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Jon Taylor
Joined: 09 Mar 2005
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Location: Tokyo
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Cheddar cheese (and many other kinds)
Camembert (the proper smelly sort)
Bread - Need I say more
I'm sick of eating this disgusting thing the Japanese dare to call cheese and why can't they make bread ? |
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ironopolis
Joined: 01 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Jon Taylor wrote: |
Cheddar cheese (and many other kinds)
Camembert (the proper smelly sort)
Bread - Need I say more
I'm sick of eating this disgusting thing the Japanese dare to call cheese and why can't they make bread ? |
Not as great a range as you'll get in a supermarket back home, but the aforementioned Costco does huge blocks of British made red or white cheddar, camembert, danish blue and a fair few others.
Admittedly not a lot of use for most people, but for anyone who goes over to Korea a lot, you can get decent sized loaves of wholemeal, brown and other kinds of bread there at e-mart or home plus. I go there about once a month and usually bring back a box full of wholemeal loaves to last me till my next trip - they keep fine in the freezer.
Incidentally, I've seen the electric ovens in Kojima et al. that people referred to above but have been led to believe that they're nowhere near as good as a conventional gas oven. I remember another Briton telling me his baked spuds were just not the same as done in his oven back home. Does anybody here have one? Would you agree with that? |
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Dipso
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
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Location: England
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| Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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The Foreign Buyers' Club's Brit Shop is worth a whirl. It isn't cheap, but when you're in desperate need of beans and Ribena, who cares?
http://brit.fbcusa.com/cart3/customer/ |
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Sweetsee
Joined: 11 Jun 2004
Posts: 2302
Location: ) is everything
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| Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 11:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Yo John, where are you shopping? Many markets now have imported food sections well stocked with cheese. And there are no shortage of decent bakeries if you look. Kobeya Kitchen has good bread and Marui has excellent bread, as well. Seek and ye shall find! |
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azarashi sushi
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Posts: 562
Location: Shinjuku
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Hey Jon... You're in Tokyo aren't you? Good cheese is fairly easy to find. There's a fairly good selection at Seijo Ishi and there's a few of them around. Off the top of my head I know there is one at Shinjuku station and Shinagawa station so if you're passing through there you can pick up some cheese. Yamaya also has a good selection of cheeses (at least the one in Nishi Shinjuku does).
I agree the bread is rather disappointing here... OK if you like white bread but I haven't been abole to find good rye or grain breads. |
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Like a Rolling Stone
Joined: 27 Mar 2006
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many thanks for all the replies and wow! what alot of food we miss.
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Perpetual Traveller
Joined: 29 Aug 2005
Posts: 651
Location: In the Kak, Japan
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| Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:47 pm Post subject: |
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THANKS A LOT EVERYONE *frantically mopping drool from the keyboard*
My one consolation is that after two years in Europe the donuts here are fan-fricking-tastic. Mr Donut, I LOVE YOU!!!
As to cooking pies without an oven, one option is to cook them in the microwave and then just crisp them up by a minute or two in the toaster oven, gives the pastry that crunch it needs.
PT |
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Sweetsee
Joined: 11 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Missed wedge: Philly Cheese-Steak Sandwiches, pizza slices, falafals, deli sandwiches...like that. |
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