daytraderuk99 Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Has anyone ever had problems coming through thai customs with farang food , eg cheese , tinned heinze beans , corned beef, hp sauce , weetabix .. etc my friend got stopped with 6 boxes kellogs fibre flakes ....ended up giving one to the officer and on his way ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutsiwarrior Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 (edited) when I was in LA after a night of drinkin' we'd go to a mom 'n pop mexican place that opened at 6am and chow down on combo plates for breakfast...good hangover food...chorizo and eggs with rice and beans and a stack of fresh corn tortillas with some Superior beer couldn't be beat... Edited December 22, 2018 by tutsiwarrior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Dwyer Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Sounds a bit like the British cousin to American Spam! I could see eating the British tinned stuff in a corned beef hash.... But I really wouldn't be interested in sitting down to a meal of slices of the tinned stuff solo. But that's my American palate speaking. Same answer would apply to Spam, BTW.... Yup, the British tinned stuff is only good for a sandwich, hash, or throwing in a frying pan with left overs (IMO ). I have the same opinion on Spam, although it does appear sliced and fried in an English breakfast occasionally, but that to me is kinda like a poor mans bacon !! [emoji51] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NanLaew Posted December 23, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2018 12 hours ago, Katia said: I agree that people get "stuck" on the idea that only certain things should be eaten for breakfast... never understood it myself, but there you go. I agree. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 7 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said: I have the same opinion on Spam, although it does appear sliced and fried in an English breakfast occasionally, but that to me is kinda like a poor mans bacon !! Spam fritters in my local chippy, in the UK. Always get one with my fish and chips. Been eating them since I was knee high to a grasshopper. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 12 hours ago, tutsiwarrior said: when I was in LA after a night of drinkin' we'd go to a mom 'n pop mexican place that opened at 6am and chow down on combo plates for breakfast...good hangover food...chorizo and eggs with rice and beans and a stack of fresh corn tortillas with some Superior beer couldn't be beat... Jojo's on Richmond in Houston would swell between 2.30 AM and dawn with all the strippers, punters, dick-dancers and barstaff from the surrounding clubs that closed at 2 AM. My favorite to soak up the booze was their chicken fried steak and eggs with jumbo OJ and endless coffee refills. Then, around 6 AM, it was time for a much more sensible bacon, eggs, sausage with a pancake stack at IHOP or maybe sausage, scrambled eggs, biscuits and gravy at Waffle House. Weekends usually meant huevos ranchero at El Rey on North Shepherd. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youlike Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Bought a box of Quality Street in Chidlom and need more boxes soon...Never knew that i would miss stuff like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 On 12/23/2018 at 9:56 AM, Andrew Dwyer said: Yup, the British tinned stuff is only good for a sandwich, hash, or throwing in a frying pan with left overs I can't understand why people will eat that voluntarily. I buy sliced pepper ham from Foodland , only 50 baht for 100 grams , perfect on my sandwich , also buy Gouda cheese 1 kilo for 400 baht (Friendship). I see no point in bringing a lot of stuff from abroad , most of it is already here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Dwyer Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 I can't understand why people will eat that voluntarily. I buy sliced pepper ham from Foodland , only 50 baht for 100 grams , perfect on my sandwich , also buy Gouda cheese 1 kilo for 400 baht (Friendship). I see no point in bringing a lot of stuff from abroad , most of it is already here. I wish I had the options you have !I don’t know where Friendship is ( I’m assuming it’s in Pattaya ). Tops is the nearest ( excepting Lotus and Big C ) and that is 1 1/2 hrs away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzaa09 Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 The only reasoned inquiry would be to ask why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grollies Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 On 12/22/2018 at 11:17 PM, Spidey said: It would have been if I'd spotted them! Love the Irish version of corned beef hash. Easy to make here in Thailand. I have 4 giant jars of Marmite in my fridge, have it every day for breakfast. Also have a number of London Pies in my freezer. I've only eaten one of them and they've been there for several months. Emergency rations. Would love to stock up on Warburtons Crumpets, never found them in Thailand. Villa stock crumpets, smaller and far inferior to Warburtons. I think that they were around 140 baht for 6 last time that I bought them, pay 50 baht for a pack of 9 Warburtons in the UK. Went to the new Villa today, no restaurant and crumpets 205 baht for a pack of 6 crappy crumpets. Walked straight out, won't be going back. Mate brought me 2 packs of Warburtons over last month (18 crumpets). He ate 6, my wife ate 6 and a Thai neighbour had 2. 4 for me! Thais absolutely love a good crumpet, anyone able to import Warburtons would make a fortune. Easy to make and taste great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grollies Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 (edited) On 12/23/2018 at 12:15 AM, Benroon said: If that's not living on the edge I don't know what is Edited January 1, 2019 by grollies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinBoy2 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 To the original topic. Yeah there were things that show up in local Tops outta the blue, and Yes I'd become deranged and buy a ton of it, knowing that you never could be sure when aforementioned item may or may not reappear! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutsiwarrior Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 (edited) On 12/22/2018 at 11:17 PM, Spidey said: It would have been if I'd spotted them! Love the Irish version of corned beef hash. Easy to make here in Thailand. I have 4 giant jars of Marmite in my fridge, have it every day for breakfast. Also have a number of London Pies in my freezer. I've only eaten one of them and they've been there for several months. Emergency rations. Would love to stock up on Warburtons Crumpets, never found them in Thailand. Villa stock crumpets, smaller and far inferior to Warburtons. I think that they were around 140 baht for 6 last time that I bought them, pay 50 baht for a pack of 9 Warburtons in the UK. Went to the new Villa today, no restaurant and crumpets 205 baht for a pack of 6 crappy crumpets. Walked straight out, won't be going back. Mate brought me 2 packs of Warburtons over last month (18 crumpets). He ate 6, my wife ate 6 and a Thai neighbour had 2. 4 for me! Thais absolutely love a good crumpet, anyone able to import Warburtons would make a fortune. crumpets and posh totty? no wonder that folks can't understand you guys... 'hey tutsi...lets go down the whore bar and have a look at the crumpet shall we?...' and then tutsi thinks about home and buttered english muffins...and some nice hot coffee (posh totty)...and from total innocence de debbil emerges again... Edited January 2, 2019 by tutsiwarrior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post scorecard Posted January 6, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 6, 2019 On 12/21/2018 at 7:48 PM, CharlieH said: Depends really on what it is, with imported stuff tending to not be a regular thing, it comes under the "get it while you can" as lord knows when it might re-appear. I don't hoard farang food because: - My preferred diet is say 70% Thai food / 30% other - My Thai son and his 3 daughters very quickly finish the farang things I do buy: cheese etc. - We cook at home, my son buys fresh meat and vegetables almost daily, he and his eldest daughter cook every day and it's all cooked and eaten with 24 - 36 hours. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChokDee4213 Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) When I came to Thailand 3 years ago, I brought a 1m*.750cm*750cm box full of spices, dried fruits, chilies, specialty nuts, grandma's canned harvests, and hot sauces from back home. Can't wait to go home and restock this year. Every time I go to Bangkok, I make sure to load up on BBQ sauce, wood chips, cereal, and decaff coffee. Edited January 6, 2019 by ChokDee4213 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Dwyer Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 When I came to Thailand 3 years ago, I brought a 1m*.750cm*750cm box full of spices, dried fruits, chilies, specialty nuts, grandma's canned harvests, and hot sauces from back home. Can't wait to go home and restock this year. Every time I go to Bangkok, I make sure to load up on BBQ sauce, wood chips, cereal, and decaff coffee.Wood chips ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 When I travel to the US, I bring back 15 lbs of goat cheese ($9 a lb. there, compared to $30 a lb here), peanut butter (difficult to get good quality peanut butter here, without added junk, salt, palm oil and sugar, that is not stupid expensive), almond butter, pretzels (again nearly impossible to get pretzels here without the deadly palm oil), vitamins and herbal supplements, good quality chocolate, nuts, dried fruits, vacuum packed wild Alaskan smoked salmon, and much more. On many of those items, the price is 30% of what it costs here, or the items are just not available, at least not the same quality. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grollies Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 2 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said: Wood chips ? High fiber diet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goinghomesoon Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Now that I've moved to Africa and a place where they aint much quality farang OR Thai food at all.... that will be me in our next visit to Thailand. And we'll be flying whichever airline gives the most baggage allowance. But no, for the most part we don't hoard when in the village...needing a particular ingredient gives us a good excuse to drive 80 mins to Udon for a touch of civilisation ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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