Tesco Chaweng

[Rooo]

Sorry but can't find the other topic about Tesco.

Tesco Samui this morning, have new area with Fresh & smoked salmon, different varieties of salmon,different cuts. Fresh yellow fin tuna & other Japanese type varieties for sushi or Sashimi as some people like to call it.
A lot of products from Tesco UK, chips,pastas, sauces, chocolates, frozen veg , as in Parsnip,big cut English Chips, English baked potatoes ( these are at the far end of frozen foods + some on wine section). Also in that section Tesco frozen turkeys.

[Jonathan Fairfield]

We've got the same in Hua Hin - Tesco's Finest range they call it. Good choice of coffee. It didn't seem overly expensive either

[Rooo]

Yes they have some good coffee by the looks of it.

[phetphet]

I bought some Tesco Finest fish fingers, roast potatoes, and stem ginger ice cream there last week. They also have various Tesco teas, Earl Grey etc, pasta, biscuits, chocolate, various flavours of crisps (salt and vinegar, cheese and onion).

Just waiting for the mince pies to appear.

[TheLobster]

Posted previously regarding the Finest Frozen Food

 

The burgers were excellent and reasonably priced but have been out of stock for quite a while now. The cod products appear now and again. There was also a Salmon Wellington that was excellent again not seen in stock for a while.

 

The frozen veg are okay generally but the parsnips are excellent though, they are coated in honey and don't take long to cook.

 

As well as the finest section there a farang ambient food island near the ice cream section with breakfast cereals, sauces, herbs, biscuits and sweets - I couldn't resist the sherbert lemons and the mini jelly beans 

 

I have sent a message to Tesco Lotus asking about restocking of the frozen items plus some suggestions for additions. Will post if I get a reply.

 

Edited November 16, 2016 by TheLobster
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[Pungdo]

The Tesco Lotus we shop in here in Pattaya has had that whole range in store for more than 6 months, a tad expensive I thought.

 

Edited November 17, 2016 by Pungdo

[dotpoom]

Who'd have guessed?

[meatboy]

18 hours ago, phetphet said:

I bought some Tesco Finest fish fingers, roast potatoes, and stem ginger ice cream there last week. They also have various Tesco teas, Earl Grey etc, pasta, biscuits, chocolate, various flavours of crisps (salt and vinegar, cheese and onion).

Just waiting for the mince pies to appear.

what about the christmas puddings,got some last yr.in korat. had some birds eye custard sent last week.

[Oishii]

19 hours ago, Rooo said:

..... for sushi or Sashimi, as some people like to call it.

 

Sushi and sashimi are two different things.  Sushi is not raw fish, as many people think.  Sushi is sweet, sticky rice with a topping.  Sashimi is slices of raw fish, or sometimes beef.

Edited November 17, 2016 by Oishii
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[phetphet]

40 minutes ago, meatboy said:

what about the christmas puddings,got some last yr.in korat. had some birds eye custard sent last week.

They didn't have any when I was in there last week, but I bought one in Marks and Spencers in Central World, Bangkok a week ago. They had quite a few. Not cheap though.

[Beats56]

Man use to smoke salmon on my Big Green Egg back home. it was exclenant.

Now if I only find some wood chips here I would do in on my bbq.

 

[yardrunner]

2 hours ago, Pungdo said:

The Tesco Lotus we shop in here in Pattaya has had that whole range in store for more than 6 months, a tad expensive I thought.

 

Well if they follow the same guidelines as Tesco UK you have the basic range which is cheap but most things are OK but not special then the ordinary range which is a bit dearer more choice and normally very good and then the finest range which is quite expensive and they really push the finest range because they make the big profits on the finest range because they try and fool people into buying this range when the other two ranges are very good

[toofarnorth]

The Lotus in Maechan has changed radically in the past 2 weeks , about a third of the tinned food has gone ,the isles are narrower and half the store has now been taking up with clothes . Did get a bargain a few days ago , Imperial cheese must of been taking up clothes space , it went on the shelf at 26B  250g.. 3 of us took the 9 blocks during the afternoon. 

[bark]

54 minutes ago, meatboy said:

what about the christmas puddings,got some last yr.in korat. had some birds eye custard sent last week.

Funny how you can be 10,000 km from your home and thing about comfort food, from home. cheers.

[Rooo]

1 hour ago, Oishii said:

 

Sushi and sashimi are two different things.  Sushi is not raw fish, as many people think.  Sushi is sweet, sticky rice with a topping.  Sashimi is slices of raw fish, or sometimes beef.

Excuse my ignorance, blame Wikipedia.

[rickudon]

The Tesco finest teabags are really good value, tastes like real tea unlike that yellow Liptons stuff and nearly half the price as well.

[TheLobster]

11 hours ago, yardrunner said:

Well if they follow the same guidelines as Tesco UK you have the basic range which is cheap but most things are OK but not special then the ordinary range which is a bit dearer more choice and normally very good and then the finest range which is quite expensive and they really push the finest range because they make the big profits on the finest range because they try and fool people into buying this range when the other two ranges are very good

 

Unfortunately we don't have the luxury of such choice.

 

What I will say is the Finest products sold here are not that expensive (apart from the cod fillets in batter) when compared to other 'farang food'.

 

As an example the Aberdeen Angus Finest Burgers were 175THB a pack. That worked out at about 380THB a kilo. If you went to Makro you can buy a product described as beef burgers for 305THB a kilo. The Makro product would be no better than a Tesco Basics Burger. So for 75THB a kilo more the burgers were a bargain and far from expensive in Thailand terms.

 

The alternative is to make your own, I can buy reasonable imported beef for burgers at around 400THB a kilo. I tend to put >90% beef in my burgers so that would not be much cheaper and far more hassle.

[Carlos Primeros]

12 hours ago, Oishii said:

 

Sushi and sashimi are two different things.  Sushi is not raw fish, as many people think.  Sushi is sweet, sticky rice with a topping.  Sashimi is slices of raw fish, or sometimes beef.

Sorry, but here you are a bit on the wrong side. Sushi are never on sweet sticky rice. The sushi rice is made with the help of vinegar and is topped with raw fish, cooked prawns, smoked eels and so on. Sashimi is raw fish as you have mentioned correctly. But Sashimi is fish only and no beef at all.

Enjoy

Carlos

[Rooo]

17 hours ago, Beats56 said:

Man use to smoke salmon on my Big Green Egg back home. it was exclenant.

Now if I only find some wood chips here I would do in on my bbq.

 

Used to have wood-chips at HomePro in the gardening section.

[Cake Monster]

The " Tesco Finest Range " of products available in LOS is simply an exercise by Tesco to reduce their inventory of slow moving and contractual obligation items form their UK stores.

Bad performance in the UK retail sector has reduced their market share and profits drastically, and when we Expats have eaten all the chocolate and drank all the coffee, I am sure the range will cease to exist in Thailand.

Sadly,  as I ate some Mint Humbugs the other day. The first for many years, and they were as I remembered them as a kid.

[Rooo]

21 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

The " Tesco Finest Range " of products available in LOS is simply an exercise by Tesco to reduce their inventory of slow moving and contractual obligation items form their UK stores.

Bad performance in the UK retail sector has reduced their market share and profits drastically, and when we Expats have eaten all the chocolate and drank all the coffee, I am sure the range will cease to exist in Thailand.

Sadly,  as I ate some Mint Humbugs the other day. The first for many years, and they were as I remembered them as a kid.

Shattering the hopes of many with these few words

[PoorSucker]

10 hours ago, Carlos Primeros said:

But Sashimi is fish only and no beef at all.

So you never tried Wagyu, delicious.

http://modernfarmer.com/2015/01/7-kinds-sashimi-not-made-fish/

[Rooo]

Thank GOD for Facebook. Bye Bye TV.

Bye guys.

Edited November 20, 2016 by Rooo

[MoonUnit]

The best fish fingers ever:  Sainsbury's Chunky Cod Fish Fingers, Taste the Difference x8 480g.  Not cheap but my wife and I go a bundle on them.  None of that Birdseye rubbish.  Unfortunately, doesn't seem available in LOS.

 

 For burgers, my wife purchases prime imported beef from Makro, has it minced, and makes her own.  Absolute classic.

[TheLobster]

On 11/18/2016 at 0:54 AM, Cake Monster said:

The " Tesco Finest Range " of products available in LOS is simply an exercise by Tesco to reduce their inventory of slow moving and contractual obligation items form their UK stores.

Bad performance in the UK retail sector has reduced their market share and profits drastically, and when we Expats have eaten all the chocolate and drank all the coffee, I am sure the range will cease to exist in Thailand.

Sadly,  as I ate some Mint Humbugs the other day. The first for many years, and they were as I remembered them as a kid.

 

They seem to be going to a lot of trouble for 'an exercise to reduce their inventory' putting up fixtures and promoting their Finest range.

 

See the picture posted by khunPer:

http://www.thaipr.net/tag/tesco-finest

 

Plus the frozen food I have purchased had quite a decent shelf life for example fish fingers purchased a couple of months ago have a Best Before of June 2017:

 

 

[evadgib]

On 11/20/2016 at 5:42 PM, MoonUnit said:

The best fish fingers ever:  Sainsbury's Chunky Cod Fish Fingers, Taste the Difference x8 480g.  Not cheap but my wife and I go a bundle on them.  None of that Birdseye rubbish.  Unfortunately, doesn't seem available in LOS.

 

TOPS has Waitrose fish fingers and fillets which you might like.  I haven't tried the ones on tescos but TOPS are good.

 

HTH

 

[Tropicalevo]

I bought some Tesco own brand fish fingers to try while back. Terrible.

 

More batter than fish. The dogs liked them though. 

[phetphet]

1 hour ago, Tropicalevo said:

I bought some Tesco own brand fish fingers to try while back. Terrible.

 

More batter than fish. The dogs liked them though. 

I read a report the other comparing fish fingers. Tescos Finest didn't do too well.

With that 5 hour power cut this morning, I'm not too sure my ones that were in the freezer will still be safe to eat.

 

Will defo. try those Waitrose ones.

[Tropicalevo]

Just as an aside, I tried Tesco Finest 'Beer Battered Cod Loins' last night - along with their petits pois and chunkey chips.

 

Best fish and chips that I have had on Samui. The cod is very good and real. Not chip shop batter - but still crispy and tasty.

 

A definite 'look for' when I am next in Tesco.

 

Well done Tesco

[TheLobster]

As mentioned before there is an ambient island of imported foods, on the other sides they have cereals, tea & coffee:

 

 

 

 

Edited November 24, 2016 by TheLobster
Corrected picture orientation