If you are from uk what do you miss most?

[anya]

Hi there!

I am in UK now and going to travel to Thailand soon, hopefully stay for sometime...

if you are a girl from UK - what do you miss the most? just want to get enought of this (whatever it may be.. really can not think of what can it be....) while here in UK...

thanks!

Anya

[fester]

1. Bassets

   a) Licorique

    Wine gums

2. Farang condoms (local brands are a bit iffy..)

3. Decent cheese (not tasty the one at Foodland)

[Rinrada]

Only thing I have never found for sale anywhere in LOS is OXO cubes.Robinsons -Tesco etc all do the other ones with the little chicken on them (maggi) but can you get OXO cubes anywhere or ever Bovril for that matter.

Other things the wife tends to bring out are Snickers (not..) and McCoys crisps.Re: Cheese I find that the small supermarket opp.Empor.on soi 33 has some decent examples.

I knew a guy who has a small holding up in Udon somewhere and makes Buffalo cheese but no local market... Thai wont eat...kin edam.  ::

[anya]

thanks for that boys!

lucky out of all listed I only like cheese, love cheese really... usually get it from France or little french markets in Surrey. is there any limit or conditions on bringing cheese into Thailand?

for me it is like, I suppose Indian Curry for my boyfriend, sometimes just MUST eat it..

also, what is the situation with wine and is Shampagne available?

by the way today here (in London) is 25 C but on Saturday will be only 10C, can not wait to get to see some sun! :laugh:

[p1p]

Much depends on where you will be living. Bangkok, Chiangmai, Phuket, Pattaya etc are all expat strongholds and almost everything is available there. Upcountry from these places is much more difficult.

Wines & Champagnes can be found, (for a hefty price!) There are many Indian restaurants but few compare in quality to those in London.

Stock cubes only tend to be available in Pork or Chicken varieties if you use others bring them with you.

Many types of cheeses are also available from specialist shops but they also tend to be pricey.

If you have any particular favourite foodstuffs, by all means bring them with you but you may well find them available here. I personally feel that luggage space is better filled with silly things like English "Monopoly", "Scrabble" or other board games, if you like them, or DVDs of favourite TV series etc. because these things can not be found and you might tend to miss them after a while.

If you are going to be living in Chiang Mai drop me an email and I shall try to give you some more specific advice.

Good Luck.

[dazdaz]

UK Food website, ships internationally.

http://www.lifeslittleluxuries.co.uk/

They have quite a selection.

:laugh:

[pschef]

Knorr do a beef extract powder form, it is available in Thailand. Large container will cost 200 Baht, they also make beef demiglas mix, execelent for sauces same price.

I think its only available at catering supply outlets?? Acutually

most things are there if you just look, ask Thai people in the business.  :cool:

[Rinrada]

OK..Find me an OXO cube :laugh:

[pschef]

Rinrada I promise to try, but please try the knorr product. Firstly it has far more taste and it very easy to use, just like making a cup of nescafe.

:cool:

[Rinrada]

The last time I actually found some OXO cubes (red ones)was in a small supermarket near where I used to work in Catt Lihn St in Hanoi N.Vietnam in about 1997.Even then they were about a year out of date but tasted OK.(little bit saw-dusty)I have never come across them in Philli,Laos,Kumpucha or LOS.

Maggi and Knorr are fine but the IN word is aaaaaa-aa OXO (or is it bisto)..Mai Pen.. :cool:

Find the Cube.

[pschef]

Yes Rinrada Ah Ah Ah was for Bisto, nothing like Oxo. I remember Oxo served in steaming hot tin mugs, cold days at football matches. Who misses UK anyway?

[pschef]

Yes Rinrada Ahhhhh was for Bisto, nothing like Oxo. I remember Oxo served in steaming hot tin mugs, cold days at football matches. Who misses UK anyway? :laugh:

[Rinrada]

Quite rite aaaaa-aaaa-a was for Bisto.The temp.here in N.London is rising fast to almost 12 degrees and Khun Wife recons a Bar-B-Q is in order for the afternoon.It makes a change from all her mates turning up and sitting on the floor stuffing themselves with a bucket of Thai Fragrant and pots of Chilli,Som tam,fish balls and those little green sweet things they all kin for.Your mention of a hot tin mug of steaming OXO sounds about ......o why not..She is a Buddist so wont touch the Beef .. ...mine-mine-aaaaaaaa

[dazdaz]

http://www.expatshopping.com/

This one seems quite popular, good web address name anyway.

[jayenram]

Of the expats here in Surin, quite a few spend time in UK/Europe a couple of times a year. They are usually kind enough to bring back light/non bulky items if requested. My regular requirement requests include OXO, dried marrowfat peas (for proper mushy peas), certain Indian whole spices (for my curry nights) which you cannot get here (I was suprised I couldn't get black cardomoms even in Malaysia), suet and good quality cue chalk.

Regarding what I miss in UK; my 2 children and my old friends. And a large portion of good Yorkshire fish and chips wouldn't go amiss.

Regarding what I don't miss; income tax, snow, over priced petrol and beer; and w*rk, of course.

[pidster]

If you are looking for cheese villa has a small selection (Sukhumvit Soi 33/1 or Soi 49) another alternative for a great selection of Australian cheeses and other Australian fare is Food Glorious Food on Sukhumvit Soi 71 (close to sub-soi 37).

[Rinrada]

Just picked a nice piece of Cheese and some Black Beer there..good selecton. :cool:

[stevebkk]

CHEESE

Ben Gunn, marooned on Treasure Island, dreamed every night of toasted cheese.

TOPS Supermarket - Silom Complex, (under) Robinsons Silom, also Central Plaza Rama III and II

Vintage Tasty (Vintage Cheddar Cheese)

Mainland Premium Quality Cheese

Exported by the New Zealand Dairy Board, Wellington

250 g net

110 baht

[Boo]

Anya, If you dye your hair any colour lighter than dark brown, may I suggest you bring a supply of your own hair dye with you as the concept of not being a natural blonde/ red head etc is alien to the thai supermarket suppliers! Also bisto gravy granules, if you are planning on cooking real roasts, applicator tampax (sorry boys) as you cannot get them here anywhere, a couple of your own fitted bedsheets & a top sheet for sleeping, as most available in Thailand are polyester mix, very itchy in this heat & several of your own makeup foundations (if you wear it) as you can only get No7 & maybelline if your lucky enough to live near a Boots the chemists.

Hope this is pratical for you, I find everytime I go home I have a list including all of these things (specially the Tampax & hair dye) from my farang girls living here in Samui.

[sevinnow]

one thing I really miss:... is all the hassell and debt and rain and traffic rage and bad attitude and high prices and no parking places and traffic lights that don't work and road works unfinished and postal delays and strikes and scams and last minute panic buying and bank holiday weekends and petrol prices and mr & mrs jones next door and the guy who wash's his car every weekend...........really not much i guess

[pschef]

Oxo been spotted in Chiang Mai store, Rinping supermarket I hear. :cool:

[Rinrada]

Looking GOOD

[mjcl]

Jaffa Cakes!!!!

[wolf5370]

Decent chips (Fredom Fries in American!) - not McDonalds type hollow-sticks.

Eastenders (sorry).

Cheese obviously.

er, somewhere to buy English books and mags at a reasonable price.

Friends and family.

Sky.

English chockie bars.

[Wei]

Yeah, English mags??? Those here cost 4 times more than in the UK.

[MaiChai]

Regular income from a decent paid job.

Being treated equally; what I mean by this is no one gives a monkey where you come from in the UK, everyone gets treated equal. In TL if you're not Thai, doing anything is a great hassle (no ID card/not on a tabien baan).

Decent bread without loads of sugar in it (I know its called kanum bang, but honestly its not a type of cake so you don't need to put sugar in it!!!).

Other than that, not much else!

[pschef]

Regular income from a decent paid job.

Being treated equally; what I mean by this is no one gives a monkey where you come from in the UK, everyone gets treated equal. In TL if you're not Thai, doing anything is a great hassle (no ID card/not on a tabien baan).

I agree totally with your comments, I have been throu so man hassle recently. Work permits, visas etc etc. I am married to a Thai, I really expect to be treated equally??? never going to happen, just grin a bear it.

[kernow]

My girlfriend has massive chimps and has problems finding bra's that fit out here.

[Pinkster]

Chimps... as in monkeys?

[Boo]

My girlfriend has massive chimps and has problems finding bra's that fit out here.

Understand completly

5 years & still looking for an underwear shop that stocks anything bigger than fried egg size!