310398 said:

djc206 said:

So does bacon and you can buy that in the UAE

I've only ever seen that ghastly turkey 'bacon'

Go to the pork section in a Waitrose there.

st 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.

[psi310398]

djc206 said:

Go to the pork section in a Waitrose there.

st 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.

[crofty1984]

psi310398 said:

I have Italian neighbours who beg me to bring out big cartons of PG Tips.

With me it was garlic bread. Despite it being a standard in every "Italian" restaurant in the UK, it's not really done over there. My Italian friend discovered it when she lived in London for a bit.

[Berlin Mike]

Victoria Plum jam: The Germans go for “Pflaumenmus” which is effectively baked plums so you can rarely get plum jam unless you make it yourself.

Boddingtons: I’ve been flamed for this on here before but it’s a close approximation to the bitter from the local pub and disappears pretty smartish when I have a party.

I also stock up on Hobnobs chocolate and plain, Digestives, chocolate and plain, crisps, particularly mince pies at Christmas.

I’m amazed about Haribo (HARRy something from BOnn) and Müller. These are German things! You’ll be craving these in GB from the end of next month!

[Berlin Mike]

Forgot the tea. Preferably Yorkshire Tea for hard water or PG Tips.

I don’t drink tea in cafes or restaurants here. Ever.

[vaud]

Berlin Mike said:

Forgot the tea. Preferably Yorkshire Tea for hard water or PG Tips.

I don’t drink tea in cafes or restaurants here. Ever.

I find they never use hot enough water in Germany or France for a good cup of tea

[psi310398]

vaud said:

I find they never use hot enough water in Germany or France for a good cup of tea

Not to mention the foul simulacrum of milk they pour in in much of France and Italy.

[Berlin Mike]

vaud said:

Berlin Mike said:

Forgot the tea. Preferably Yorkshire Tea for hard water or PG Tips.

I don’t drink tea in cafes or restaurants here. Ever.

I find they never use hot enough water in Germany or France for a good cup of tea

Yes! But the tea also tastes odd and they offer you evaporated milk to go with it.

I once made a comment, a long time ago on Lufthansa to a stewardess “there’s two things you shouldn’t drink: English coffee and German tea. She looked at me, disappeared and came back with a freshly made cup of tea with the bag still in and a dash of evaporated milk. I smiled sweetly and thanked her but thought “I rest my case.”

[vaud]

Berlin Mike said:

Yes! But the tea also tastes odd and they offer you evaporated milk to go with it.

I once made a comment, a long time ago on Lufthansa to a stewardess “there’s two things you shouldn’t drink: English coffee and German tea. She looked at me, disappeared and came back with a freshly made cup of tea with the bag still in and a dash of evaporated milk. I smiled sweetly and thanked her but thought “I rest my case.”

The bag still in is fine if you are trying for a proper brew and they are getting it to you quickly... but evaporated milk... yuk.

[foxbody-87]

My uncle lives in Sweden and we had to bring some Wall's pork sausages, not a good endorsement of Swedish sausages! There can't be much meat in Wall's though - our luggage got lost and when it finally got taxied to his house two days later he ate them with no ill effects.

[vaud]

foxbody-87 said:

My uncle lives in Sweden and we had to bring some Wall's pork sausages, not a good endorsement of Swedish sausages! There can't be much meat in Wall's though - our luggage got lost and when it finally got taxied to his house two days later he ate them with no ill effects.

Plenty of meat. Plenty of salt and sodium metabisulphite as a preservative.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

vaud said:

Plenty of meat. Plenty of salt and sodium metabisulphite as a preservative.

Who doesn't love sodium metabisulphite though? Yum.

[Google [bot]]

PomBstard said:

Google [bot] said:

Pickled Onion Monster Munch.

Food of the Devil. And you’ll stink out the whole Penisula!

If that is the price to be paid then so be it.

[NAS]

djc206 said:

So does bacon and you can buy that in the UAE

It's strange, for sure. All I know is that I spoke to people who wanted to import it officially to give away during events, and it was a big "no" from the authorities.

[talksthetorque]

Berlin Mike said:

Victoria Plum jam: The Germans go for “Pflaumenmus” which is effectively baked plums so you can rarely get plum jam unless you make it yourself.

Boddingtons: I’ve been flamed for this on here before but it’s a close approximation to the bitter from the local pub and disappears pretty smartish when I have a party.

I also stock up on Hobnobs chocolate and plain, Digestives, chocolate and plain, crisps, particularly mince pies at Christmas.

I’m amazed about Haribo (HARRy something from BOnn) and Müller. These are German things! You’ll be craving these in GB from the end of next month!

Got that covered - Here's some goole mappery just off the M62. I can't imagine it'll be just call centre staff telling you
"Sorry, you're not having any more. You're all fat and your teeth are rotten"


https://www.google.com/maps/uv?hl=en&pb=!1s0x4...

[The Moose]

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.

I miss English chocolate. Especially cream eggs, flakes and other chocolatey goodness.

I regularly order my preferred blend of whittards tea and Yorkshire for the wife.

There’s all sorts of stuff that I do miss, but not enough to really do anything about.

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.

Edited by The Moose on Wednesday 18th December 10:02

[psi310398]

talksthetorque said:

Got that covered - Here's some goole mappery just off the M62. I can't imagine it'll be just call centre staff telling you
"Sorry, you're not having any more. You're all fat and your teeth are rotten"


https://www.google.com/maps/uv?hl=en&pb=!1s0x4...

Am I misremembering (I can't be arsed to Google it) but can you not actually go on a Haribo factory tour in Germany (and, I think, France) and buy as much of the stuff as you can carry off at the end? ISTR my son lobbying for me to divert into the Ruhr for precisely such a pleasure a few years ago.

I also seem to recall that the Vicolungo thestyleoutlets mall between Turin and Milan has a dedicated shop selling catering quantities of the stuff. IIRC thestyleoutlets have malls all over the main European countries (there is one at Roppenheim in Alsace as well, for example), so nobody should have to experience a Haribo drought on mainland Europe.

That said, I think it's filthy muck.