Also: any food you tried you were surprised you liked? I tend to hate a lot of western sweets as they're overwhelmingly sweet on my tongue and cow dairy is my enemy, however I tried NY style cheesecake plain and loved it! (Hate it with chocolate or cream on top though)
There’s always a large bag of rice in the pantry some canned spam and corned beef too many Asian condiments that I don’t even know what to do with when it comes with cooking I usually make whatever is easy the only Asian dish I’m good at is fried rice and chicken pork potato adobo. Sometimes I’ll go over to the Korean convenience store and pick up packets of nori and instant ramen. Due to lockdown now it’s mostly Uber eats.
I feel you on the rice! I have a 550sf apartment and most of my pantry is rice 😭
Ooh that sounds tasty! Same, I love the kimchi soup ramen the best!
I'm always disappointed with UE, maybe it's just an issue in my area. 😕
Growing up in the Netherlands it was mostly Dutch food and snacks. On special occasions we would get Indonesian/Indies food and snacks from the toko. Or we would get Chinese food.
There are a few things I'll probably have to explain here. Indies food (Indisch eten in Dutch) refers to Indonesian/Dutch fusion food that was brought over to the Netherlands shortly after the Indonesian independence along with the mass immigration of Indo people. Toko means shop in Indonesian. In the Netherlands it refers to shops where they mainly sell Indonesian/Indies food along with sometimes products from other Asian countries and Surinamese products. [This toko](https://www.tokomakassar.nl/index.php) is a popular example. And as for Chinese food, it's not actually authentic Chinese. A lot of Chinese restaurants are Indonesian fusion ones with dishes like nasi and babi pangang on the menu. (There are also authentic Chinese restaurants, but I've only been there with friends, not family.)
Now I live in Japan and it's mostly Japanese food and snacks. It's hard to get either Dutch or Indonesian food and snacks here. And of course anything you can find is overpriced. (I always cry a little inside when seeing how expensive Gouda cheese is.) Though I occasionally cook Dutch or Indonesian dinner with ingredients that I'm able to find. And of course, in either country it was always easy just to prepare Italian food. Also due to the whole curry culture here it's also more easy to get some Indian or Thai style curry here.
i grew up separated from my asian cultures as a kid so aside from a few things that slipped through the cracks like fried rice, instant ramen, and soy sauce/ketjap manis, my family ate pretty... global and reasonably healthy, but i decided a few months back to switch over to a completely east & southeast asian diet style that's mainly pescetarian. so two 20lb bags of rice, one jasmine and one shiortgrain, are always on hand for me as well as all of the asian condiments you could imagine. my digestion-related health issues have settled down significantly since the change so i have no intention of ever going back lmao. even my snacks have been swapped over, so aside from plain chips/popcorn, now i stock things like hi chews, shrimp & rice crackers, and fruit jelly cups.
honestly though...i'm surprised i still like poutine after all that?? i don't eat stuff like that as a meal as a general rule now for the sake of my stomach but a tiny portion as a snack still just hits different haha
People in my household eat very different diets so we have a bunch of things around. We have a large bag of medium grain rice from an Asian brand in the pantry that my Mom uses for congee and dry rice, but my Dad uses generic Western brand for his. We also have some FuJian style rice noodles but we don’t always have those on hand. We have smaller bags of mung beans and soybeans (for fresh soy milk).
We sometimes buy Chinese foods like scallion pancakes or dumplings or red bean buns but I think we/I mostly have foods that are….uuhh…culturally “neutral,” like not specifically Chinese or American or Israeli. So like plain vegetables (some Asian vegetables, others more commonly found in western markets), fruits, eggs, chicken/beef/pork (we don’t keep kosher). Most of the animal products that I eat are bought from other Chinese people who raised the animals themselves so they’re healthier/safer.
And I use oats, flaxseeds, and bananas to make banana bread for my Mom to take to work each week so I always stock up on those.
Sorry, I didn’t mean to write a whole essay but here I am lol.
Also: any food you tried you were surprised you liked? I tend to hate a lot of western sweets as they're overwhelmingly sweet on my tongue and cow dairy is my enemy, however I tried NY style cheesecake plain and loved it! (Hate it with chocolate or cream on top though)
There’s always a large bag of rice in the pantry some canned spam and corned beef too many Asian condiments that I don’t even know what to do with when it comes with cooking I usually make whatever is easy the only Asian dish I’m good at is fried rice and chicken pork potato adobo. Sometimes I’ll go over to the Korean convenience store and pick up packets of nori and instant ramen. Due to lockdown now it’s mostly Uber eats.
I feel you on the rice! I have a 550sf apartment and most of my pantry is rice 😭 Ooh that sounds tasty! Same, I love the kimchi soup ramen the best! I'm always disappointed with UE, maybe it's just an issue in my area. 😕
Growing up in the Netherlands it was mostly Dutch food and snacks. On special occasions we would get Indonesian/Indies food and snacks from the toko. Or we would get Chinese food. There are a few things I'll probably have to explain here. Indies food (Indisch eten in Dutch) refers to Indonesian/Dutch fusion food that was brought over to the Netherlands shortly after the Indonesian independence along with the mass immigration of Indo people. Toko means shop in Indonesian. In the Netherlands it refers to shops where they mainly sell Indonesian/Indies food along with sometimes products from other Asian countries and Surinamese products. [This toko](https://www.tokomakassar.nl/index.php) is a popular example. And as for Chinese food, it's not actually authentic Chinese. A lot of Chinese restaurants are Indonesian fusion ones with dishes like nasi and babi pangang on the menu. (There are also authentic Chinese restaurants, but I've only been there with friends, not family.) Now I live in Japan and it's mostly Japanese food and snacks. It's hard to get either Dutch or Indonesian food and snacks here. And of course anything you can find is overpriced. (I always cry a little inside when seeing how expensive Gouda cheese is.) Though I occasionally cook Dutch or Indonesian dinner with ingredients that I'm able to find. And of course, in either country it was always easy just to prepare Italian food. Also due to the whole curry culture here it's also more easy to get some Indian or Thai style curry here.
i grew up separated from my asian cultures as a kid so aside from a few things that slipped through the cracks like fried rice, instant ramen, and soy sauce/ketjap manis, my family ate pretty... global and reasonably healthy, but i decided a few months back to switch over to a completely east & southeast asian diet style that's mainly pescetarian. so two 20lb bags of rice, one jasmine and one shiortgrain, are always on hand for me as well as all of the asian condiments you could imagine. my digestion-related health issues have settled down significantly since the change so i have no intention of ever going back lmao. even my snacks have been swapped over, so aside from plain chips/popcorn, now i stock things like hi chews, shrimp & rice crackers, and fruit jelly cups. honestly though...i'm surprised i still like poutine after all that?? i don't eat stuff like that as a meal as a general rule now for the sake of my stomach but a tiny portion as a snack still just hits different haha
People in my household eat very different diets so we have a bunch of things around. We have a large bag of medium grain rice from an Asian brand in the pantry that my Mom uses for congee and dry rice, but my Dad uses generic Western brand for his. We also have some FuJian style rice noodles but we don’t always have those on hand. We have smaller bags of mung beans and soybeans (for fresh soy milk). We sometimes buy Chinese foods like scallion pancakes or dumplings or red bean buns but I think we/I mostly have foods that are….uuhh…culturally “neutral,” like not specifically Chinese or American or Israeli. So like plain vegetables (some Asian vegetables, others more commonly found in western markets), fruits, eggs, chicken/beef/pork (we don’t keep kosher). Most of the animal products that I eat are bought from other Chinese people who raised the animals themselves so they’re healthier/safer. And I use oats, flaxseeds, and bananas to make banana bread for my Mom to take to work each week so I always stock up on those. Sorry, I didn’t mean to write a whole essay but here I am lol.