What do you miss?
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What do you miss?
So back to England next week for a trip to see family and friends but also have a list of things to do and buy. What do you have on your list when you go back?
My list:
1. Full English breakfast in a Wetherspoons
2. An Indian takeaway
3. Buy medicines - Rennies, Zantac, Savlon
4. Waterstones - to buy schoolbooks to help with teaching English
5. Asda - gravy granules, stuffing, decaf coffee, tea bags
6. Clothes shopping - TKMaxx, Next, Primark and of course M&S
7. Apple store - operating system software
8. Trip to cinema
9. Christmas cards
Interestingly an expat friend of mine recently did a mammoth shop in Asda in the Midlands.
When at the till he mentioned the the checkout assistant might be wondering why he had such a strange trolley load. She said not at all they have expats buying stuff all the time!!
My list:
1. Full English breakfast in a Wetherspoons
2. An Indian takeaway
3. Buy medicines - Rennies, Zantac, Savlon
4. Waterstones - to buy schoolbooks to help with teaching English
5. Asda - gravy granules, stuffing, decaf coffee, tea bags
6. Clothes shopping - TKMaxx, Next, Primark and of course M&S
7. Apple store - operating system software
8. Trip to cinema
9. Christmas cards
Interestingly an expat friend of mine recently did a mammoth shop in Asda in the Midlands.
When at the till he mentioned the the checkout assistant might be wondering why he had such a strange trolley load. She said not at all they have expats buying stuff all the time!!
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Re: What do you miss?
I have only been back the the UK on a handful of occasions in the last 6 years and most of them have been this year.
The only thing on my definite list is Fish and Chips from a proper chippy, although I always sneak in a few tubes of Salt and Vinegar Pringles into my suitcase on the occasions where my wife has not been with me... Ever the romantic
The only thing on my definite list is Fish and Chips from a proper chippy, although I always sneak in a few tubes of Salt and Vinegar Pringles into my suitcase on the occasions where my wife has not been with me... Ever the romantic
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Re: What do you miss?
I have only been back the the UK on a handful of occasions in the last 6 years and most of them have been this year.
The only thing on my definite list is Fish and Chips from a proper chippy, although I always sneak in a few tubes of Salt and Vinegar Pringles into my suitcase on the occasions where my wife has not been with me... Ever the romantic
The only thing on my definite list is Fish and Chips from a proper chippy, although I always sneak in a few tubes of Salt and Vinegar Pringles into my suitcase on the occasions where my wife has not been with me... Ever the romantic
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Re: What do you miss?
CathyG - you're putting me off retiring to Hungary ..... only kidding!
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Re: What do you miss?
They were not for me, but they are wifeys favourite munchy... I always find it helps to be ignorant about guilty pleasures
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I'm really sorry but please discourage your wife from eating them. Guilty pleasures shouldn't come into it. I suggest you google how they are made and what's in them.
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Re: What do you miss?
1) As a smoker it would be incredibly hypocritical of me to inform my wife that she should not consume the some dozen or so packets of Pringles She has consumed in the last 6 years.
2) Having read a few bits on the web I am far less concerned about Pringles than much of the rest of the rubbish that happens within the food chain.
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Re: What do you miss?
I had a Chinese with the children last night and daren't think of the amount of MSG and other goodies in it. Just as well it a rare treat!
Cathy, for me it's
numerous spices from asafetida to methi
a strong, mature cheddar
back bacon
haggis
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Re: What do you miss?
I have only been back the the UK on a handful of occasions in the last 6 years and most of them have been this year.
The only thing on my definite list is Fish and Chips from a proper chippy, although I always sneak in a few tubes of Salt and Vinegar Pringles into my suitcase on the occasions where my wife has not been with me... Ever the romantic
The only thing on my definite list is Fish and Chips from a proper chippy, although I always sneak in a few tubes of Salt and Vinegar Pringles into my suitcase on the occasions where my wife has not been with me... Ever the romantic
I wans went out with a young lady from a Fish and Chip shop when I got hear home, Hear Dad Battered me... digerg47
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Re: What do you miss?
Fish and chips from the chippy has always been top of my list
followed by ....
Fresh crab and mustard and cress sandwiches
Eccles cakes
Bakewell tart
South African curry powder
Herbs to make biryani
Blackcurrants
New Zealand lamb chops
Roses Lime marmelade
and ...
at least one meal in a good Indian restaurant!
followed by ....
Fresh crab and mustard and cress sandwiches
Eccles cakes
Bakewell tart
South African curry powder
Herbs to make biryani
Blackcurrants
New Zealand lamb chops
Roses Lime marmelade
and ...
at least one meal in a good Indian restaurant!
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Re: What do you miss?
Marks & Spencer sandwiches
Wilkinson's
Reading the Sunday paper in the pub
Wilkinson's
Reading the Sunday paper in the pub
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Re: What do you miss?
If you are in Budapest Nemo Fish and chips and salad bar Lovőhaz Uta. Between Mammut Shopping Certer1 and 2 go 100 metres on right hand side, the are good not as UK but it's beater than flying back.
I wans went out with a young lady from a Fish and Chip shop when I got hear home, Hear Dad Battered me... digerg47
I wans went out with a young lady from a Fish and Chip shop when I got hear home, Hear Dad Battered me... digerg47
Every time I return to the UK I must have a Greggs cheese and onion pasty. When I was there a few weeks back they were on offer at two for 99p. Well it would have been rude not to have two wouldn't it?
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Re: What do you miss?
I'll be in Budapest in a few weeks Digger so will test out your recommendation and let you know how I get on.
Every time I return to the UK I must have a Greggs cheese and onion pasty. When I was there a few weeks back they were on offer at two for 99p. Well it would have been rude not to have two wouldn't it?
Every time I return to the UK I must have a Greggs cheese and onion pasty. When I was there a few weeks back they were on offer at two for 99p. Well it would have been rude not to have two wouldn't it?
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Re: What do you miss?
I WILL GIVE IT 10 OUT 10 the cost Nagy Fish and Chip 1,790fh= 4.65 pounds it was Cod Picas wedge chips and on the side of plate was small containers of tarter sauce and two others Now monthly pension day down their but I will order the Tiche to much on plate digger47 do not forget to bring Vinegar
Still may give it a shot next time we are in the big city, probably one more trip for us before Christmas
Incidentally Rural I find Azsiabolt just round the corner from the grand market hall a wondrous place for spices and other oddities I miss from living in one of the most culturally diverse parts of Birmingham
Last edited by llareggub; Oct 21st 2014 at 2:04 pm.
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Re: What do you miss?
Cheers, I think I posted a link to their shop on here for somebody though I've never been myself. I ended up ordering in bulk from Spice of India who deliver to Hungary and if ordering for a few of us, we split the delivery cost.