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Food that is surprisingly difficult to come by

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Not a food, but a particular brand of drinks is my holy grail of shopping.

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KIRIN MILK TEA.

I am particularly fond of the special and afternoon blends. Roughly 6 or 7 years ago there was a lead scare in chinese milk and it lead to a ban on any foodstuffs from there. Thing is to my knowledge Kirin stopped using Chinese ingredients after this meaning they should have been unbanned from US trade lists. I'm still waiting for the king to return. Best tea on EARTH people.
 
Stinkles said:
Orange flavored syrup. Like those Torani bottles, you know? Seriously. Right now you're saying, "Nah son, of course you can get that, there's a whole shelf of it at my Safeway bext to the coffee - chocolate, raspberry, vanilla, weird flavors too. Of course there's orange!"

But there isn't.

Go look.

Bonus: Try asking for it at Starbucks. NOPE. They have Sangria and Butterscotch. NO ORANGE.
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Cherry is also surprisingly hard to find. I think Smart & Final has it; they probably have orange, too.
 
thelatestmodel said:
Cheese curds for poutine. Almost impossible outside of Canada.
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You aren't looking hard enough. Plenty of stores around sell them. edit: Not even specialty stores either, they are right next to the deli in my run of the mill Fred Meyers grocery store.

Hell, Costco has a BIG bag of them too if you want to go all out.
 
My local super markt has around 450 different chocolate bars in all flavours you can imagine, none of them have peanut butter in them.

I love that shit and have to get super expensive import stuff. What makes it even worse, it's the bad american chocolate that you probably can't even call chocolate legally. Dreck like Reeses and Hershey.
 
Alx said:
Chicken hearts have become very difficult to find over here (Paris). Legs, breasts and whole chicken are everywhere, gizzards and livers too, but no heart.
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Ok, these things are all over every grocery in Montreal.
I have to ask, what do you do with those?
 
When I was in Brazil I tried to no avail to get some authentic Brazil nuts. Unfortunately all the shops said all they had were nuts.
 
Stinkles said:
Orange flavored syrup. Like those Torani bottles, you know? Seriously. Right now you're saying, "Nah son, of course you can get that, there's a whole shelf of it at my Safeway bext to the coffee - chocolate, raspberry, vanilla, weird flavors too. Of course there's orange!"

But there isn't.

Go look.

Bonus: Try asking for it at Starbucks. NOPE. They have Sangria and Butterscotch. NO ORANGE.
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Not sure where you live, but NoCal, Reno, Idaho, Washington and Oregon have Cash & Carry where you can find Torani or DaVinci syrups for about $4 a bottle in every variety you could ever imagine.

It's where all the coffee shops around here that aren't a chain buy from. Open to anyone too, but if you don't have Cash & Carry, there's probably some kind of restaurant supply shop around that has them for cheap, though whether can you buy from them or not depends on the store.. some require a business license.
 
I live in a small town, and am perpetually cycling through the grocery stores for red chili peppers (fresh, not crushed). Most don't carry them and those that do don't do so regularly. Been doing a lot of cooking with chili, garlic and ginger lately and keep running out.
 
GhaleonEB said:
I live in a small town, and am perpetually cycling through the grocery stores for red chili peppers (fresh, not crushed). Most don't carry them and those that do don't do so regularly. Been doing a lot of cooking with chili, garlic and ginger lately and keep running out.
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No asian or mexican markets around? Usually the best bet for things like that.

Maybe I'm spoiled in Portland, but you can find damn there anything here pretty easily.
 
For all the poboys in south Louisiana, It is nigh impossible to get a good hoagie with hots. I'd fucking kill for an Italian right now.
 
Had the hardest time trying to find decent rye bread the last time I was in Toronto. In the end I decided to give up and simply wait till I got back home.
 
Nutella in the late 90's. I lived on the stuff growing up in Germany, and found it like twice randomly from when I moved to the states in 92, until around 2000 when it gained traction in the states.
 
Also, seems like American spicy fennel-filled "Italian Sausage" is not super popular in UK. I think I've found the style, but I have to go to an Italian grocer.
 
Almost couldnt find black beans at the grocery store yesterday. At least 75 total cans, over a dozen brands/varieties, and 3 were black beans.
 
Living in the prairies of Canada, decent Italian food is my answer. I was craving pasta so bad last weekend and feeling too lazy to cook. Then realized there is nowhere to get a good plate of pasta in this city and made my own carbonara instead. It was great. I should open a restaurant.
 
Stinkles said:
Orange flavored syrup. Like those Torani bottles, you know? Seriously. Right now you're saying, "Nah son, of course you can get that, there's a whole shelf of it at my Safeway bext to the coffee - chocolate, raspberry, vanilla, weird flavors too. Of course there's orange!"

But there isn't.

Go look.

Bonus: Try asking for it at Starbucks. NOPE. They have Sangria and Butterscotch. NO ORANGE.
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You just want an orange mocha frappuchino

Aqua caliente, impossible to find in Seattle. At least we have haggis and irnbru in Auburn.
 
Zukuu said:
In Europe the brand is called "Mikado" and we have like 20 different tastes, BUT NOT FRIGGING STRAWBERRY. I even spammed their Facebook multiple times in vain. :(
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We have strawberry Pocky in nearly every single gas station, convenience store & assorted grocery outlet in California.

I'm sorry man.
 
Marble Rye Bread in the SF Bay area.

You can get a sandwich from the Safeway deli with marble rye bread, but you can't buy a loaf in the store!!! Crazy!!

My favorite breakfast place has marble rye that they source from a local bakery, which of course does not sell retail....grr!!!!
 
GhaleonEB said:
I live in a small town, and am perpetually cycling through the grocery stores for red chili peppers (fresh, not crushed). Most don't carry them and those that do don't do so regularly. Been doing a lot of cooking with chili, garlic and ginger lately and keep running out.
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Once a supermarket I went to only had sweet chilli's, but most supermarket's at least have bird's eye chillis, thankfully. 🌶
 
Non Bel Gioioso mozzarella.
Polish style poppy seed bread.
Farmer's cheese.
Texas Pete Hot Sauce.
Marsha's Buckeyes.
Polish Spring water.
Sour Power Straws (not Sour Punch!)
Crunchie Bars.
Edit: Oh, and Snickers Spread!
 
Achiote paste

It's the greatest marinade ever yet I can only ever find it in latino markets and even then it's maybe a 50/50 chance they have it.
 
NervousXtian said:
Not sure where you live, but NoCal, Reno, Idaho, Washington and Oregon have Cash & Carry where you can find Torani or DaVinci syrups for about $4 a bottle in every variety you could ever imagine.

It's where all the coffee shops around here that aren't a chain buy from. Open to anyone too, but if you don't have Cash & Carry, there's probably some kind of restaurant supply shop around that has them for cheap, though whether can you buy from them or not depends on the store.. some require a business license.
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Oh that's what your mind tells you. We too have torani and other syrups galore. Point is that weirdly they don't have orange .
 
I have no idea where to find a decent garlic spread so that I can make garlic bread that isn't texas toast or some shit whenever I want to have spaghetti. There was an awesome coop where I used to live that sold something exactly like that, but the big places near me now like Kroger and Meijer only sell shitty pesto spreads.
 
Honestly, a good ribeye steak or tenderloin. I've had a few ribeyes but they aren't like ...real ribeye. I want the ones The Keg gets. I also find it hard to find buffalo mozzarella, the one you put on Margareta pizza. The one you can tear with your hands and just place it on the dough.
 
Not exactly food, but others have listed drinks so I guess it's okay.

Irn bru in Japan. Impossible to find. Ended up finding stores online selling six packs for about £12. "That's not too bad", I thought. "A bit of a markup, but what do you expect?".

I click the order button, and they added £120 on for delivery. Guess I'll just start paying for an extra suitcase whenever I travel so I can bring a ton of the stuff back with me.
 
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