..... and having tasted Philippine butter.... including brand names.... I can tell you, it certainly isn't butter.... most of it tastes like it is made with cow poop
..... and having tasted Philippine butter.... including brand names.... I can tell you, it certainly isn't butter
Keith - Administrator
Here in Bohol we can get butter as good as anything Ive had in the UK.. Bread too!!
I make my own hams and my last BB box was stuffed with Branston,HP and picallily..
Most large towns and cities always have a European delicatessen somewhere..
If you want it badly enough..its here!
You can get Lurpak butter or Lurpak spreadable in most supermarkets, it's the same as here in the UK, it's the Gardenia bread that tastes odd, but I've adjusted I like Gardenia now
Saying that, you can get a better variety of breads now compared to just a few years ago.
We are really lucky here..Our supermarket bakery are producing a German cottage loaf for 35 Pesos...Really good bread cooked by Filipino`s.
Got a feeling they are tapping into the large tourist and Expat market here..
Most big SM malls throughout the country have the French baker and Pan de Manila franchises.. Good bread readily available now... Not like before.
About the same price..As is Realcheddar cheese products.You can get Lurpak butter or Lurpak spreadable in most supermarkets, it's the same as here in the UK
Keith did get a Lurpak butter when he was here and he said it tasted different!Originally Posted by JimOttley
You can get Lurpak butter or Lurpak spreadable in most supermarkets, it's the same as here in the UK, it's the Gardenia bread that tastes odd, but I've adjusted I like Gardenia now
Saying that, you can get a better variety of breads now compared to just a few years ago.That was after the day he bought a Magnolia brand butter, which he didn't like too...
I told him to just get the Anchor coz it was what both of us always buy!
-=rayna.keith=-
...When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible...
The Anchor butter is good too, we have bought that a few times in Manila.Keith did get a Lurpak butter when he was here and he said it tasted different!
Sometimes familiar things can seem different because of the change in environment, heat humidity and so on, my view anyway
anchor and lurpak taste exactly the same i guess as what they got here in the UK
For how many years I complained about my morning toast and butter tasting strange
Now, as most have said, it is possible to easily get hold of some decent bread and butter.
Next to resolve is coffee, I'm still sending over jars of Nescafe Gold Blend
having read all the comments here i think putting up a bakery business that bake bread like the bread here in UK is a great idea...tigger bread would be my especialty lol
One of the things I love to do when we stay in Marikina, is to get up really early and go to the local bakery for fresh and still hot PANDESAL
Heavenly
The boss needs to just do what his boss RaynaKeith did get a Lurpak butter when he was here and he said it tasted different!tells him to buy all will be fine then
Mick
Oh no it doesn't.... I tried that, it's disgusting, they use a different oil to make it soft. The bread is fine if you buy the right one, it's actually tastes like ....well... bread ... unlike in Singapore. Possibly the solid butter blocks are OK, as I was only trying the spreadable varieties.
Yeah I had that problem, the ground stuff grown in the Philippines may as well be crushed sheep crap, in fact the latter would probably taste better. I ended up getting beans from Starbucks and have them grind it for meNext to resolve is coffee, I'm still sending over jars of Nescafe Gold Blend
Keith - Administrator
Buy a bread maker, problem solved. I hardly buy any bread at all now. As for butter why not make your own and get out into the field and milk the cows yourself? Think of the satisfaction you'll have. Mind you make sure you pick the field with the cows in it and not the bulls!!!!!
It's been emontional
.... isn't that how they add the salt??Mind you make sure you pick the field with the cows in it and not the bulls!!!!!
Keith - Administrator
You might just be more fussy than meOh no it doesn't.... I tried that, it's disgusting, they use a different oil to make it soft. The bread is fine if you buy the right one, it's actually tastes like ....well... bread ... unlike in Singapore
In the Phils we used both solid and spreadable but the bread is always that sweetened Gardenia stuff, so that overpowers the flavour of whatever you slap on the bread usually
I think it was Gardenia Classic bread, although Rayna will correct me.... but that tasted similar to UK bread.
Keith - Administrator
yep that's itI think it was Gardenia Classic bread, although Rayna will correct me
...When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible...
I've never been able to get the bread maker to perform in the Phils at all.
Frequency changes from 50Hz to 60Hz play havoc with the timer.
Have you managed to find a workaround??
Yes, I make my bread in the Uk
It's been emontional
I once made the mistake of taking a UK Radio Alarm Clock over to the Phils, it was utterly useless
Probably they do. Just I ended up with two so sent one over to Phils.Yes, I make my bread in the Uk
I misread your post and thought you were using a UK one in Phils. Sorry.
I once made the mistake of taking a UK Radio Alarm Clock over to the Phils, it was utterly useless
From memory it was all over the place, it wasn't a linear effect.
Butter [in the UK] is Ok ... just so long as it's not that smellystuff (so-called "fresh" butter)
you could buy from local farms when I was a kid growing up in a small rural village; anyroads, I've always preferred 'Stork' to butter!
The other thing I found tasted yuck was tins of Tuna. This was due to the oil used to preserve it in... I didn't find any in water/brine, as they should have been OK.
Keith - Administrator
No probs my man, no probs
It's been emontional
The other thing I found tasted yuck was tins of Tuna. This was due to the oil used to preserve it in
Keith you sound just like a typical complaining Brit
Anyone know if you can buy Weetabix in the Phils?
Yes pretty sure I've seen it in Robinsons
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