Get me some western food!

So, I haven't blogged this week  yet, or last, so thought I would give you a little update of life here. I just woke up from a wonderful nap, in which my sisters were promising to send me sweets and I was telling them to make sure it fits in my letterbox here. But, the nap has actually made me crave a random few things, therefore I thought I'd blog about the things I actually miss about home, not just why I love China, for once!

Funnily enough, during class I daydream a lot, and a lot of the time it is about food. We all know I am a fatty and like my food, so I am not even ashamed of the fact I have been compiling a list in my notebook of the food I literally can't wait for. Here goes....

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- The Baguette Shop at home - The lack of real sandwiches here and the fact they always make such good baguettes. Bread is clearly a key part of my diet, and I always fancy sandwiches of some kind here and just can't get them. Except Family Mart which sell the most processed looking sandwiches I have ever seeen, I'll take a photo eventually, they look vile. We have found a cafe that does pretty massive baguettes though, and I will be going back upon my next baguette craving. First lunch back itll be a BLT at the Baguette Shop, for sure.

- Marmite on Toast - I'm a lover. Always will be. Once again, bread. They do bread here but no toasters, why they don't even sell toasters in the country where nearly everything is manufactured I really don't know.

- Squash - For once I may admit that I've probably been drinking too much coke. Sometimes I crave something to drink otherwise, as a lot of the drinks here are soo sugary they are gross. Most orange drinks are almost fluorescent unless you pay a lottt for actual orange juice.

- Scones, cream and Jam - Who doesn't love afternoon tea? Come to mention it, I miss tea a lot as well. And I'm not even the biggest tea drinker.

- Hot Cross Buns - It's Easter so feel I am certainly missing out. Bet I have NO eggs this year either :)

- Hot breakfast - Bacon, sausages, fried eggs on toast, scrambled egg and ham sandwiches (yes, my year11 breakfast craving is back). Any kind of hot breakfast item. I swear the chinese just have noodles and rice eery hour of the day. Even paying for an English Breakfast in a western place just is not the same.

- Dominoes Takeaway - Had the most romantic Valentines Day with big sis and a Dominoes before heading here, and it was the best. I don't even care what the toppings are...

- Cheese - Challenge me to a day without cheese at home and it probably wouldn't happen. Seeing as I spent so many years of my life hating this, I don't know how I didn't like it?! Buffalo Mozzarella, Blue cheese, Fontina cheese, Goats cheese, Parmesan... Ahh. Rossetti's will be first on my list when I can go... Goats Cheese and Parma Ham spring rolls, followed by Rustic Gnocci with Pancetta. Done.

- Fizzy sweets - This is what I was dreaming about during my nap. Cola laces are the only thing I forgot off my 'don't forget to take to China' list. Mistake, as now I am craving big time. I have chewits but they aren't as good. Any kind of fizzy sweet or pic n mix item. Ahhh. Please collect me from the airport with a pic'n'mix cup Mumma ;)

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So they're basically the things I miss most at the moment and still have 4 months without them! I am going to be sooo fed up of Chinese food by then. I kind of already am to be fair. Everything is just soo oily and greasy and never makes  you feel healthy, plus the addition of MSG is such an odd concept. And I genuinely think you can taste it. We have been giving in to western cravings so much recently, and hungover days are the very worst. When all you want is bread, carbs and pizza. I thought I would come home from China skinnier, but at this rate, even the healthy food doesn't taste healthy so probably going to be a little more chubbs on return...WONDERFUL.

再见 xxx