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Foods you love but rarely get to eat

Anyone else have foods that they miss out on because of the fact they eat as a family so all have the same?

I love a good curry and chilli but the Mrs doesn't and a spicy one if either would be too hot for the little un who is on proper food (the other is only 6 weeks old).

Take every opportunity to choose either when out to eat!

Or foreign lifers, any food you miss because you can get your hands on it abroad?
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  • Oakster
    Oakster Posts: 6,812
    From Canada - Mushy Peas when having Fish & Chips out. They always pair F & C with coleslaw over here - what's that all about?!
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,004
    Having lived and worked a lot in Asia, I love Mee Goreng ...so difficult to get in a restaurant over here.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    Parsnips,
    sweet potato
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    edited June 2015
    Ive not been well.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,741
    Manze's Pie , mash and Liquor
  • SE10Addick
    SE10Addick Posts: 2,964
    stonemuse said:

    Having lived and worked a lot in Asia, I love Mee Goreng ...so difficult to get in a restaurant over here.


    I was going to say Indonesian food in general, but Mee Goreng aka Bami Goreng in particular
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304

    Manze's Pie , mash and Liquor

    This. When I cant get SVs obv.
  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,168
    Oakster said:

    From Canada - Mushy Peas when having Fish & Chips out. They always pair F & C with coleslaw over here - what's that all about?!

    You can get Mushy Peas at Brits Fish & Chips in Edmonton, unfortunately the chips are a bit uninspiring but the fish is okay although probably not the freshest with Edmonton being so far from the coast. The seafood was a lot better when I was down in Victoria a couple of months ago!

    Being able to just pop to the chippy and get a good sized meal for under a fiver - I miss that.

    Curry is the big miss for me though. I used to have at least 1 a week back home (as indicated by the girth of my waist!) but they are just not the same. Nice enough in their own way and probably closer to authentic Indian cooking, but nowhere near as tasty as even an average British-Indian curry. I've resorted to mostly making my own, with mixed results.

    Pork Scratchings.

    Pastries - pork pies, scotch eggs, pasties etc, savoury pies. You can get stuff like that here but you have to hunt it down and go out of your way and pay over the odds at specialst store or farmers market. Miss just being able to grab one off the shelf in Sainsbury's . I quite miss Sainsbury's come to mention it.

  • Dippenhall
    Dippenhall Posts: 3,919

    Manze's Pie , mash and Liquor

    This
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,982
    When I lived in america id always have General Tso Chicken....Can't get it here for some reason. It's incredible.
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  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    Tried making my own pie and mash once cos I misses the one next door on Deptford High Street. It was like propping a picture of an ex opposite and trying to have a romantic dinner date.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,601
    Don't eat quite a few things due to diet/general health kick. One thing I really miss though is sitting down to a plate of ciabatta & foccacia breads, a bowl of balsamic and olive oil, parma ham, buffalo mozzarella and tomatoes.
  • Mike
    Mike Posts: 6,166

    When I lived in america id always have General Tso Chicken....Can't get it here for some reason. It's incredible.

    going to america soon and have been recommended this! Any other American must try foods mate?
  • Dippenhall
    Dippenhall Posts: 3,919

    Tried making my own pie and mash once cos I misses the one next door on Deptford High Street. It was like propping a picture of an ex opposite and trying to have a romantic dinner date.

    Anyone can get a book, follow the recipes and produce a close imitation of whatever Gordon Ramsey or Michel Roux could dish up but I bet none of them could crack the secret of producing an authentic Manzes pie and mash.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,355

    When I lived in america id always have General Tso Chicken....Can't get it here for some reason. It's incredible.

    love it :smile:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_dkYNq8G9Y
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,982
    Mike said:

    When I lived in america id always have General Tso Chicken....Can't get it here for some reason. It's incredible.

    going to america soon and have been recommended this! Any other American must try foods mate?
    Where bouts you going mate? Most city's have their own speciality grub!
  • brogib
    brogib Posts: 2,128

    Mike said:

    When I lived in america id always have General Tso Chicken....Can't get it here for some reason. It's incredible.

    going to america soon and have been recommended this! Any other American must try foods mate?
    Where bouts you going mate? Most city's have their own speciality grub!
    Kentucky ; )
  • cashncarry
    cashncarry Posts: 980
    My Mrs doesn't let me have fish pie as much as I would like
  • Mike
    Mike Posts: 6,166

    Mike said:

    When I lived in america id always have General Tso Chicken....Can't get it here for some reason. It's incredible.

    going to america soon and have been recommended this! Any other American must try foods mate?
    Where bouts you going mate? Most city's have their own speciality grub!
    New York for a week then Atlantic City
  • SantaClaus
    SantaClaus Posts: 7,655
    edited June 2015
    My eldest daughter recently became a militant veggie and my diet has gone downhill fast. On the plus side I always have a ribeye on a Friday night when she goes to bed.
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  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,601

    My Mrs doesn't let me have fish pie as much as I would like

    Chocolate fingers?
  • Manze's Pie , mash and Liquor



    Has to be double pie double mash double liquor , cup of strong tea , and an orange squash In a polystyrene cup , from either Manze's or Tony's Waltham abbey ( so good there becks gets it sent out to every city he has played football in) his fruit pie and custard is legendary Rd here , great pie and mash
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,622
    Lambs kidneys
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,954

    When I lived in america id always have General Tso Chicken....Can't get it here for some reason. It's incredible.

    Just Googled that, does sound lovely.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,982
    Mike said:

    Mike said:

    When I lived in america id always have General Tso Chicken....Can't get it here for some reason. It's incredible.

    going to america soon and have been recommended this! Any other American must try foods mate?
    Where bouts you going mate? Most city's have their own speciality grub!
    New York for a week then Atlantic City
    Atlantic City is a bit of a dive but still good fun.

    The other thing I loved in America was the sweet pretzels that you dipped in icing. So bad for you but taste unreal. Also it's the only place where it's acceptable to have scrambled egg and bacon on the same plate as syrup and let it all mix in together.
  • AddickFC81
    AddickFC81 Posts: 4,053
    Anything that is good for the taste buds.
  • lancashire lad
    lancashire lad Posts: 15,626
    many years ago you could get proper sharks fin soup in Hong Kong and it was lovely, I believe it is banned these days
  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    Scotch pies, plain bread and chippy sauce to name just three
  • sirjohnhumphrey
    sirjohnhumphrey Posts: 1,859
    Liver, kidney and bacon.
  • Oakster
    Oakster Posts: 6,812
    Think if i left Alberta, i would struggle to find good Ginger Beef anywhere else - its ridiculously calorific & unhealthy but it tastes good!!

    It's marinated beef deep-fried in batter and coated with a sweet and sour sauce...staple of many Chinese restaurants around here....

    http://chinesefood.about.com/od/diningout/a/gingerbeef.htm

    It's not too far removed from General Tso chicken in fact....