Waitrose shopping spree, what would you pack. Emigrating from UK

[Card]

Bags of shelled walnuts, almonds and brazils. Waitrose have a good selecion with various pack sizes

You can get walnuts, almonds and several other types of nuts in Villa - you sometimes might find me there - whole and broken. Brazils are a bit rarer. You can even get whole hazels in the Hahn Nut muesli - so much cheaper than buying them in packs - just pick them out of the bowl!

Edited September 4, 2013 by Card

[steve101]

Nothing ...

Live on Thai food much nicer ....!

Been here 10 months but returning ..

Missing the cold weather :)

[duanebigsby]

On my return trips to the UK I load up with Branston Pickle, Mango Chutney (Sharwoods and Geeta's), lawn weedkiller, chickpea flour (for making bhaji), Bazooka (for treating warts/verrucas), harissa, a bottle of Pineau des Charentres, Coleman's mustard powder, Spanish smoked paprika, fennel seeds, fenugreek seeds, extra large condoms, and that's about it. Hope I haven't shared too much.

I think you nailed it.

I'm Canadian so I would add real Quebec maple syrup and, if you like making your own corn tortillas for Mexican food, masa harina.

[maybefitz]

2 things I always ask UK visitors to bring out for me is 'Yorkshire Tea' and Sweetex tablets , both unobtainable in Thailand.

[transam]

Garners Pickled Onions.................... ..................

[Bagwan]

paxo stuffing,branston pickle,hp.brown,oxo cubes,colemans mustard and not forgetting those blow back heinz baked beans.

All are available here in a supermarket whose name begins with F and is situated on Pattaya Tai. I haven't looked but would bet that Foodland also stock these comestibles.

Knowing what I know now, I'd bring a hundredweight of Loch Fyne kippers, several haggis, faggots in gravy, a whole Stilton cheese and a side of Wiltshire bacon.

[BuriramRes]

paxo stuffing,branston pickle,hp.brown,oxo cubes,colemans mustard and not forgetting those blow back heinz baked beans.

Be aware that Thai Customs has changed it's rules. If you send food or medicals by post they will hold it at customs & you will have to visit them to pay their customs fees, including Thai VAT before you can get it.

I recently ordered some medicines from an on-line chemist in AUS. The first time I ordered the identical goods it came straight to my post office box. This time the tracking proceedure said it had been delivered so I went to the Post Office, they looked up their tracking system & informed me that it was sitting in customs about 150km from me. Fortunately I was due for a 90 day visa notification about then and the customs office was close to immigration. My wife rang customs to find out where they were & customs informed us to get a green notification notice from my post office & bring it along.

The post office firstly did not know about the green notification slip until we pressed them & then they found it. Had no note in my PO to tell me anything though. I got the impression that it is a new proceedure & the PO were not up to speed.

Edited September 4, 2013 by BuriramRes

[wolf5370]

You do realise you will be hit for import tax on food/alcohol stuffs (if allowed at all) - just a thought you might like to check.

For me all those knickknack things we use that are crap quality over here - like cutlery, kitchen tools, a coffee machine (can get here but very prices compared), etc. Its those things that pee me off here - Chinese made cheap rubbish is often all you can without mail ordering - and breaks very easily. Good supply of books too - from the charity shop if in good nick - can always sell them here after you read them (for pennies of course).

[meatboy]

paxo stuffing,branston pickle,hp.brown,oxo cubes,colemans mustard and not forgetting those blow back heinz baked beans.

All are available here in a supermarket whose name begins with F and is situated on Pattaya Tai. I haven't looked but would bet that Foodland also stock these comestibles.

Knowing what I know now, I'd bring a hundredweight of Loch Fyne kippers, several haggis, faggots in gravy, a whole Stilton cheese and a side of Wiltshire bacon.

thats my boy any chance me and thee having a container of the above,one item not on the wish list,

gower salt marsh lamb and jersey royals.

[notmyself]

Cheese

[Bpuumike]

paxo stuffing,branston pickle,hp.brown,oxo cubes,colemans mustard and not forgetting those blow back heinz baked beans.

Pretty sure all those products are readily available in Thailand, no?

Reckon I'd probably be stocking up on a selection of rare beers

Paxo stuffing? Tell me where in BKK. Please

[bigbamboo]

Mexican stuff if you are coming from the U.S.

You need to put your reading glasses on mate, look at the title of the post EMIGRATING FROM UK

Maybe he only speaks American English?

[scargil]

Picallily, Corned Beef.

[Grusa]

Pickled Walnuts, unobtainable here!

[mr_lob]

Grass seed

[dottie]

On my list would be:

- Rhubarb (hard to find here)

- Tetleys/PG Tips teabags (expensive here for a small pack)

- Cheese (expensive here)

- John West tuna fillets in lemon sauce etc (unbelievably they are produced in Thailand but not available here - handy to keep in the store cupboard for "too lazy to cook properly but don't want to go out for food/have it delivered" days)

- Wine (expensive)

- Ready-made organic baby food (not available here...probably not relevant to you though!)

[notmyself]

paxo stuffing,branston pickle,hp.brown,oxo cubes,colemans mustard and not forgetting those blow back heinz baked beans.

Pretty sure all those products are readily available in Thailand, no?

Reckon I'd probably be stocking up on a selection of rare beers

Paxo stuffing? Tell me where in BKK. Please

Good thing to bring as it's quite light too.

I'm heading back home to Samui in a week or so with a 30kg allowance and am up to 28.1kg bringing stuff back for friends. 1kg of Paxo and a shedload of quavers should put me on the limit.

[transam]

Don't worry about Gillette Fusion razors, Tesco now sells them.

[NoshowJones]

Don't worry about Gillette Fusion razors, Tesco now sells them.

So does big C where I live.

[lucifer666]

I cannot find powder her that cleans the sinks etc. When I left England in 1970 it had a trade name called Mirror. It is a white fine powder that cleans bench tops, Stainless sinks and suchlike items.

Here it's called the Barmans Friend ( Dunno why) many bars here don't have traditional beer pumps. But basically it's a metal polish that is safe to use on food preparation areas. P.S, Toothpaste does the same job

Edited September 5, 2013 by lucifer666

[finnomick]

paxo stuffing,branston pickle,hp.brown,oxo cubes,colemans mustard and not forgetting those blow back heinz baked beans.

All are available here in a supermarket whose name begins with F and is situated on Pattaya Tai. I haven't looked but would bet that Foodland also stock these comestibles.

Knowing what I know now, I'd bring a hundredweight of Loch Fyne kippers, several haggis, faggots in gravy, a whole Stilton cheese and a side of Wiltshire bacon.

The ' F ' supermarket you don't name is FRIENDSHIP SUPERMARKET. Better than Foodland with a much greater variety of items and way way cheaper than Villa Market ( saw some lovely cherries for sale there once....999baht per kilo. I nearly had to ask for oxygen. ) I occasionally do a run to Jomtien and stock up at Friendship, especially meat and cheese.....in fact I'll be there next week.

[Mur]

PG tips pyramid bags. Or Yorkshire tea. Hard to get decent tea in BK. Tesco Lotus has twinings english b fast but its exp and not very strong.

[salapau]

This depends where you are going to settle here. I live in the Northwest in the Mae Hong Son province about three and a half hours from Chiang Mai. So it requires a fairly long round trip to buy some of the products thyat I miss, usually envolving an overnight stay. In Chiang Mai there are several sources of English style food from Tesco, Makro, Big C and Rimping. They are however quite expensive.

It also depends on your taste and your budget. On my trips back to England I usually buy Marmite, Green Label Mango Chutney, Sweeteners and Remegel anti-acid chews or Renee, which are all not available here. I also buy a huge box of tea bags and repack them in sealable smaller plastic bags to spread them around, as I find them very expensive here.

I like a break from eating rice and noodles and still enjoy a tradition breakfast and things like bangers and mash sometimes. You can get Bisto gravy, nice sausages and bacon, mustard, brown sauce, decent butter and more from Makro. Mature chedar and bacon from Tesco or Rimping. Loads of other foods as well.

Hope this helps.

[Alwyn]

Return ticket! You're not gonna like it here mate. Thailand (or at least the Sin City) is full of your Pommie criminals on the run!

and Australia ONLY has UKs convicts so he wouldn't want to go there ay?

[smokie36]

Forget Waitrose. Go to Argos and buy a set of cast iron pots and griddle pan.

You don't need perishable foods...except maybe a nice cheese or three....

[ToddWeston]

Forget Waitrose. Go to Argos and buy a set of cast iron pots and griddle pan.

You don't need perishable foods...except maybe a nice cheese or three....

You hit the nail on the head - I forgot about my well seasoned cast iron frying pan that is a must have here.

[johnlandy]

paxo stuffing,branston pickle,hp.brown,oxo cubes,colemans mustard and not forgetting those blow back heinz baked beans.

Pretty sure all those products are readily available in Thailand, no?

Reckon I'd probably be stocking up on a selection of rare beers

Yes many things available in the realm but at prices up to a 1000% more than in the old country.

Edited September 6, 2013 by johnlandy

[sappersrest]

Many thanks for all your great ideas, off to the shops now boxes go next week, we follow in January.

[notmyself]

Forget Waitrose. Go to Argos and buy a set of cast iron pots and griddle pan.

You don't need perishable foods...except maybe a nice cheese or three....

Better to bring the tools to make a product than the product itself. Depending on where the OP will be living it cold also be worthwhile bringing over some spices that could be hard to find and or expensive. Hungarian smoked sweet paprika comes to mind.

I'd also bring a small set of quality driver bits as the ones I have found in Thailand seem to be mostly made of chrome plated mild steel which it too soft.

[scobie redux]

I've seen Paxo stuffing at Villa supermarket on Soi 11.

When I go back to the UK I usually focus on specialist luxuries that are hard to get here . . . Marks and Spencers specialist cheeses for example, infused with diablo chillis or balsamic onions. Or a whole stilton, or fine chocolates.

I'm in Phnom Penh at the moment and am amazed to be able to buy 500g jars of Marmite for just US$7.90. That is almost exactly the same GBP5.00 that I paid for a similar jar in a supermarket in London a month and a half ago.