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jackmckenzie
Joined: 11 Jan 2010
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 Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 5:27 am Post subject: Buying food in cities |
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Hi there
Heading out in a couple of months from the UK. Not too worried about what to bring out but more about when I get there.
I know it'll depend on where your apartment is obviously, but is there normally a decent sized foodstore that isn't a subway/bus ride away? Or is it often the case you travel half an hour to get to a decent supermarket?
Also, things like bread, cheese, pasta, chicken, onions, bacon, peppers etc - just wondering about general availability of things like these - sorry if the question sounds stupid.
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jfromtheway
Joined: 20 Nov 2010
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 5:50 am Post subject: |
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What city? And where exactly will you be living in that city? Whatever your answer may be, I wouldn't worry about it too much. You'll subsist. And this is coming from someone who thinks most Korean food is disgusting.
Edit: (Good) Bacon, (good) cheese, and (good) peppers might send you a bit out of your way. But everyone eats bread and everyone knows Asians looove fried chicken. |
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jackmckenzie
Joined: 11 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 6:32 am Post subject: |
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What city? And where exactly will you be living in that city? Whatever your answer may be, I wouldn't worry about it too much. You'll subsist. And this is coming from someone who thinks most Korean food is disgusting.
Edit: (Good) Bacon, (good) cheese, and (good) peppers might send you a bit out of your way. But everyone eats bread and everyone knows Asians looove fried chicken. |
Don't know what city yet to be sorted but just wanted to get a general picture, especially of shops being in residential neighborhoods or more out of the way? |
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drunkenfud
Joined: 08 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 7:24 am Post subject: |
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| jackmckenzie wrote: |
| jfromtheway wrote: |
What city? And where exactly will you be living in that city? Whatever your answer may be, I wouldn't worry about it too much. You'll subsist. And this is coming from someone who thinks most Korean food is disgusting.
Edit: (Good) Bacon, (good) cheese, and (good) peppers might send you a bit out of your way. But everyone eats bread and everyone knows Asians looove fried chicken. |
Don't know what city yet to be sorted but just wanted to get a general picture, especially of shops being in residential neighborhoods or more out of the way? |
Even in a smaller town, there will be a small to medium size supermarket within walking distance of your apartment which will cover most of your needs. As the poster above says, you might have to travel a little further if you want to find good quality examples of things like bacon and cheese, but low quality chemically treated streaky bacon (I use it often, not proud) and packs of plasticy cheese slices will be available. The out of town shopping centre culture we have in the UK (and probably the US, I don't know) doesn't seem to be popular here. If you live in a larger city or suburb, there will almost certainly be a big supermarket like E-Mart nearby. |
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jackmckenzie
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 7:54 am Post subject: |
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| Great thanks guys, looks like it shouldn't be too much of a problem then. |
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