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     Soparents Citizen Username: Soparents Post Number: 987 Registered: 5-2005  |
OK, so we went off thread on another post (Wegmans).... I know there is Myers of Keswick on Hudson Street in Manhattan, and I have been going there for years, and we have the London Food Company in Montclair (416 Bloomfield Ave) that I now seem to shop in weekly, but where else is there? | ||
| Dave Supporter Username: Dave  Post Number: 9884 Registered: 4-1997  |
I've not been there, but this place is a bit closer than Montclair http://www.stewartsofkearny.com/ | ||
| Jason Citizen Username: Jason Post Number: 126 Registered: 3-2004 |
Just to carry over a couple of things from the previous list: - Kam Man Food on Rt 10, East Hanover carries some familiar biscuits (Rich Tea, Digestive, Shortbread, and others), as well as Ribena, regular Lucozade, Horlicks and a few other things - Patel's Cash and Carry, 1551 Oak Tree Road, Iselin, NJ - has a small selection of British goods, including a good price on Heinz Baked Beans - Wegmans in Woodbridge has an entire section devoted to British goods in their International Food Aisle (right at the back of the store), but the stuff is priced at a premium. I usually find myself going there for PG Tips - Tea & Sympathy in Manhattan also has a small store at 110 Greenwich Ave That's for starters... | ||
| MHD Citizen Username: Mayhewdrive Post Number: 4232 Registered: 5-2001  |
SOP, My neighbor has an import business that I believe carries food from across the pond: http://www.posh-nosh.com/ I do not know if they deal retail, but perhaps you can contact them. | ||
| Alleygater Citizen Username: Alleygater Post Number: 2252 Registered: 10-2004 |
Ewwwww... Stewarts of Kearny sells Haggis. That's nasty!!! | ||
| mem Citizen Username: Mem Post Number: 6307 Registered: 5-2001  |
Soparent, I have some nicely aged marmite in my kitchen left over from my brit friends who lived with me for years. It's about four years old, but I don't think that makes a difference with that stuff - doesn't it have a nuclear half life of 10,000 years or so? Anyway, you're welcome to it! | ||
| Soparents Citizen Username: Soparents Post Number: 990 Registered: 5-2005 |
mem, marmite is great, I have loads, but you should try it on toast....thanks for the thought! Jason, if you like PG tips, try the marks and spark brand. Kings definately still sell it in the Short Hills/Springfield location, and they used to in Maplewood and may still do so. They do two types, normal and extra strong. I find the normal blue box strong enough and a very good price - much cheaper than PG. They also sell Heinz Baked Beans, around $1.40 a tin. MHD Thank you!!!!!! I will snoop on the site. I think we should hold a pot luck party for the Brits (and the people the Brits like!) everything will have to be British, either make by an Brit, bought in Britain, or bought in the States exported from Britain. All drink have to be found in GB and if the attendees aren't British, they have to talk with a plummy voice ALL THE TIME. Any thoughts? | ||
| Soparents Citizen Username: Soparents Post Number: 991 Registered: 5-2005 |
Alleygater, A properly cooked haggis with turnip and mash is great!!!!! | ||
| joy Citizen Username: Joy Post Number: 477 Registered: 5-2001  |
I have a box of Bird's custard somewhere. Loved the stuff - studied abroad In London and the family I stayed with poured it over EVERY dessert. | ||
| Jason Citizen Username: Jason Post Number: 127 Registered: 3-2004 |
joy - ah yes, that's the other stuff that I get from Kam Man Food. Nothing like a big dollop of Bird's custard on an apple pie! | ||
| Soparents Citizen Username: Soparents Post Number: 995 Registered: 5-2005 |
If any of you miss English type bread, the London Food Company in Montclair stocked Brennans bread, which is make in Ireland and tastes exactly (to my mind!) like good old English stuff. It is in her frozen section, so pick up a few loaves and whack them in the freezer. She stocks white and also wholemeal/wholewheat as well. | ||
| mem Citizen Username: Mem Post Number: 6310 Registered: 5-2001 |
Soparents, You know I love you, but I think English food sucks! I got food poisoning there so badly that I almost went to the hospital - do NOT order the "shrimp cocktail" in Wales. I enjoyed the food in Scotland however, but the haggis was one of the most awful things I ever put in my mouth, and believe me, I have put some awful things in my mouth. My brit friends used to eat food I wouldn't give my dog, as a matter of fact, I used to call it dogfood. Marmite is simply awful. It tastes like dead squirrel. Go ahead - try and change my mind!  | ||
| Soparents Citizen Username: Soparents Post Number: 1000 Registered: 5-2005 |
mem, I love you right back, and because I love you right back, I want to change your mind about English food. I would love the opportunity to cook you an English dinner - NOT haggis not shrimp cocktail (and without getting side tracked Welsh are strange, I ordered chicken curry in pub one day and got the curry, and the rice and french fries.......?) I promise you, you will be more than happy, you will not get food poisoning, you will change your mind about English food, and continue to love me. I know what you mean about Marmite, one of my girlies loves it the other spits it out. I had one American friend years liken it to having a yeast infection in the mouth... so I suppose a dead squirrel is along those lines! | ||
| Jason Citizen Username: Jason Post Number: 128 Registered: 3-2004 |
mem - funnily enough, the Marmite advertising campaign in the UK for probably the last ten years has focused on the love/hate relationship people have with marmite (check out www.marmite.com). You either fall into one of the two camps. I love the stuff, my wife (an American) hates it! As for English food - it has definitely come a long way. Sure, there are places that are not so hot, but some of the food coming out of the gastropubs in the English countryside is awesome. ... and I make a mean cottage pie (with the beef cooked in ale or stout) | ||
| mem Citizen Username: Mem Post Number: 6314 Registered: 5-2001 |
I have to admit that I really like roast beef and yorkshire pudding. (I am allergic to potatoes however). I could never make sense of the plowman's lunch. Crazy! | ||
| Miss L Toe Citizen Username: Miss_l_toe Post Number: 526 Registered: 10-2003 |
Ooooh...just spotted this thread! I've been to the Gastropub in Greenwich Village called the 'Spotted Pig' for Sunday brunch. There is a British chef there whom was at the River Cafe in London. The food was good but pricey and lots of cool poseurs there on the day that we went (but my mum would have loved the toilet LOL! She's a bit fussy about toilets for some odd reason!): http://www.worldsbestbars.com/city/new-york/the-spotted-pig-new-york.htm Maybe some of us expats should go on a visit there? | ||
| Soparents Citizen Username: Soparents Post Number: 1013 Registered: 5-2005 |
mem, I will either do you the roast beef and yorkshire pud you want, or else I will do a roast chicken with proper sausage meat, onion and herb stuffing lightly moistened with a mix of cranberry and fresh orange juice, and an assortment of veggies (no potatoes for you!) followed by a brandy trifle with double/whipped cream. Miss L Toe, sounds good!!! | ||
| Miss L Toe Citizen Username: Miss_l_toe Post Number: 528 Registered: 10-2003 |
SoParents: I sent you a private message! Please check! Can I come for dinner LOL! | ||
| Soparents Citizen Username: Soparents Post Number: 1014 Registered: 5-2005 |
Absolutely, you can help me peel the veg... ...and test the amount of booze going in the trifle... hic | ||
| mem Citizen Username: Mem Post Number: 6317 Registered: 5-2001 |
When? | ||
| Soparents Citizen Username: Soparents Post Number: 1015 Registered: 5-2005 |
Sundays would be best as Hubby is around and he can keep the kids out my way, as my youngest is a cream fiend and I end up with none for the trifle........ PL me | ||
| LazyDog Citizen Username: Lazydog Post Number: 293 Registered: 6-2005  |
Only use good sherry for the trifle | ||
| Soparents Citizen Username: Soparents Post Number: 1020 Registered: 5-2005 |
I've used sherry - comes out good, then I did a mix (nicked the idea from Tescos Best..) of brandy and sherry, then thought s_d the sherry and now it's brandy... might switch back though. Want some? | ||
| Miss L Toe Citizen Username: Miss_l_toe Post Number: 529 Registered: 10-2003 |
He he I remember my mum buying packets of the Bird's and Tesco's 'Luxury' trifles around Christmastime when there wasn't time to make one from scratch....you could choose from Brandy or Sherry trifles. I usually put (a large amount) of sherry in my sponge squares - the only person who seems to drink the stuff is that sourpuss on Coronation Street (Mavis Riley?). | ||
| Jason Citizen Username: Jason Post Number: 129 Registered: 3-2004 |
Ok, you guys have succeeded in making me very hungry! I remember back to the days of my sister and I making Bird's Trifle with my grandmother - and the 'arguments' that we would get into about who had hundreds-and-thousands sprinkling duty. Ah, the joys of childhood Jason | ||
| Soparents Citizen Username: Soparents Post Number: 1023 Registered: 5-2005 |
Or who would get to scrape out the bowl after Mum had made cakes!!! (I still do it..!)  | ||
| Projects Dude Citizen Username: Quakes Post Number: 167 Registered: 3-2004 |
There are lots of great english food in the area and have been reviewed ad nauseum. Do a keywood search on MOL for "indian restaurant". Best food in the UK! 8) BTW, how come no one's mentioned fish & chips? Have to admit the best ones I've had are in Ireland and the UK. Ones here tend to be greasy or have too much batter. Oh yeah... Bovril. And while not food... does Brylcream *yeeucks* bring back memories?!??! | ||
| Jason Citizen Username: Jason Post Number: 130 Registered: 3-2004 |
Soparents - oh yeah. Forgot about the scraping out the bowl thing Projects Dude - ah, I guess that got left behind in the Wegmans thread. As far as British-style Fish'n'Chips go, my experiences have been back in the city: * A Salt & Battery, Greenwich Avenue (same owners as Tea & Sympathy) * Chip Shop, 5th Ave, Park Slope (Brooklyn) Both do a pretty decent Fish'n'Chips, and mushy peas, of course! I've heard about a couple of Scottish restaurants in Kearny (The Argyle?) - haven't been there though, have you? | ||
| akb Citizen Username: Akb Post Number: 432 Registered: 12-2001 |
I've been to the Argyle and the Thistle in Kearny. The fish is good but the chips are standard french fries, not chippy chips. A Salt and Battery is right on but I hear the Chip Shop is better - I haven't tried it. There is a small store at the Argyle with British tinned/packaged food and Xmas crackers etc. More Scottish than English, perhaps, but HP sauce and picallilli and so on are there. Stewarts is a good butcher if you are looking for haggis, Scottish sausages, Scotch pies or Scottish plain loaf or tattie scones. It doesn't have a lot more that that. Definitely a community butcher rather than the twee Brit-shop kind of place. | ||
| Soparents Citizen Username: Soparents Post Number: 1034 Registered: 5-2005 |
If you want to buy online, I tend to use ukgoods.com, but avoid the choccie during the hot weather. They do warn you this is at your risk, but I learnt the hard way! | ||
| akb Citizen Username: Akb Post Number: 434 Registered: 12-2001 |
You can get British sweeties at Stewarts and at the Argyle. It is about 20-30 mins door to door, depending on traffic. | ||
| Miss L Toe Citizen Username: Miss_l_toe Post Number: 530 Registered: 10-2003 |
Just remembered that Gary's wine shop in Madison often has a selection of English chocs...and next door at Super Stop and Shop some British stuff too. Trader Joe's has crumpets (love them in the Winter). The little newspaper kiosk adjacent to Hoboken train station has the "Daily Mail" (printed by satellite) on sale and either same day or a day later than the UK....lots more informative and up to date than the Weekly Express or Telegraph. The UK editions of 'Marie Claire' and 'Good Housekeeping' (and sometimes 'Hello')and men's mag FHM - raunchier than the US edition - in Hudsons at Penn Station (near Duane Reed and Staples) | ||
| Soparents Citizen Username: Soparents Post Number: 1043 Registered: 5-2005 |
A friend of mine started up a newspaper that is apparently doing very well. UK TODAY. The website which isn't the full paper is uktodaynews.com... I know that The London Food Company in Montclair have it, and I THINK Myers of Keswick do. It's free when you pick them up in the stores and a good read. | ||
| Mummite Citizen Username: Mummite Post Number: 273 Registered: 6-2003 |
I can't believe I missed this thread.... Don't forget Pimms! I have been drinking this enthusiastically the last few weekends - they sell it at Wine Library, but you have to ask. Where's the lucozade store on Rt 10? I went in a store I thought was kam man near Home depot but they didn't know what I was talking about. | ||
| Soparents Supporter Username: Soparents Post Number: 1820 Registered: 5-2005 |
I get Lucozade from the store in Montclair. I tend to call and make sure she has it, and if she hasn't it's either coming in, or she will always place a special order. | ||
| Jason Citizen Username: Jason Post Number: 141 Registered: 3-2004 |
Mummite - yes, that's the store, Kam Man, right next to Home Depot. They usually have a stack of bunch of bottles of Ribena and Lucozade. Next time I am in there, I'll make of a note of which aisle it is in. And, yes, this is a great time of year to have some Pimms, with some good lemonade (the fizzy stuff I recently tried it with some lemonade I picked up from Trader Joes, turned out very good! Perfect thing to go along with a bowl of strawberries and cream. Jason | ||
| Soparents Supporter Username: Soparents Post Number: 1823 Registered: 5-2005 |
Thanks Jason, I will look in that store next time I am on Rt 10. Strawberries and cream and pimms? It must be Wimbledon!! | ||
| Mummite Citizen Username: Mummite Post Number: 275 Registered: 6-2003 |
We've also discovered the closest US thing to custard creams - its by Snackwell (green box) and is more rectangle but still creamed together - but without the infamous custard cream pattern on the top. | ||
| combustion Citizen Username: Spontaneous Post Number: 193 Registered: 4-2006  |
I went out and bought Marmite. I tried it spread very thinly on toast. I don't think I will ever recover. | ||
| Soparents Supporter Username: Soparents Post Number: 1901 Registered: 5-2005 |
 Marmite is an acquired taste - you need butter on the toast first....!!! |
