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

[Bpuumike]

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.

A very good tip for the tea bags, have been doing that for years. Easy to spread some smaller plastic bags between your clothes, etc.

[Bpuumike]

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.

Will have to keep a closer eye on Villa.

It could be a case of their suppliers 'just had a shipment in'.

For sure if you see what you want in Thailand then buy it up.

Marmite in PP is a bargain, do they not have import duty like Thailand?

[marcusd]

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

Hey I have seen most of those products if notall available at TOPS and RIMPING..albeit they are from Australia but are the same as the UK stuff.

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