Where Can I find it- What I found and where I found it.

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and no eggs or steak should be eaten without HP Sauce!

[Jason B]

Well at least not without BBQ sauce.

For Aussies on this site there is a shop in Shenzhen that sells Aussie Beer.  VB, Crown Larger and Fosters from memory although I can not remember the name of the store it is a little expensive but sells a lot of western food that I can not get in any other store, namely pasta for spaghetti bolognaise, a dish that Xia just loved as she had never tried anything like this before, so for some brownie points make your beloved some of this, or a steak dinner with vegetables.

I will ask Xia for the name of the store and let you know tomorrow.

[David E]

Well...if I could find Branston Pickle in Chengdu...I would probably move there to live 

[Martin]

HP Sauce is so much better than A1!!  Fortunately, HP is readily available at most fine food establishments here in Canada.

[Jason B]

I finally remembered to ask Xia about the store name that sells the Aussie beer, it is called Ole.  Maybe in other cities too but I do not know.  At least in Shenzhen if I was tempted I could get a decent beer, but i do not mind Singtao.

[Pineau]

Ok, I'm dying to try it. I found some real salt cured bacon and I want to see what all the fuss is about HP sauce. Anyone know where to find HP sauce in Guangzhou.

BTW I found the bacon among the lunch meats at a store called guang bai. It is on Beijing road in guangzhou.

[Pineau]

Computer stuff and electronics. Fiona is kind of a likes cool techno toys. And she will buy just about anything if someone convinces her she needs it.  She showed me a store in Guangzhou that has just about everything. About 5 floors of CDs, DVds, flashdrives, computers, monitors disk drives iphone and ipad knockoffs. If it's new and amazing techno you can find it there.  I hate the bus ride there but I am certain to find what I am looking for in that building or one of the surrounding buildings. It is called six in computer town, and is  located on.zhong shan liu lu.

[Irishman]

HP sauce and a nice stew, its absolute heaven on a cold winters evening!
Nice on a rasher sandwich too
David you have Branston Pickle in Aussie land to? I thought that was a Brit and Irish delight only haha, no wonder so many of my fellow countrymen are emigrating there during the current disaster that is the Irish economy.

[Irishman]

Computer stuff and electronics. Fiona is kind of a likes cool techno toys. And she will buy just about anything if someone convinces her she needs it.  She showed me a store in Guangzhou that has just about everything. About 5 floors of CDs, DVds, flashdrives, computers, monitors disk drives iphone and ipad knockoffs. If it's new and amazing techno you can find it there.  I hate the bus ride there but I am certain to find what I am looking for in that building or one of the surrounding buildings. It is called six in computer town, and is  located on.zhong shan liu lu.

Gerry, if its computer stuff get the line three metro to Ganding and go crazy . Guangzhou seems to be laid out commercially by type of product..so there are areas that are all computers and electronic stuff, there are areas just for paintings etc etc, its really quite practical and convenient to have all the stores concentrated in the one place.
Will you be in GZ over the new year time?

[David E]

Yep...every supermarket here sells Branston Pickle...and Heinz Picallili....and HP sauce...and Heinz English Salad Cream.....and Baxters Mushy peas 

Lot of Poms here...need their staple food !!, but I draw the line about pre- packaged Yorkshire Puddings...always make my own.

ps...also I can get my absolute favourites...Bassets Liquorice Allsorts !!!

[Pineau]

Carrefour let me down. I was all excited because I ordered on their website a small oven for baking stuff. They just called and said it was out of stock and they wont carry it any more.  Anyone know where you can find a small household oven (about 32 leters) ?

Also i found in one carrefour store one wall reserved for foreign foods. a fair selection but nothing to get really excited about.

I have got to have an oven. I am missing things like Pizza, caseroles, breads, lasagna, potatoes gratin. baked chicken, PIE !  I'm going shopping !

[Pineau]

Well this town is full of bait and switch.  Go to the appliance store that is supposed to have what you want and indeed they have it. But only one, and it is the display model and it is not for sale, and no we dont intend to restock but since your here have a look at this smaller and more expensive model.  two Sunling stores, carrefour and another store I cant remember the name of all practice this bait and switch scam. This has been outlawed in the U.S..  If a merchant says he has it then he had better have one to sell you or be ready to order you one and sell it to you at the same price as advertized.

Well I got one on order and hopefully this time it is not a scam.  Amazon has parterned with Joyo in China and hopefully the business and service are the same as in the USA. The website has the same look and feel as Amazon.com and they deliver in China (for free ) and the accept Cash on Delivery so I dont need a chinese bank credit card.  But the websit is in Chinese so your wife/girlfriend/translator will need to help you the first time.

Check it out.
http://www.amazon.cn/

[Pineau]

I can't believe it! It's here already.  one day delivery. Guangzhou must be a shipping center for Amazon. It was probably in a warehouse right here in town. Just as ordered. One 34 liter convection toaster oven.  First thing tomorrow, Tunafish caserole.

[Rhonald]

First thing tomorrow, Tunafish caserole.

That is music to my ears......... but by the way........ how do you tune a fish? And does the fish know how to play the scales?

[Vince G]

hahahahaha  tune a fish