Aussies Miss Their Beetroot Burgers; What Do You Miss ?

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 12:09 am

Some foods you only find "at home" or in certain places : what food or drink do you miss when you're away ? This can refer to Cambodia, or any country where you miss the food; it doesn't have to be the country on your passport.

^ This says that Aussies overseas miss their beetroot burgers, which is fair enough, because who else would eat that ? But, avocado or coffee are found in most countries these days. Even in Cambodia.

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verdebandit · Post by **verdebandit** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 12:45 am

Box office and the vine both do truly excellent fish and chips even if neither one is wrapped in newspaper.

Box office and most craft beer places here also offer a schooner even if they just call it a small.

I find the long avocados here are better for drinks than eating though.

PSD-Kiwi · Post by **PSD-Kiwi** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 12:57 am

In NZ it's standard to have beetroot and fried egg in a beef burger, don't knock it till you try it, my wife and kids complain if I make them burgers without beetroot & egg

(The Vine does an Aussie Burger with beetroot, best burgers in PP imo.)

Having been living away from NZ since 2005 I can't say I really miss anything foodwise, although I do get the odd craving for some things, if I were to make a list I'd say...

- Feijoa's
- Hangi (I have a keg hangi at home in Cambodia, close but not the same as been cooked in the earth)
- Tītī (Muttonbirds)
- Bacon bone boil up with puha (impossible to find bacon bones here)
- Kiwi style meat pies (that I don't have to make myself)
- Custard Squares (that I don't have to make myself)
- Cookie Time chocolate chip cookies
- Hokey Pokey Ice-cream
- Whittakers Peanut Slabs
- Kiwi dip (Reduced cream and Maggi onion soup)
- Kiwi bacon
- Swappa-crates of beer

Shit...Once I started writing that list I realised there are quite a few things that I do actually miss and i could probably add heaps more, might be time to head back for a visit, last trip to NZ was in 2014.

Random Dude · Post by **Random Dude** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 1:47 am

PSD-Kiwi wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 12:57 am In NZ it's standard to have beetroot and fried egg in a beef burger, don't knock it till you try it, my wife and kids complain if I make them burgers without beetroot & egg (The Vine does an Aussie Burger with beetroot, best burgers in PP imo.)

Having been living away from NZ since 2005 I can't say I really miss anything foodwise, although I do get the odd craving for some things, if I were to make a list I'd say...

- Feijoa's
- Hangi (I have a keg hangi at home in Cambodia, close but not the same as been cooked in the earth)
- Tītī (Muttonbirds)
- Bacon bone boil up with puha (impossible to find bacon bones here)
- Kiwi style meat pies (that I don't have to make myself)
- Custard Squares (that I don't have to make myself)
- Cookie Time chocolate chip cookies
- Hokey Pokey Ice-cream
- Whittakers Peanut Slabs
- Kiwi dip (Reduced cream and Maggi onion soup)
- Kiwi bacon
- Swappa-crates of beer

Shit...Once I started writing that list I realised there are quite a few things that I do actually miss and i could probably add heaps more, might be time to head back for a visit, last trip to NZ was in 2014.

Haha, pies and feijoas... I can relate to that.

I headed back to NZ and rented a house with a corner dairy just down the road, for a while there I was going in twice a day for a pie. A few months later I noticed the tree in the back yard was growing fruit, I hadn't realised it was a feijoa tree...stoked!

PSD-Kiwi · Post by **PSD-Kiwi** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 1:59 am

Random Dude wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 1:47 am
I headed back to NZ and rented a house with a corner dairy just down the road, for a while there I was going in twice a day for a pie. A few months later I noticed the tree in the back yard was growing fruit, I hadn't realised it was a feijoa tree...stoked!

A dairy within walking distance and a Feijoa tree in the back yard

...you lucky buggar!

Random Dude · Post by **Random Dude** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 2:10 am

PSD-Kiwi wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 1:59 am
Random Dude wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 1:47 am
I headed back to NZ and rented a house with a corner dairy just down the road, for a while there I was going in twice a day for a pie. A few months later I noticed the tree in the back yard was growing fruit, I hadn't realised it was a feijoa tree...stoked!
A dairy within walking distance and a Feijoa tree in the back yard ...you lucky buggar!

And a short walk to the bottle shop and New World too ..

Tootsfriend · Post by **Tootsfriend** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 5:07 am

PSD-Kiwi wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 12:57 am In NZ it's standard to have beetroot and fried egg in a beef burger, don't knock it till you try it, my wife and kids complain if I make them burgers without beetroot & egg (The Vine does an Aussie Burger with beetroot, best burgers in PP imo.)

Having been living away from NZ since 2005 I can't say I really miss anything foodwise, although I do get the odd craving for some things, if I were to make a list I'd say...

- Feijoa's
- Hangi (I have a keg hangi at home in Cambodia, close but not the same as been cooked in the earth)
- Tītī (Muttonbirds)
- Bacon bone boil up with puha (impossible to find bacon bones here)
- Kiwi style meat pies (that I don't have to make myself)
- Custard Squares (that I don't have to make myself)
- Cookie Time chocolate chip cookies
- Hokey Pokey Ice-cream
- Whittakers Peanut Slabs
- Kiwi dip (Reduced cream and Maggi onion soup)
- Kiwi bacon
- Swappa-crates of beer

Shit...Once I started writing that list I realised there are quite a few things that I do actually miss and i could probably add heaps more, might be time to head back for a visit, last trip to NZ was in 2014.

Why have you left puha and kina off the list. Probably your not a riel kiwi.

Post by **Username Taken** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 5:44 am

Random Dude wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 2:10 am
PSD-Kiwi wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 1:59 am
Random Dude wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 1:47 am
I headed back to NZ and rented a house with a corner dairy just down the road, for a while there I was going in twice a day for a pie. A few months later I noticed the tree in the back yard was growing fruit, I hadn't realised it was a feijoa tree...stoked!
A dairy within walking distance and a Feijoa tree in the back yard ...you lucky buggar!
And a short walk to the bottle shop and New World too ..

Bottle shop got me thinking.

The good old drive-in bottle shop!

[The guy comes up to your car window and says, "Shores mate". Apparently, in the King's English that translates to 'What's yours mate?" (aka whaddaya want mate)]

mannanman · Post by **mannanman** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 7:34 am

Australia is the only country in the world (don’t remember them in NZ) with drive through liquor stores/bottle shops/off licence. It was a revelation.

@PSD-Kiwi Whats the difference between a Kiwi and Oz pie?

John Bingham · Post by **John Bingham** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 8:16 am

CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 12:09 am ^ This says that Aussies overseas miss their beetroot burgers, which is fair enough, because who else would eat that ? But, avocado or coffee are found in most countries these days. Even in Cambodia.

I don't get it, it's easy to get beetroot. Is it that difficult to open a can and put a slice on top of a burger?

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