Do you miss the food from the old country?

[Chris Daley]

How about you?  Do you miss the food from your country of origins?

[hotandsticky]

Not enough to bother posting about it on an internet forum.

 

 

Things have changed over the last 20 years, you can now easily access passable substitutes for most foods from your home country (there are a few notable exceptions).

 

 

I am more interested in the fact that Thailand chicken and pork tastes better than my home country - at a significantly lower price,.

[RayWright]

Proper Fish and Chips, with the chips cooked in beef dripping.

 

[BenStark]

Did the OP have to search long for such a silly video?

 

There is a joke going around.

 

Question : Where in the world can you eat the best English food?

 

Answer : Nowhere because there isn't such a thing.

 

And if you doubt, have a look on this list. UK is listed #51

 

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/rankings/great-food

[hotandsticky]

5 minutes ago, RayWright said:

Proper Fish and Chips, with the chips cooked in beef dripping.

 

 

 

That, for me, is the one notable exception.

 

Nobody, but nobody, has consistently turned out proper fish and chips.

 

 

(not any of the Bangkok pseudo British pubs, nobody in Pattaya - Goose's was excellent most of the time, The Village Chippy usually, Frydays if Liam was cooking, Sharples inconsistent - likewise Witherspoons, Robin Hood (and other pub venues) - Caddyshack probably up there for consistency...........................but none up there with 'proper' fish and chips from Robin Hoods Bay, Whitby, Filey, Skegness etc)

[OneMoreFarang]

 

[hotandsticky]

3 minutes ago, BenStark said:

Did the OP have to search long for such a silly video?

 

There is a joke going around.

 

Question : Where in the world can you eat the best English food?

 

Answer : Nowhere because there isn't such a thing.

 

And if you doubt, have a look on this list. UK is listed #51

 

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/rankings/great-food

 

 

LOL....someone who can't even trust their own taste buds and has to resort to a Septic news report! 🤣

[hotandsticky]

4 minutes ago, BenStark said:

Did the OP have to search long for such a silly video? 

 

 

I bet you watched it from start to finish........................and drooled down your T shirt.

[BenStark]

1 minute ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

I bet you watched it from start to finish........................and drooled down your T shirt.

 

Is drooled another word for vomiting?

[hotandsticky]

4 minutes ago, BenStark said:

 

Is drooled another word for vomiting?

 

 

Not in my language

[Jingthing]

Yes I do miss certain foods from "back home" but many even most of them are satisfied here (Pattaya).

 

Specifically --

 

Mexican dishes such as chile relleno, chicken dark mole, pozole

Ethiopian

Vietnamese Pho (sold here but not good)

[hotandsticky]

3 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Yes I do miss certain foods from "back home" but many even most of them are satisfied here (Pattaya).

 

Specifically --

 

Mexican dishes such as chile relleno, chicken dark mole, pozole

Ethiopian

Vietnamese Pho (sold here but not good)

 

 

I think that concurs with what I was saying...............these days you can get 'passable' substitutes for virtually all foods from "back home" - BUT, most are not up the standard back home.

[Bday Prang]

23 minutes ago, BenStark said:

Did the OP have to search long for such a silly video?

 

There is a joke going around.

 

Question : Where in the world can you eat the best English food?

 

Answer : Nowhere because there isn't such a thing.

 

And if you doubt, have a look on this list. UK is listed #51

 

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/rankings/great-food

well i was unconvinced, but now you have put my mind at rest with your little link  

[xylophone]

4 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Yes I do miss certain foods from "back home" but many even most of them are satisfied here (Pattaya).

 

Specifically --

 

Mexican dishes such as chile relleno, chicken dark mole, pozole

Ethiopian

Vietnamese Pho (sold here but not good)

I once had a wonderful chicken mole in a Mexican restaurant in Auckland, and tried to replicate here but my attempts were just okay, and fell well short on the sauce front.

 

One can get just about any food here, even if it's a staple from the "old country", however what I have missed over the years is farmed venison, served with a port and blackcurrant/blackberry sauce (or similar). The venison in NZ is absolutely superb, and the NZ chefs are very innovative with their recipes – – venison sausages, served with peppered brie and mashed potatoes with a tiny infusion of truffle oil, served with the obligatory port and blackcurrant/blackberry sauce.

 

I do miss that type of cuisine, but of course being in Thailand has other benefits to compensate, so c'est la Vie!!

[worgeordie]

Not at all , you can get just about any food products you could want, here now,

the only thing i get my daughter to send me now ,is John West tinned kippers,

you can get Princess kippers here but not as good,

 

regards worgeordie

 

 

[retarius]

33 minutes ago, BenStark said:

Did the OP have to search long for such a silly video?

 

There is a joke going around.

 

Question : Where in the world can you eat the best English food?

 

Answer : Nowhere because there isn't such a thing.

 

And if you doubt, have a look on this list. UK is listed #51

 

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/rankings/great-food

Strange survey.....Italian food in Italy is pretty marvellous....Italian food outside of Italy is insipid and indifferent.

Any survey not putting Japanese food in the top two in the world, is mistaken, imho.

Belgian food is fantastic....do you really think the EU would put the HQ in Brussels if the food were not magnificent? 

Thai food rated so highly? Yuck it is inedible, imho. Thai's GDP per capita $20,000 US dollars? I think not. 

[retarius]

Do I miss British food.....yes I do. I miss good pies and black puddings, I miss regional cheeses, I miss Sunday roasts sat around the table as a family, I miss smoked salmon and tinned red salmon, I miss decent hearty bread with no added sugar....would I like to live there again after 40 years away? Not a chance, high crime, terrible weather, horrible tattooed bald headed men and youths, ugly women, football fans.....a truly vile place. I don't even like visiting. 

[zhounan]

Yes, I miss Italian food, spices, olive oil and my garden.

[nikmar]

I had a dream once that Greggs opened up a Bangkok branch. 

 

[nikmar]

4 minutes ago, retarius said:

high crime, terrible weather, horrible tattooed bald headed men and youths, ugly women, football fans.....a truly vile place. I don't even like visiting. 

 

I visited home for the first time in 16 years last April. This summed up the trip. Nice seeing old mates, family (what s left of em) and scarfing sausage rolls but I was reminded every time i went outside of the front door exactly why i left in the first place. It's grim up north mate.

[Jingthing]

I guess there are some more American foods that I would love to see here.

 

Chicago style Italian beef sandwiches

Chicago deep dish pizza

Authentic collard greens

Good new england clam chowder

Fried fat belly clams

American style lasagna

 

 

 

[brianthainess]

I'm eating a Pork pie right now,   I buy food/meals from Expat Foods. Tonight I'll have fish in parsley sauce comes with mash and peas, already defrosted and in the fridge. 

Worgeodie they also sell John west kippers,  

 

[chickenslegs]

12 minutes ago, nikmar said:

I had a dream once that Greggs opened up a Bangkok branch. 

 

During lockdown I discovered that there are only 3 shops I need: Specsavers, Boots and Greggs.

My life is just specs, drugs and sausage rolls.

[nikmar]

33 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

American style lasagna

 

My curiosity has gotten the better of me. How does an American Lasagne differ from an Italian lasagne?

[John Drake]

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

 

 

Come on, what do you call that thing? Tell me. I dare you.

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

52 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

 

the only thing i get my daughter to send me now ,is John West tinned kippers,

 

 

 

 

 

 

The irony is that John West Foods is owned by the Thai Union Group!

[hotandsticky]

53 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

Not at all , you can get just about any food products you could want, here now,

the only thing i get my daughter to send me now ,is John West tinned kippers,

you can get Princess kippers here but not as good,

 

regards worgeordie

 

 

 

 

https://th.ninelife.com/products/john-west-kipper-fillets-in-oil-160g?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA_OetBhAtEiwAPTeQZ1082s7320W0plEhs1CljB1Pr_QNa6nbj5GRETLy60-OQdJ1kfi95hoCP3IQAvD_BwE

[John Drake]

41 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Authentic collard greens

 

This. And mustard greens. All served with Louisiana hot sauce.

[Jingthing]

5 minutes ago, nikmar said:

 

My curiosity has gotten the better of me. How does an American Lasagne differ from an Italian lasagne?

Well it's more like one type of Italian American lasagna.

Historically Italian Americans used ricotta cheese instead of bechamel.

So the version I prefer includes ground beef, ricotta  and spinach.

Italians are horrified by ricotta in lasagna.

[Captain Monday]

It is officially defined no less than Pizza Margherita.
https://www.bolognawelcome.com/en/other/recipes-and-typical-products/ragu-alla-bolognese-2

 

Nothing wrong with cream sauce bacon pasta but the real Roman “carbonara” no cream !