Having read loads of threads on here about the superiority of English chocolate, while I was at Clark's Village outlet in Street I bought some different kinds of Cadbury's. My husband and I did a taste test last night. We both agreed - its totally different. To us its the texture - English chocolate is more crumbly and less "greasy". When I eat Canadian Cadbury's chocolate - it goes all kind of gooey in my throat - consequently I don't eat it! The English Cadbury's didn't do that. Good job I only have four big bars or else I might take up chocolate eating again!!!

I agree, I may actually lose weight in Canada, we stayed at hotel the other day in Vancouver and there was a huge table full of chocolate gateaus, mousses, creme caramel, smarties, cookies everything you could wish for in chocolate, in the middle was a chocolate fountain, we could have had as much as we liked. I dipped a few strawberry's and said yuck! My daugther however said it reminded her of cheap easter egg chocolate, and loved it.
All that chocolate and we hardly had any!!!!!! What a waste.

No chance of that I'm afraid with the size of food portions, huge bags of chips, cheap twofours, proliferation of Timmys Donuts, and no small pizza size (no matter what they chose to call it!)

So true. On the rare occasions my wife and I go for a pub lunch, we split a burger/fries (or whatever) and there's still some left over.

Twofours are even cheaper in Quebec!

I think the issue with Canadian chocolate is the summer heat. English chocolate would melt on the shelves. Our common request for people going back to UK is Colemans English mustard and English Chocolate.

Yes, ever had Cadbury's in India? Wonderful stuff, and it doesn't melt in the heat - mind you it doesn't melt in the mouth either though...

Excuse my ignorance but what on earth are "two fours"??

Things were so expensive in England - its a wonder anyone is over weight. I don't know how they afford things. Even a baked spud was $7 - and you can get a reasonably good one here at Wendy's for $1.99.

I was a bit perplexed about the spud "toppings". I had to ask someone what they do with baked bean toppings. Now I like baked potatoes and I like baked beans - but I cannot imagine a baked potato with baked beans on the top, which is apparently what they do with them.

We went out for an Indian in Street, Somerset. That was for 7 adults but it cost us £95 plus a tip. My sister was doing a reasonable representation of Ivana Trump and said we would pay for it. I blanched a bit but I agreed. Earlier this year we went out to the Indian Restaurant in Regina - 4 adults and 2 teenagers and it cost us around $100. So paying the equivalent of almost $225 for about the same thing is virtually against my religious beliefs!!!

Gas was over 90 p a litre. It cost us £70 to fill up my sister's four door Vauxhall. I suppose in England everyone earns twice as much and so they don't notice the cost. But for us poor Canadians it was a bit of a shock. We figured that most things were the same in £ as they were in $. What I mean is that if a meal here would cost $100 then it would cost £100 over there - about 2.3 times as much!

Still we had a good time and its the first time in about 35 years that I have been back and done "touristy" things like Bath and Bodiam Castle and Canterbury Cathedral etc.

[QUOTE=lizwil98]Excuse my ignorance but what on earth are "two fours"??/QUOTE]

You are in Canada aren't you?????


24 bottles of beer on the wall, 24 bottles of beer ......

Finding out one of the reasons I left Britain! It makes me laugh now that people complain about the cost of gas but I guess its only relative to how much you earn.

The Curry price seems fair to me at around £13 per head and I'd be interested to hear about the differences between the Regina restaurant and the UK one. If the Regina one is fairly comparable I might take the drive...its the one thing I really miss, a decent curry! Did you notice the baked bean difference too?

I'm glad too that someone else doesn't know what a two four is either

Glad you had a good trip!

Ahhh a good curry, know what you mean. There is one in Ottawa which comes close. And as for the beans, after 7 years they are getting better. My wife actually started to make baked beans last year and made a darned good job of them too, now when we have roast ham we now we are getting beans the next day - another "when in Rome"

I know what you mean about the chocolate, every time I used to visit my relatives in NJ I used to take a suitcase full of grub, the main part of which was chocolate (sorry customs guys!) On the last trip, it was about 35 small bars and 15 or 20 family sized ones. The things they missed - pickled onion discos, oxo gravy, bovril, heinz beans, plain bread, batchelors cup soups, maysan curry paste, mini cheddars, walkers salt & vinegar - the list goes on - I think that my container will have to be filled with emergency food.

On another note though, when my aunt returned this year she brought back a few things - I don`t know if you have a wegmans or shoprite in Canada but they are all over NJ, and their coffee is fantastic - I always bring some back - she has 3 massive tins (one for me!) Arm & Hammer liquid detergent (lovely smell) and loads of little gizmos you can`t get here!

Lisa

Unlike in the UK, most beer here is sold in bottles. The come in packs of 6, 12 and 24. Twofour is just slang for a case of beer.

It makes sense to buy in bulk (ie by the case) as booze purchasing, in most provinces, requires forward planning.

Not the case, unfortunately. We do notice it ! It's not called 'RIP OFF BRITAIN' for nothing.

Rich.

Can I ask why the forward planning? I know in the US quite a few states are `dry` and a lot of the supermarkets don`t even stock booze - is it the same there? If so, I will require a regular delivery! Do costco over there sell booze?

Lisa

Cheese and beans on a jacket potoato, Yum Yum!!!!

Another thing people find truly bizarre over here that I like to do is put sweetcorn on pizza and in salads etc...

The Canadian baked beans to me though taste disgusting, has to be a UK tin every time, even if they do cost $1.99 a can...