American sweets and food stores
Discussion
I don't know if you have one of these stores near you or not, but I am noticing a trend of late for American food stuffs in shops, and even dedicated stores opening up.
Until recently in Newcastle, your best bet for getting American sweets and stuff was going to Fenwicks, which has maintained a small American selection in their food court for a while now. Now at the Metro Centre, there is an American sweet shop that is doing so well that a second store is opening in Eldon Square soon.
The selection is brilliant, though you have to be smart when you shop there. £1.30 for a bag of Ranch flavoured Doritos, the nearly identical Cool Original available for 30p elsewhere. Filter out the stuff that's readily available elsewhere in the UK and you can find some great stuff. I am particularly fond of the Nerds selection, since Nerds seemed to vanish from stores here years ago. The shop is usually rammed and the prices (I am told) are cheaper than ordering stuff online.
I wonder what the sudden attraction to American sweets is. Maybe it's the fact that they still taste like sweets? Do-gooders in the UK seem to have ruined sweets for us. Everything we make tastes bland and insipid. Even Haribo Tangfastics are now squishy and bland. Buy a can of American pop there and you'll probably be amazed at how delicious it tastes, not like the the piss that seems to have replaced most of our favourite pops overnight.
Anyone else have a taste for the American stuff, and anything worth trying? One thing I would recommend everyone try is a Payday bar. Salty peanuts on the outside and a delicious caramel interior (with a consistency like soft fudge) that probably pre-dated the w
ky chef trend of serving caramel with salt by many years!
Until recently in Newcastle, your best bet for getting American sweets and stuff was going to Fenwicks, which has maintained a small American selection in their food court for a while now. Now at the Metro Centre, there is an American sweet shop that is doing so well that a second store is opening in Eldon Square soon.
The selection is brilliant, though you have to be smart when you shop there. £1.30 for a bag of Ranch flavoured Doritos, the nearly identical Cool Original available for 30p elsewhere. Filter out the stuff that's readily available elsewhere in the UK and you can find some great stuff. I am particularly fond of the Nerds selection, since Nerds seemed to vanish from stores here years ago. The shop is usually rammed and the prices (I am told) are cheaper than ordering stuff online.
I wonder what the sudden attraction to American sweets is. Maybe it's the fact that they still taste like sweets? Do-gooders in the UK seem to have ruined sweets for us. Everything we make tastes bland and insipid. Even Haribo Tangfastics are now squishy and bland. Buy a can of American pop there and you'll probably be amazed at how delicious it tastes, not like the the piss that seems to have replaced most of our favourite pops overnight.
Anyone else have a taste for the American stuff, and anything worth trying? One thing I would recommend everyone try is a Payday bar. Salty peanuts on the outside and a delicious caramel interior (with a consistency like soft fudge) that probably pre-dated the w
ky chef trend of serving caramel with salt by many years!deville said:
If you are in the Newcastle area this firm has started delivering american desserts, sodas and candy up until midnight for those late night cravings. Not sure how the prices compare:-
www.dessertsdelivered.co.uk
(No connection, just thought relevant)
That looks good! a 276 phone number, that's Walker I think. I could easily make up £8 for an order, but I wonder what their delivery charges are, it doesn't say on the menu. Maybe I will give it a go sometime!www.dessertsdelivered.co.uk
(No connection, just thought relevant)
On the subject of American sweets though, I'd avoid Wonka's Chewy Runts. They're f
king minging. You can get them in the UK (the sweet dispensers near M&S in the Metro Centre, for instance). Sort of a hard candy shell with a chalky, chewy inside and some naff flavours. The banana ones are particularly bad. I'll not bother with those again!Also, I have noticed you can now buy 'Fluff', that Marshmallow spread, at Asda. I wonder if Tesco have it.
Silent1 said:
the reason hersheys is awful is they use a process that isn't affected by the freshness of the milk (it's sour) and 'recovers' it by lipolysis which produces butyric acid (the stuff you get in rancid butter) and a few other things, hence why it tastes like sick.
Interesting, I had always wondered why Hershey's tasted a bit like sick. I would still eat it though. Gassing Station | Food, Drink & Restaurants | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff