Decent Crackers For Cheese

[Soi Sauce]

Hallo,

Having found some fairly priced blue cheese from Embourg and a co. called Real Farmers, both found in foodland, I'm gagging for some crackers to put it on.

Foodland's also got edam in the same fair, price range ie. about 40% cheaper than the rest of their stock.

All I've come across are very small and soft textured. Are there any crackers like Ryvita or Jacob's over here?

Thanks

[wooloomooloo]

Best bet is to try Tops and / or Tesco.

[Upnotover]

Friendship Supermarket in Pattaya have Carrs Water Biscuits, without doubt the best cheese carrying device known to man. They also have Ryvita's in various forms. As for the cream crackers I have found most of them (never found Jacobs) to be unpleasant, but maybe only my personal taste.

[RabC]

Don't know where you are but Friendship in Pattaya does Carrs water biscuits and also a Carrs variety box of different kinds of cheese biscuits.

[draftvader]

Shouldn't this thread be "Decent Cheese for Crackers". Thank god for our yearly trip to England to stock up the larder!

[draftvader]

Joking apart I think that I have seen Waitrose Bath Olivers in CentralWorld Food Court (i.e. TOPS). They might have even been Fortt's!!!

[tolsti]

Big C stock several different Scandinavian style knackebrod. Wasa brand I think. Additionally Tops in Central Malls will have Waitrose Essentials Cream crackers. I think that there is a Malaysian produced cream cracker but they are pretty carp to be honest.

[Soi Sauce]

Don't know where you are but Friendship in Pattaya does Carrs water biscuits and also a Carrs variety box of different kinds of cheese biscuits.

In Bangkok but will check next time I'm in Patts. Can these Carrs be found in the Big Mango?

All the other replies; will check, and thanks. Keep em coming.

[wayned]

I buy Kavli brand Norwegian crackers at Tesco. Not too bad with cheese, especially good with cream cheese, smoked salmon, a little onion and capers.

[meatboy]

the wf.bought a 900grm.box of jacobs at tesco last xmas but they must have been imported for xmas as she has not seen any since.what i have had before and lately has been ritz the rest the dog wouldnt eat.

[Hssl]

Tops in any of the central malls has Jacobs & carrs + waitrose. Do check the sell by dates though as some are getting near the end of their shelf life

[Ackybang]

Hi Soi Sauce.

The most authentic Jacob's creme cracker experience in the Country, (apart from the real thing) - in terms of taste / texture are available in Tescos and Big C.

White and blue box - Made by Hentai - 'Saltine Crackers' (they usually have 5 or 6 varieties). They are a bit smaller in size, otherwise more or less the same.

Conveniently packaged in around 8 small packs of 5 or 6 in the box - around 68 baht.

Buy two, as they don't last long, once opened - very moorish, even on their own - and not dry, like Jacobs..

Happy Munching.

[Soi Sauce]

Thanks all. On a mission around BKK supermarkets over the weekend to get a selection and compare them.

Let y'all know the verdict.

[MiG16]

Hi Soi Sauce.

The most authentic Jacob's creme cracker experience in the Country, (apart from the real thing) - in terms of taste / texture are available in Tescos and Big C.

White and blue box - Made by Hentai - 'Saltine Crackers'

Be careful though. I picked up a different one with similar packaging and name by mistake. This other one was absolutely horrible. And I hardly ever say that about many things

[Jdietz]

Hi Soi Sauce.

The most authentic Jacob's creme cracker experience in the Country, (apart from the real thing) - in terms of taste / texture are available in Tescos and Big C.

White and blue box - Made by Hentai - 'Saltine Crackers'

Be careful though. I picked up a different one with similar packaging and name by mistake. This other one was absolutely horrible. And I hardly ever say that about many things

^^ This!

The Dark Blue colored Saltine Crackers are absolutely wonderful, even without the cheese.

The Light Blue 'Regular' are vile, and that's a being nice.

[Soi Sauce]

Thanks all.

Got Jacob's and Carr's at Foodland, and Wasa at Big C;these are almost Ryvita. Am currently enjoying a mega-munch.

Nice.

[Soi Sauce]

Finally got Ryvita at Villa. Strange thing is, at 99baht, they work out cheaper than the rest.

Bliss to eat them, An unhealthy cheese diet is on for the next few weeks.

Thanks to all for your help.

[lopburi3]

White and blue box - Made by Hentai - 'Saltine Crackers' (they usually have 5 or 6 varieties).

The name is Haitai I believe. That is the brand I buy and like them very much - like the normal saltines I am used to having many moons ago by Nabisco in the US.

[candypants]

foodland has ryvita and many other brands

[Soi Sauce]

Gutted! Went back to get some more Ryvita at Villa, and the bstudz have put the price up to 119b! Not bad in a cuppla weeks.

They Musta read my post. Supply and demand when someone is gaggin for sunnat sucks.Did get some chokkie digeatives, however.

BTW, never seen Ryvita in a Bkk Foodland. If ya know, where are they? Thx.

[Konini]

Hup Seng Cream Crackers are nicer than Jacobs in my opinion. I think they're Malaysian. Very cheap too - we go through a pack every couple of weeks, really good when you get the munchies. Available in all supermarkets I've been to in Thailand.

[Phronesis]

Try the Rosy variety of crackers from Tesco. They have a plain and cheese variety. They come in a box about the same size as a Jatz cracker box (and are the same style of cracker) and each box contains three individual foil sealed packets to ensure freshness. They are about 30THB a pack.

[tutsiwarrior]

my vote goes to the Haitai saltine crackers as with a wedge of Mainland 'Vintage' extra mature cheddar you couldn't tell the difference from 'home' in the west...

recently we had just returned from lotus and the little boys 'Bubba' and Mr <deleted> 2 and 3 y.o. respectively were fighting over the crackers and tutsi barged in and grabbed the box: 'gimme those ye little heathens...'...Bubba's eyes welled with tears that said: 'I'm gonna kill you when I get older, uncle tutsi' and then I produced a jar of Skippy 'extra crunchy' peanut butter and slathered a handful of the saltines and said: 'try that...' and then pandemonium ensued with peanut butter and crackers all over the shop...

I earlier slathered tuna mayonnaise on a saltine and gave it to my little niece to try which she devoured in a gulp but then she looked at me suspiciously, sorta like she thought that I was trine t'play a trick on her...

[Soi Sauce]

Villa have excelled themselves. Went back for more Ryvita today, and they're up to 129 baht!

99 baht last month, then to 119, now this.

Amazing Thailand.