As a general rule, if you can find coke in glass bottles, you've found Mexican coke. Higher-end grocery stores around the country often have it.

I miss lobster roles, carne adovada, and oat flakes, which Post quit making years ago :P

is that in the village? my sister went to NYU, I think she told me about this place.

anyway, I never realized how great I have it here in San Francisco. One of the most diverse and gastronomically-centered cities in the states, I can get pretty much anything I need (which includes many of the things discussed in this thread) - usually in one place, the Ferry Building.

those of you speaking of these UK Ruffles that have everything on them sound amazing. A chip company here called Snyder's of Berlin used to have a Kethcup Kettle chip and I loved them, it tasted like you were eating a bg of flat french fries a real treat. I have had other ketchup chips but they were just not as good as the Snyder ones, since they were a thicker cut and had a great crunch to them. Can you guys get a Ruffle ketchup chip over in the UK, or does it only come in the loaded chips?

As for Mexican coke. I have heard that we here in the US are the only ones who use the HFCS while everyone else uses the real stuff. Beware though, I will double check just to be sure, but you cannot just use the glass bottle rule of thumb to get "Mexican" Coke or Coke made without HFCS. Here in Ohio (I worked at a grocery store for 12 years) we get Coke in small 6 pack glass bottles and I would have to say it is probably made with the HFCS as well so double check the labels just to make sure it is actually made with sugar.

You can't find a beer shop in Phoenix that doesn't have Fat Tire... and yeah, it's yummy.

Ski -- it's a mountain dew-like drink they pretty much only make in eastern kentucky
Halvah -- it's just hard to find, and expensive!
Fruit-a-burst gum: they stopped making it a long time ago, and there has never been a better gum in history.

Swedish moonshine... this pink stuff that sits under the sink and ferments into an incredible clear, rose-colored, knock-you-on-your-patookus liquor.

Kebab... no, I'm kidding. That stuff is horrid.

There was this Swedish pear zider that was fantastic, too. Found it only once back here in the States. Green bottle, black and green label.

Wiri-wiri peppers. Literally non-existant outside of Guyana and the Guyanese culture. They'll burn the crap out of both ends of you, but a fingernail-sized sliver adds amazing flavor to anything.

a good sovlaki ...... i tell ya i live in Queensland and you can't find a good sovlaki anywhere! i spent a year in melbourne and had the best food in the country! amazing. there is the place on chappel st called lamb on chappel!! GOD DAMN the best tasting sovlaki ever! damn! there is some great food melbourne ..... now i'm hungry .... mmmmmm

a really good cuban sammich - short of being in cuba... there used to be a little hole in the wall diner on 9th avenue in the high 40s in NYC that made amazing cuban sammiches and served proper cuban coffee... Heaven... I'm a fairly capable cook, but I have never been able to make a cuban sammich at home... they don't have hole in the wall cuban diners in the hell that is new hampshire... :(

Molson Golden
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Croc meat.... like chicken but tough like steak.

Irn Bru! A Scottish pop. Tastes a little like cream soda, but knocks cream soda on its pansy pink hiny. Pronounced like "iron brew", not "urn". It's awesome. It's in the Imported Foods section of many grocery stores around here, but it only comes in the expensive little bottles. I love to go to Scotland where I can buy a can or a big friggin' two-litre bottle or even order a tall glass of it in a restaurant. Man, Scotland is the best.

I also love British juices like Ribena, which is occasionally available here in specialty stores, usually in concentrated syrup form. Oasis is another juice, quite possibly the most delicious juice I have ever ingested. I've looked everywhere for it this side of the country and I've never found it. There's some kind of juice called Oasis here but it's not even close to the same thing. :(

I forgot to add Gouda cheese made from goats milk.... oh god it is to die for. And I hate my grandparents for introducing it to me from the beginning.... I'm officially addicted.

dried fish
unsalted unshelled sunflower seeds
kvass (fermented bread drink)

Oh... <drools> those things are so greasy! I love them! Whenever I visit home (CA), I get a Sourdough Jack and french fries from there... their fries are better than any other place... when McDonald's and Burger King had their "Whose Fries are Better" battle, I kept thinking "Neither".

Pickle Chips (dill pickle flavored potato chips) that I had in Iowa were great for cravings.

My bf misses Sierra Nevada beer from home, while I'm wishing I could find Wyder's Pear Cider.

When I lived near Portand I used to love to go to Mongolian BBQs. If none of you have been, go they are great. I ate at one after boot camp in Orlando, but I cant find one in the mid Atlantic reagion where I am today.

How sad! When I lived in Hillsboro, OR there was a small Mongolian grill that a former employee of Chang's had opened up. God, I loved that place. My mom took me there all the time for lunch.

Now I rarely, if ever, go for Mongolian grill. We do have a good one here in Corvallis, though. One of the things you can put in your sauce is Deschutes Black Butte porter. You better believe that when I put my bowl together it has about half a bottle of porter on it!

miso, i live in houston and i know of one store that is always out of it