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deathstardan

Living abroad, sometimes you miss certain foods.

I have been back in the UK now, 5 months after a 6 year sabbatical around Asia..

When I lived in Bkk I could get a lot of foods I like or similar, from Foodland,Tops, Carrefour, Tesco etc...but for some reason, it just was not the same.

I am at home this very moment doing some research and have just eaten a bacon and egg sandwich, with heinz ketchup and black ground pepper....

I swear, this was cholesterol heaven!

What do you miss from home?

EmperorTud

From Scotland; Lorne sausage, Irn-Bru, chips with salt and sauce, well fired morning rolls, smoked sausage suppers, scotch pies, Yorkie bars, Minstrels, Crunchies, decent crisps, rum babas, Tetley tea-bags. Probably a lot more. Quarterpounder with Cheese from McDonalds. Sweet curry sauce with my McNuggets.

From Australia; Cadbury's dessert chocolate bars - in particular the lemon meringue flavour one although the original UK Cadbury's chocolate tastes better for some reason, Solo lemon drink and Schweppes Original Cream Soda. I also miss being able to buy a decent bottle of vino at a reasonable price.

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melvbot

A half decent pint of Guinness, bars of chocolate that are bigger than funsize, fish and chips, pukka pies, pies from my local butcher, decent sausages, indian food, Robinsons fruit cordials and decent mushrooms.

thehighlander959

From Scotland, Scotch Pies, Haggis Supper, McEwans Export Red Can,Tablet, Ice Cream Nugget, and all of the above from Mr.Tud.

Gallowspole

From the UK - Doner Kebabs and a proper Chinese King Prawn Curry on chips.

chitown

I miss movie theater style popcorn that they have in the US in the cardboard tub. Dripping with that movie theater flavored butter! I hate the dry crap they serve here with no butter and their large would not be an extra small in America.


I had about 250 Tetley Tea bags that a farang got me from somewhere in Patters, but I have not been able to find them since we moved to our new place.

They have them in Pattaya.

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Gallowspole

My mate brings them over every few months or so but they taste like shit in the water up here in Nong Khai. I prefer not to have a cuppa at his house anymore.

melvbot

I bought a box of Yorkshire (mans tea) over with me last time. I had the same experience, the water plus the milk made it taste different. I have however got some own brand tea from Tesco thats imported from England. Its in a recycled looking cardboard box with a green leaf on the front. Its not too bad, plus its a round tea bag.

Gallowspole

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That's the exact same tea I now drink.

minime

A decent Ham & Red Leicester sandwich with Branston pickle.

Oh yeah, Doner kebab would be great, esp after a few pints of wife beating juice.

Marmite the Dog

Good cheese (Aussie stuff is rubbish)
Real beer
Walker's Crisps (rarely found here and bloody expensive when they are)
Decent Tea (Tetley's is rubbish)
A proper bloomer
Proper vegetables
Edible fish (I'm sure they add bones to the fish here)
Affordable wine (It's getter better though)
Chocolate hob-nods
Gourmet sausages

Still prefer it here though


Coincidently, a friend was talking about chocolate today and about how shite the Aussie stuff is. I can't say I've ever tried it.

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dirtydog

Aussie chocolate is crap, fish do actually have bones in, Jomtien sells walkers crisps, 40baht a bag

Udonite

From the UK
Harry Ramsden's Fish and Chips
Hot Cross Buns
Terry's Chocolate Orange
English Mature Cheddar
Branston Pickle
Bisto Cheese Sauce
Bisto Gravy Granules
Robinsons Barley Water
Smash Instant Potato Mix (Cheese and Onion)
Yorkshire Pudding Mix

EmperorTud

I bring Tetley's British Blend in from Australia. Best I have found so far.

Mr Earl

Fresh Alaska salmon, caribou/moose burgers, Virginia scrapple.

peterpan

Not much I miss at all really now. I used to miss good bread but now make my own and its got to the stage of being better than anything I can buy. The only thing thats easier in the west is being able to go to one supermarket and get everything you need. Here I go to Makro for certain things like, Parsley, Lemons and good Doi Kham tomatoes, and Tops for good beef.
The small goods at Lotus are OK'sh, so you end up running aroun to 2 or 3 supermarkets to stock up and even then I have to get Tortilla's and burgul or whole wheat, from Villa in Pats or BKK, no one stocks it here.
I do miss a good bit of Ozzie Cheese although it does miss the essential ingredient that Brit cheese has, I suppose the fact that half their cows are Mad has something to do with it.

JoGeAr

I used to miss Jarlsberg cheese, Vegemite and fresh meat pies. I don't miss them now.

artist

Im surprised non of our scot colleagues have mentioned deep fried Mars bars

CSFFan

Scrapple fooking rocks! Being a southern boy, I even missed it when I was in the States.

justwingit

lava bread and cockles