What food do you most miss from UK?
Mar 31st 2008, 7:44 am
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Re: What food do you most miss from UK?
I think I'm over most things, but occasionally the voices in my head still tell me otherwise.
Jam doughnuts is a biggie, why oh why can't we get jam doughnuts?
Also Pizza Express, where are they? Surely someone is missing a nice business opportunity. Hells Pizza is good enough but doesn't quite reach the spot - they only do takeaways and I'd really like a sit down fresh out of the oven restaurant pizza, some doughballs and garlic butter, some salad and a well chilled bottle of Peroni.
That made me
because it is so true! I've been bulk buying red peppers over the past few weeks when they were really cheap, roasting them and putting them in the freezer for the winter months. I was gutted this week, I needed a fresh pepper (capsicum if you must) for a spanish omlette and they were back up to $1.49 for a tiny wizzened little thing. :curse: No more fajitas till next summer. 
Jam doughnuts is a biggie, why oh why can't we get jam doughnuts?
Also Pizza Express, where are they? Surely someone is missing a nice business opportunity. Hells Pizza is good enough but doesn't quite reach the spot - they only do takeaways and I'd really like a sit down fresh out of the oven restaurant pizza, some doughballs and garlic butter, some salad and a well chilled bottle of Peroni.
That made me
because it is so true! I've been bulk buying red peppers over the past few weeks when they were really cheap, roasting them and putting them in the freezer for the winter months. I was gutted this week, I needed a fresh pepper (capsicum if you must) for a spanish omlette and they were back up to $1.49 for a tiny wizzened little thing. :curse: No more fajitas till next summer. 
Mar 31st 2008, 7:47 am
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Re: What food do you most miss from UK?
Sorry, I'd forgotten how good they were until you metioned Pizzas 
"Hell" Hath no Pizza......like an Express one.
"Hell" Hath no Pizza......like an Express one.
Mar 31st 2008, 7:48 am
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Re: What food do you most miss from UK?
(now I've developed a lisp)
Mar 31st 2008, 7:50 am
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Re: What food do you most miss from UK?
I found Walkers Smokey Bacon crisps in my local New World the other day ($2.50 a packet!?!?!?!?) and indulged. Beats the Chucken crisps over here which taste like somebody's crumbled an OXO cube and a sugar cube into the packet.
There's some odd stuff in there under the English section though. I've only been over here for 9 months but I can't remember seeing (or definitely being very popular that it would warrant shipping) a Maltesers Hot Chocolate drink.
Also Heinz Baked Beans (with a 2 for 1 pound label on) selling at nearly $3 and a box of PG Tips Pyramids for $12. Talking of which - you can buy PG Tips over here in the ordinary tea section but the box looks like something from the 1970's.
There's some odd stuff in there under the English section though. I've only been over here for 9 months but I can't remember seeing (or definitely being very popular that it would warrant shipping) a Maltesers Hot Chocolate drink.
Also Heinz Baked Beans (with a 2 for 1 pound label on) selling at nearly $3 and a box of PG Tips Pyramids for $12. Talking of which - you can buy PG Tips over here in the ordinary tea section but the box looks like something from the 1970's.
Mar 31st 2008, 7:52 am
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Re: What food do you most miss from UK?
I buy the pyramid bags here for $5 something in Coles. What supermarket did you see them in?
Mar 31st 2008, 8:15 am
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Mar 31st 2008, 8:30 am
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Re: What food do you most miss from UK?
Mar 31st 2008, 8:33 am
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Re: What food do you most miss from UK?
I know.....jam on yer Pizza!
Mar 31st 2008, 8:40 am
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Mar 31st 2008, 8:42 am
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Re: What food do you most miss from UK?
Hi All
Having posted a reply, I started thinking about food items I most missed from the UK as, Choc doesnt taste quite the same here and a list came to mind of what I miss most, so here goes,
Walkers Crisps, Beef and Onion, Prawn Cocktail.
M&S food
Twiglets
Jammy Wagon Wheels
Jaffa Cakes
Atlantic Prawns / Cod
Maple and Walnut Slice
Chewy Cookies M&S
I could keep going on but, what do you miss?
Thanks
Julie
Having posted a reply, I started thinking about food items I most missed from the UK as, Choc doesnt taste quite the same here and a list came to mind of what I miss most, so here goes,
Walkers Crisps, Beef and Onion, Prawn Cocktail.
M&S food
Twiglets
Jammy Wagon Wheels
Jaffa Cakes
Atlantic Prawns / Cod
Maple and Walnut Slice
Chewy Cookies M&S
I could keep going on but, what do you miss?
Thanks
Julie
A curry! I havent found any Indian here that matches the "British" style Indian restaurant. Maybe they are too authentic here!
Mar 31st 2008, 9:10 am
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Mar 31st 2008, 10:18 am
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Re: What food do you most miss from UK?
I think they have, it's called Calzone isn't it?
Sorry, that was a bit child-like of me 
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Paua fritters and apricot jam......yum yum!!!
Stop that, how dare you criticise it - it's gourmet. So overused and abused in Australasia to describe anything slightly above something you purchase from a Four Square regardless of how edible it is!
Sorry, that was a bit child-like of me . Paua fritters and apricot jam......yum yum!!!
Mar 31st 2008, 10:35 am
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Re: What food do you most miss from UK?
Mar 31st 2008, 11:02 am
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you dewty owld maan!
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