What does your partner do in the UK and what do they think of the country?

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Well, it can be hard but I try my best with the food. We always spend a little in the Pinoy or Asian food shop each week, even if it is on Pinoy junk food. She likes the Pinoy tinned tuna and sardines so even though it is a bit more expensive she gets a taste of home. I like some of her dishes so that helps. And if I, say, bring home some ready roasted chicken from Tesco I always bring her back the burnt pieces .

To begin with she wanted to fry almost everything so I had to be firm on that one, but now she hardly frys at all. She hasn't bought dried fish for a long time either.

So all in all you have to wait for the state of equilibrium to happen then all is well in the English/Filipino cuisine department.

Enjoyed your comments very much, very informative

Many thanks

To be honest I got the second freezer not just for her food but if we saw a bargain at the market. Tesco sometimes do half price whole salmon. Get a couple of those and your frezzer soon fills up!!

Get a couple of Jamie oliver's cook books especially his first couple, simple ish food that tastes amazing

To be honest at the start the wife did eat a lot of rice while she got used to uk food and veg. Before we left the UK if she ate rice twice a week I'd be surprised. She really likes the veg.

I still maintain rice is rice much to the disappointment of the wife! But Jasmine is the way to go (I'm told) it certainly is better than most of the supermarket stuff

No daft questions only daft answers, which I specialize in!
In Olongapo we buy 25kg SM Bonus Thai jasmine rice (I'm told its good) at about 1600php it used to be approx. 1350 before the typhoon. So it works out at 64php / kilo.

In the province (Western Samar) about 30 miles north of Tacloban the wifes sister buys rice at 65php / kilo but I've no idea of the quality but she tells me it has about doubled in price since the typhoon.

A strange thing my wife likes is the slightly burnt, hard, stuck together rice that forms at the bottom of the pot. Cant stand it myself as it gets stuck in my teeth

I cant remember exact prices but Tesco really rip you off for the Jamine rice. In the Asian store for the same price we get a bag 3 or 4 times bigger.

So do they import Jasmine rice in the Philippines or do they grow it themselves?

Mrs M is ok with English food, but likes to have rice most days and I'm happy with that. We get Thai Jasmine rice and have a rice cooker. When she first came I bought Tesco rice and she hated it. It ended up in the cupboard for ages before getting chucked out. Rice most definitely isn't just rice.

She works in a supermarket and enjoys it there. I was so impressed with her with regards to finding a job. As soon as she was eligible to work she was off round town, going into shops, looking for vacancies and giving out cvs. She was working within 2 months, andeven had a situation later where she got offered another job and handed in her notice at the supermarket, only for her boss there to say he needed people like here and offered her the hours she wanted (Monday to Friday daytimes) instead of evenings and weekends, which she was sometimes doing. So I'm dead proud of her.

She has no degree or qualifications from Phils, and thought she'd never get work here. I told her not to worry about it. Such qualifications are useless here. Many of her friends are qualified and can't get work or work in a care home on minimum wage and want to leave. Even qualified nurses can't work here as a nurse without retraining, which seems a bit odd to me.

Jasmine its gonna be, thanks for your thoughts on the matter

Sounds like a success story to me, she has obviously got a good work ethic and that sits very well with the way I think. My loved one has two degrees but I'm not expecting her to find the work she is accustomed to. I've already discussed the possibility of her working in a supermarket and she seems happy with that. And I don't know about you but I don't want her stopping at home watching telly all day, I want her to go out to work (doesn't matter what job), meet new friends and integrate which Filipinas are renowned for worldwide. At least if she is working we will both be able tto come home and have a good old moan about work LOL

Went in and bought Pancit Canton and Golden Bihon noodles today, some tins of Gina Calamansi juice, 3 tins of Ligo sardines, 2 packs of Jack and Jill Chips, a bag of Boy Bawang and a tin each of Century Tuna in Afritada, Adobo and Merchado style flavour. Oh and some pork Longanesa and some Filippino style Tender Juicy redskin hotdogs.

I cant even pronounce half of the food you bought John but it sounds appetizing. I'm going to Google where my nearest Asian store is, might be able to produce a few surprises for the loved one in the future.

I don't eat much of it, Timmers. But my wife loves this stuff.

Hang on, that's not quite true. She makes some pretty tasty chinese style noodles.

I was a bit aghast when my wife put slices of hot dog into the spaghetti bolognese, along with sugar!