ayumi_nagumo 0 Posted April 20, 2003 Share Posted April 20, 2003 A British friend of mine always talk about meat pie and he miss so much. I never ate it but he love it I think. Is there much food you miss from oversea? Link to post Share on other sites
scoobydoo 0 Posted April 20, 2003 Share Posted April 20, 2003 Pies yes, Japan hasn't 'got' them yet. Sausages, good bacon, cheese,.... Link to post Share on other sites
sam_casper 0 Posted April 20, 2003 Share Posted April 20, 2003 when drew and i were in japan i missed "salt and vinger smiths" chips... yum... looked to be everyother flavor other than S&V Link to post Share on other sites
amandanism 0 Posted April 20, 2003 Share Posted April 20, 2003 it used to be poutine. but beckers now sells poutine. a nice meat pie or sausage roll, or any other nice baked goods from an aussie bakery. Link to post Share on other sites
sam_casper 0 Posted April 20, 2003 Share Posted April 20, 2003 bakery treats are the best...! drew and i ate lots of bakery treats in japan, dimearu (sp?) the shopping store had a great bakery floor! yum...! Link to post Share on other sites
Plucky 0 Posted April 20, 2003 Share Posted April 20, 2003 A good Pizza. Japan sucks at Pizza where I live at least. Also, a good salad. There is no need to put anchovies or fish eyes in a good chef salad. The Caesar's suck over here too. It's hard being veggie in Japan. Link to post Share on other sites
PerryBasin 0 Posted April 20, 2003 Share Posted April 20, 2003 Too much to mention..... ...but then again we can't complain about food much here in Japan now, can we!? Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted April 20, 2003 Share Posted April 20, 2003 Cakes and breads are the tops in Japan!!! Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 Pies. Marmite. (it is like natto but 10,000 times better) Gnocchi. Fresh fruit and vegetables. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 A 2 for 1 pizza. sausages, I have a good store near here that sells big octberfest and spicy ones. They are well over an inch thick. Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 salt n vinegars!! Cordial and a heap of ingredients that are either hard to get or impossible so that certain recipies can't be made! Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 Lyles Golden Syrup Bartons Picallily 2 AMAZING products. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 Proper fruit, proper meat. Variety and range to choose from. I miss these things. People seldom agree with me on this (and I can understand why they initially question my opinion), but the selection of seafood in this country SUCKS. Certainly the seafood that makes it to my local outlets is bad. But then, I have been to quite a few coastal seafood markets and the range is still crap. For a country that eats 1/5th of the worlds annual fishing haul, there is not a great deal of selection. Whats more, the popular fish here would be used as bait, burley or garden fertilizer in Australia. Sorry Japan, but you do not know fish like you think you do. (the oysters here are awesome though, so are Japanese cucumbers). I have more whinging to do today. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 db, proper fruit? I have no complaints about fruit here - very happy with it Link to post Share on other sites
sam_casper 0 Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 plucky i aggree it was difficult being a veggie in japan! i ended up eating noodles and lots of them! i now hate noodles! i missed potatos too. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 Rach, I am not sure from which country you hail. At the risk of getting all nationalistic about my fruit.... buying fruit here is the typical un-natural experience that I have come to know Tokyo by. A fuit shop in Australia is the size of the biggets supermarket I have seen here. For example, apples: At home you get table after table of apples piled up. Each table is a different variety. For each variety you can pick from natures own shapes and sizes. For example, the good old Granny Smith apple. At home I find the groaning Granny Smith table and can then fill my bag with the ones that I want - large, small, very green, waxy thick skin, older softer skin, etc etc. I like to smell and feel my fruit before I buy it. Same goes for grapes, melons, stone fruits. The list goes on. Big peaches, small peaches, peaches that are not quite ripe, but that will be perfect by the time breakfast roles around tomorrow morning. Picture piles and piles of fruit. Fruit that you can smell the moment you approach the shop. The fruit here is engineered then carefully selected so that only the so called perfect shapes and colours make it to the shelf, where they are individually wrapped. When you get home you find that, although nice enough, they are deviod of real flavour and no fruit aroma. I have to repeat: compared to Australia, the fruit here is boring, un-natural and the range is crap. It is over priced. Shopping for it is like shopping in the car care section at a DIY shop. I firmly think that Australia is one of the worlds meccas of fruit (and seafood). Link to post Share on other sites
zwelgen 0 Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 black liquorice bread with seeds (vogel if your in the know) white fish fillets you can crumb and grill chewing gum that doesnt loose its flavour oh the list goes on.. Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 Porridge (oatmeal) why oh why cant you pick up a 2kg bag of rolled oats in this country ? Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 here here kamoo. I agree. Same for a 1 liter tub of natural yoghurt. Good luck finding that. Link to post Share on other sites
jared 0 Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 strangely enough when you leave there are lost of things here you cant easaly get at home that youll miss. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 db, have you tried making your own yoghurt? It's dead simple. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 Leave the milk out for a day in summer? Can you get yoghurt culture here? Never made yoghurt before. Do tell. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 Yeah, you can get the culture here. Just mix it with milk, leave it out for a while then stick it in the fridge and wait. When you've nearly finished it, add more milk and repeat. Really, you ought to make the yoghurt bacteria pay for the privelege of using your body and refrigerator as a host. Link to post Share on other sites
Antonio 0 Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 db, can i suggest you avoid the big Supers when it comes time to buy your fruit and veg and start hunting round for those little places run by 90 year old women with bad backs....there are gems to be found! Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 One of the main things my aussie partner loves about Japan is how tasty the fruit is compared to Australia. Sure you get a larger selection there, but the fruit here just tastes amazing. That's just one Aussie opinion (oh, and her mum thinks so too), not mine. I've learned long ago not to make any derrogatory comments about Australia! Link to post Share on other sites
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