Hi I'm living in the Trojmiasto area and was just wondering if anybody knew of any decent place to get British products ?
I know Marks and Spencer has quite a decent range of things at quite good prices, and I know about the WAY OVER-PRICED shop in Galeria Baltycka in Gdansk.
It's not somwthing I'm craving but you know, it's always nice to know :)
I am not sure what would be qualified as British food, but I found international and american-style foods at Bomi & Alma stores in Gdynia. Also, there is new small shop that opened on Swietojanska in Gdynia that sells a very limited supply of imported foods & candy (can't recall the name right now). Good luck!
Thanks for your response :) I'm not looking for / or in desperate need of anything in particular, just that it would be nice to have a few more things to remind me of home every once and a while.
For anyone interested he are a few British traditional dishes. NOT FISH AND CHIPS lol
Lol...this is hilarious...why would you want to subject yourself to british food on the continent when there is so much excellent french and italian to enjoy?!
I miss proper food too, here in Wroclaw there's bugger all! Apart from a world shop in Magnolia what sells extremely overpriced food, weetabix was a fiver, WTF? I told the woman, I'd rather bring it myself from
England, 4zl for Morrisons own.
Once littlejagoda grows up a little and finds out all she's been eating is common garden slugs and snails, and the typical microwave pizza,
she may develop a more sophisticated palate like us Brits.
You can get cheddar cheese here. Not only during British Week at LIDL either. I have a lovely 400g block of Hatherwoods cheddar in my fridge. Tesco's own cheddar is worth getting too.
will be over to London next week to buy my annual pot of Stilton and the Xmas cake. That's about all the British food i can think of that's worth bringing back...
weil, Seanus, I have been known to pour a little port into the cheese after digging a hole into it. Once the port has been poured, you fill the hole back with the cheese and you dig a spoon into the lot... Scrumptious!
Is that the cathedral city one? I like it a lot, I've tried the Irish one they have but I've got to say I didn't like it very much, had a strange smell and was a little wet to the touch......
Biedronka had "seriously strong/mild " cheddar for a while but they seem to have stopped selling it. A bit too salty for me that one. I LOVED THE LIDL ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!! so good I was eating it like chocolate. Yeah I saw Tescos own cheddar but wasn't sure whether to chance it or not. How was the taste? How mature ?
Is he wrong? Any "tea" I've had in Poland has been vile. As in stuff that purports to be made from leaves from China, India or wherever.
Sure, there is raspberry tea and whatever but it isn't tea, really. It's flavoured hot water basically. Nothing much wrong with it but it's not the same thing is it?
Maybe that's not what you mean though...
Until youve had IRISH potatoes you havent had potatoes.. are you wrong?
Marks and Spencers isn't just the best British tea in Poland, it's actually the best tea in Poland, period.
I said
You complete snob.
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Is he wrong?
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Until youve had IRISH potatoes you havent had potatoes.. are you wrong?
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WTF are you talking about?
The point being you cant claim Irish potatoes are the best the same as he cant claim Marks n Spencers tea is the best. If you claimed irish potatoes were the best i'd say, no theyre not i have had such and such POLISH potatoes. Thats WTF im talking about.
But why not? Maybe he's tried 28 other brands and he thinks they're all sh1te?
Probably many more brands over the years - and yes I do think M&S tea is the best available in Poland.
I know Johny well enough than i know my own family thats the kind of relationships you build up on forums after a few years. I know a lot about you too. Hes s snobby **** IMO and im sure he wont be surprised of that opinion from me anyway.
Not surprised. And not that much of a snob either! I do like good tea and coffee though.
as long as i can get decent tea bags in poland( which i know i can) i will be happy. dont really think would miss too much else..
I thought I would be the same but I realised pretty soon that coming from Ireland I was spoilt for choice with regards to good food.
Another thing I find strange is when Polish people talk about how bad British or Irish food is when their own fare is limited and at best, OK.
The things I miss the most are cheddar cheese (you can get Kerrygold Cheddar in Alma but its 12zl for 200g), fantastic Irish breads, sausages, baked beans, proper bacon, lucozade.
also I feel sorry for Poles that they arent able to get a good Indian, Chinese meal or indeed even a well produced fish and chips.
Tea should be blended according to the properties of the tap water in the region where it's going to be sold. When I lived in Hull I sent my mother some 'Yorkshire Tea' (that's the brand name). It was great tea, and the box claimed that it had been blended to suit Yorkshire water. When I visited the old girl she said the tea was horrible. And it was, in London. I guess you have to find a tea that tastes good in your area. For me, Lipton's Earl Grey or Yellow Label is fine where I live, but Tetley's is not so good.
Just made a lovely Sunday roast with homemade Yorkshire puds, rosemary, thyme and garlic roast potatoes and a big jug of onion gravy! Choice of meat? Roast chicken with garlic and herb butter rubbed under the skin, it came out golden :p For dessert I bought something similar to custard from Ikea called vanilla sauce and a home made shortcrust pastry apple pie. I could have had bigos but ...................................................................... ..........................................
Some Scottish tea is in a special form. I have some Thistle and Highland tea though I haven't started drinking it yet. I find that teabags are faster but that's ironic as tea is supposed to be all about slowing you down.
Irish Potatoes - Mark's and Spencer Tea... all are good, but for the most fabulous winter footwear around you better get to ul Zgoda 5 Warsaw for their 20% off winter sale - malinowobcasy.com
seamus, you seem to be something of a cheese fanatic! hate to tell you this but i am same also.....but i only live 10 miles away from cheddar! often visit as have a friend there. cheddar cheese shop is awesome. i spent an hour in there not long ago sampling loads ( and i mean loads) of cheddar. cheddar with whisky, chilli, marmite.....list is endless. hmm, maybe i would miss cheese as well as tea bags if imoved to poland..
anyone for treacle bread? :) I've managed to find treacle so make tb quite often
and of course Kerr's Pinks are The Best Potato ... with lots of butter ... ah ...
To answer the OP -- no, I haven't found any good shop in particular though a few things are coming into 'normal' supermarkets: cheddar is becoming quite easy to get - also kerrygold butter. heinz baked beans are common in Real, at least. I'm still searching (weep) for Heinz Salad Cream though HP Sauce is easy enough to find.
No sign of Mr Kipling though and sometimes i'd kill for a slice of toasted Veda with butter :P
