The stress of the Supermarket

I feel I'm losing the argument here and will have to use the old tactical retreat that us men are good at LOL

My Father once told me that you should only spend a lot of money on two things;

Your shoes and a bed, because if you're not in one you are in the other.

When my wife first came to the UK we found ourselves going into the supermarket and out the other end with virtually nothing in the trolley. This was because there was nothing there she fancied eating. LOL. Can you imagine, the whole of Tesco before us and hardly anything for the week in the shopping trolley.

The only time I've done that is when I went in a Chinese supermarket, I came out with spaghetti and tomato ketchup, nothing in there I recognised or fancied.

I was living on site for 3 months, the only Chinese food we eat in the UK that is authentic is the rice. I cant eat offal so I really suffered when working in China.

I love western Chinese food.

Not this man; I have a couple of suits from Ah Man Hin Cheong that are 12 years old and quite a few hand made shirts of similar vintage or older. Handmade shoes should last as long if you take care of them.

Do you still fit in them?

Joking.

I think its brilliant when you rediscover clothes in your wardrobe that you can still wear

I found an old pair of socks the other day,
They still fit perfectly.

Brilliant!

Bespoke clothing is different though, it should last you a long time unless you grow out of it

So I guess your wife does deserve a Tempur bed and a couple of Choos, Louboutins, Blahniks, and Valentinos

What was she looking for? Tesco is pretty good, a one stop shop for everything really though the one's we've been to, I must say I am disappointed with the selection of fish that they had.

Funny though, a lot of things that are cheap here in the Philippines is expensive in the UK and vice versa.

I think she hoped that all that she was used to eating would be there on the shelf. I think she was disappointed with the selection of fish.

The local Pinoy shop helps though.

Like Sardines, Corned Beef? Adobo Marinade and Sinagang mix?

we usually go to the Chinese grocery after a trip to the regular grocery and get my fix of Chinese ingredients. The husband loves it there.

Yes, all of that sort of thing. We get that at the Pinoy shop here.

When my ex-wife arrived in Britain she did what people married to East and Southeast Asians will recognise as the Classic Scene at the Fishmonger:

Petite Asian female inspects British fishmonger's slab, and asks
"Excuse me, but do you have any fresh fish?"

Burly British fishmonger draws himself up to his full height, places his arms akimbo and replies.
"Madam, ALL my fish is fresh!!"

"No it's not: it's dead!"

Never mind the stress of the supermarket, how about the stress of the forum?

I guess this works for the people who came from the province. We usually get ours from the grocery and the fish is prolly frozen a couple of times already Although I do like that better instead of getting filleted fish. I have recently introduced home cooking a whole fish at home and my husband liked it but I just have to make sure to de-bone it for him. That spoiled man!