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[Envy]

A new store has opened in town with British foods. I haven't been yet and although I suspect the inventory is small am curious to see what they have. This is something new to my area where there are Asian and health food stores outside of the regular grocery ones. What about your towns? Do you have specialty shops or some that carry British brands?
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[KimVallejo]

We had the British Tea Room out on 202 ...
In Center City, there s ashop by Downey's Irish Pub on 2 Street, it has all sorts of handmade cableknit sweaters and foods from the UK. When I need my fix of HP Sauce I usually go there....
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[KristenTB4]

We have World Foods aisles in several of our grocery stores here. Much of the space is occupied however by Italian, Asian, & Mexican.

But, we also have a nice British section, where you can get; Marmite, HP Sauce, Weetabix, PG Tips & Typhoo Teas, Treacle or Spotted Dick puddings, assorted crackers and biscuits....to name just a few.

There are also Mediterranean, Scandinavian, Polish, German, & French items.
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[Tony Pitch]

Here in Bayonne, the closest thing to British food was a chain restaurant named Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips, now gone. We are overrun with Chinese, Italian and Spanish restaurants. We even have an Ethiopian Cafe. I don't know of anyone who ever went there.

'Ow nice
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[KristenTB4]

A lot of the diners & bars/pubs around here, usually feature fish & chips on friday nights.

The Green Spot Pub has an exceptional one. (Where the chips look like chips...and not fries!) You can also order a pint...or two, to wash it down!
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[shanghai]

There is a store in New York City, in the West Village that specializes in British foods. Our Sharon Kay found it on the Internet and asked if I would check it out. I did and was not impressed. They did have British items but the store appeared to be disorganized and dirty. I can't remember the name of the store.

When we lived in Hong Kong, most of the food items in the stores (that we shopped in) were British or Australian. My children still get excited when they see some of the British food items that are sold here.
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[lilHyacinth]

I wish there was a place around here to buy British foods. About all I watch is British TV and I hear about all this stuff and want to try it! Also, I just love the way the English are always having coffee, tea, and biscuits. Here we grab a soda or a candy bar and I find it interesting in the different choices we make. I was noticing on "As Time Goes By" how they were cooking dinner one night and instead of grabbing a can of green peas (which I do), they shelled them and cooked them, and they are always peeling the potatos (which I do) instead of buying the instant kind in the box.

[Britannia 2]

As an English woman living in "Oz, I often look out for some of the foods I miss from home and have been lucky enough to find a local supermarket ( the no frills kind) which imports items directly from the U.K. One particular item which aways raises a smile, is the assorted box of Walker's crisps ( which Onslow so enthusiastically consumes on the show) Sadly we don't have the Smokey Bacon variety but the Steak and Onion and Cheese and Onion flavours are excellent. Other favourites for me are:
Bisto Gravy----chicken and beef flavours.

Sainsbury soups----assorted flavours

Tesco sauce mixes.

U.K. Confectionery--Galaxy Bars, Penguin biscuits etc..


You can imagine what a treat it is to go shopping back home whenever I 'm there on a visit. Unfortunately, you are not allowed to bring most food items back into Australia with you so you have to buy what you can here.
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[shanghai]

When entering Australia on an airplane, the airplane staff warns you not to take ANY food items and that includes a small bad of peanuts or even an apple. The flight attendants would spray something up and down the aisles on the airplane just before landing. I used to bring US foods back when we lived in Hong Kong for the girls. It was mostly cereal or other popular items that didn't weigh much. I would put my smaller luggage inside of a larger luggage to bring back the food. I always brought peanut butter and grape jelly. I was never challenged at customs to open a bag. I even took Marcie with me when we lived in Europe without declaring her either in the US or the Netherlands.
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[vu_it_on_pbs_in_la_ca_usa]

UK or Canadian but it's those Shortening Bread Cookies in the red plaid box, they are real good with Hershey's Cocoa made from scratch (not the instant sugary kind).

[JudithCarole]

Are you talking about Walker's Shortbread, vu? I love those! They're so buttery!
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