Beanz Meanz Heinz!
Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson
in Japan? Neither of the two international stores that I know in Osaka
had them in stock.
I checked out the FBC's British store, where it was at best 1848 yen
for a four-pack of the large size (plus 500 yen import fee plus 490
yen delivery), whereas in the UK it's about 60p each (I think) or less
than 500 yen for four, so it probably be cheaper to get the stuff
mailed directly...
Any info greatly welcome!
Ta,
Ken
Dave Fossett
> Does anyone know where to get Heinz Baked Beans at a reasonable price
> in Japan? Neither of the two international stores that I know in Osaka
> had them in stock.
Hehe... the eternal FAQ for UK expats.
I'd be interested too, but in the meantime, just put up with those tiny tins
of Blue Flag Pork & Beans like the rest of us.
--
Dave Fossett
Saitama, Japan
Declan Murphy
Dave, this is one of the many reasons why you should sit "in silence
while people slag off English haute cuisine". What would Jamie Oliver think?
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This item falls into the "if you really want it then you pay a premium"
category. Be advised that the price that the FBC offer items at is
basically the same price that you pay at the local Meidi-ya or Hallo
(referring to Nagoya). I don't mean their General Store items - some
savings can be made there - but the prices at the Corner Store/Deli of
whatever that guy calls it this month are usually no different. What's
more - and I have this straight from the FBC horse's (anyone say overbite)
mouth - the items that they sell in the Corner (I almost typed 'conner')
store are supplied by local Japanese wholesalers - read Meidi-ya.
As far as the Brit store is concerned I think they can basically charge
whatever they like - very few of these items, save Colemans Mustard Powder,
Marmite, and Pataks curry paste are on the shelves of any of the
international food stores.
BTW in about 28 hours I'll probably be tucking into a nice plate of Heinz
baked beans, together with some short-back bacon, Cumberland sausages, a
shitload of fresh button mushrooms, fried tomatoes, etc., etc,. not
forgetting the HP sauce! I'll think of you Ken! Hell - I'm round-trip
business class so I might even do more than think of you....I'll post in a
couple of weeks...
Beans, beans for your heart....the more you eat.....the more you f***.
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jonathan
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Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson
<re...@via.newsgroup> wrote:
>Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know where to get Heinz Baked Beans at a reasonable price
>> in Japan? Neither of the two international stores that I know in Osaka
>> had them in stock.
>
>Hehe... the eternal FAQ for UK expats.
Actually, it's the wife who wants the beans, not me.
>I'd be interested too, but in the meantime, just put up with those tiny tins
>of Blue Flag Pork & Beans like the rest of us.
Unless it's vegetarian pork, it won't do!
Ken
Bryan Parker
>Dave Fossett wrote:
>> Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson wrote:
>>
>>>Does anyone know where to get Heinz Baked Beans at a reasonable price
>>>in Japan? Neither of the two international stores that I know in Osaka
>>>had them in stock.
>>
>> Hehe... the eternal FAQ for UK expats.
>> I'd be interested too, but in the meantime, just put up with those tiny tins
>> of Blue Flag Pork & Beans like the rest of us.
>
>Dave, this is one of the many reasons why you should sit "in silence
>while people slag off English haute cuisine". What would Jamie Oliver think?
Fuck him! I wanna know what the unrepentant sick
white Londonian Graham Kerr traitor thinks. He was
the biggest fucking militarist playboy of white
Sepponian television imperialism when I was a kid.
He drank fine wine all day long and ate like a
fuggin' king. His busy work day ended by
hand-picking a lady out of his studio audience at
the end of his show to sample his culinary
wizardry, get a little drunk, and then taking them
somewhere to pork their beans. Nobody knows more
about porking beans than the Galloping Gourmet.
Nick Rees
get them for love nor money there.
So there was me thinking it shouldnt post too much to do so. I nearly died
when the Royal Mail (UK) wanted Ł70 for 10 tins. Well I saved Ł40 by sending
it by land and it took 1 month instead.
Sorry Ken Im not too much help here I just know its expensive. If you are
that desperate I can get my Japanese girlfriend to bring some over when she
comes in November time to visit her family!
On the subject of British stores. Are there many in Japan and if possible do
you know if they have many of that kind of thing in the capital. Im looking
into this as an avenue when I move there next year!
Nick
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Michael Cash
<Ni...@rees101.freeserve.co.uk> belched the alphabet and kept on going
with:
>Recently I was asked by my mate in Tokyo to send him some beans as they cant
>get them for love nor money there.
>So there was me thinking it shouldnt post too much to do so. I nearly died
>when the Royal Mail (UK) wanted ?70 for 10 tins. Well I saved ?40 by sending
>it by land and it took 1 month instead.
Someday, I would like to visit Ukland, but I can't afford airfare for
my family of four. If you could do me the tremendous of favor of
asking the Royal Mail to share with me the route the use to send
parcels to Tokyo by land I will forever be in your debt. They needn't
bother with the part from my home to Tokyo, I can figure that bit out
on my own. I pride myself on being a resourceful fellow.
Brett Robson
You may not know that is now a tunnel under the English/French Channel. The
beans travel all the way to Vladivostock (sp?), only the last bit is by boat,
unless it's very cold.
.
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Kevin Wayne Williams
> On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 21:35:02 +0900, Michael Cash ...
>
>>On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 12:38:52 +0100, "Nick Rees"
>><Ni...@rees101.freeserve.co.uk> belched the alphabet and kept on going
>>with:
>>
>>Someday, I would like to visit Ukland, but I can't afford airfare for
>>my family of four. If you could do me the tremendous of favor of
>>asking the Royal Mail to share with me the route the use to send
>>parcels to Tokyo by land I will forever be in your debt. They needn't
>>bother with the part from my home to Tokyo, I can figure that bit out
>>on my own. I pride myself on being a resourceful fellow.
>
> You may not know that is now a tunnel under the English/French Channel. The
> beans travel all the way to Vladivostock (sp?), only the last bit is by boat,
> unless it's very cold.
>
There was a guy a few years ago that did a 4WD trip from London to New
York. Through the chunnel, across Europe and Asia, waited for the Bering
Strait to freeze, across to Alaska, and then southeast.
KWW
Nick Rees
Thats unless you like high cost of living, being ripped off , the worlds
worst customer service!! Not to mention watching your everymove for fear of
being attacked or mugged in London! Apart from that the soccer is good!
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Reg Blank
In Tokyo, the American version is available at "Den-en," "National
Azabu," "Kinokuniya," and "Mediya" for about 300yen/tin. Perhaps your
friends in Tokyo can send you some?
BTW, someone mentioned the domestic "Blue Flag" brand? Well, it
actually tastes better than the Heinz.
Reg.
Michael Cash
>Visit UK land?? Most people are trying to escape!
>Thats unless you like high cost of living, being ripped off ,
Well, up until this point it was sounding terribly like Japan. I would
have felt right at home.
>the worlds worst customer service!!
We have the world's most insincere customer service. Does that count
for anything?
>Not to mention watching your everymove for fear of
>being attacked or mugged in London!
I spend a good portion of my days being vigilant against crushing to
death suicidal maniacs in Tokyo, so it might not be too much of an
adjustment for me to make. I can't really think of any reason I would
like to visit London, other than the fact that I did promise the Queen
I would drop by for tea and crumpets should I ever find myself in the
neighborhood. But I would probably stay in London just long enough to
fulfill that little obligation and then be gone.
>Apart from that the soccer is good!
As an American, I spot a contradiction in that sentence.
John Yamamoto-Wilson
> BTW, someone mentioned the domestic "Blue Flag" brand? Well, it
> actually tastes better than the Heinz.
A lot of people would concur that almost *anything* tastes better than
Heinz, unless you were brought up on it as a child. No particular disrespect
intended to Heinz (I'm not averse to baked beans on toast myself); the same
is true of a lot of junk food (by the same token, I can't stomach cup
noodles).
Nick Rees
egg chasing variety they play in the USA!!
Secondly I didn't realise Japan was so bad crime and service wise I must
have had my judgement severely clouded the couple of times I have been there
already. I may reconsider my emigration plans for next year!!! Surely it
cant be as bad as here!!
As for the Queen, she says hi!
"Michael Cash" <mike...@sunfield.ne.jp> wrote in message
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Ken
>
> I spend a good portion of my days being vigilant against crushing to
> death suicidal maniacs in Tokyo, so it might not be too much of an
> adjustment for me to make. I can't really think of any reason I would
But but but ! The UK is a country unlike any other!
Their food is bizarre and unfathomable by most civilized people's
standards. They also have a marked fondness for bland infusions
of dried Asian plant leaves. Fish 'n carbohydrates still seem to
be an important cultural component of their diet. They drive on the
wrong side of the road. Their electric plugs have a weird shape.
Their industry leaders are always fretting about the negative
economic impact of their overvalued currency vis-a-vis their main
trading partners'. Their top bureaucrats and business executives
are generally graduates of a couple of "elite" universities.
Their relations with a divided country west of a narrow sea strait
are still somewhat strained due e.g to ancient occupation grudges.
They still have a "royal" person serve as the country's figurehead,
and the heir to the throne's marriage open car parade is televised
and watched nationwide. They colonized some hapless Asian countries
in the past, and as a result must contend today with a sizable
population of cuturally alien people on their soil. Their main
islands' original population has been driven away to the fringes or
eliminated eons ago by uncouth invaders coming from the continent.
Their lore includes tales of warring factions supporting two separate
royal lineages cutting up each other. Armies of Japanese ladies roam
the aisles of their department stores, snapping up expensive trinkets.
Their now privatized ex-monopolistic state telephone company likes to
browbeat its competitors by finding creative ways to restrict their
access to its infrastructure. Their industry zones sport factories
of companies bearing foreign-sounding names like Matsushita, Toyota,
Nissan, Hitachi, or Honda. They are proud of a white-coloured Ferris
wheel that stands more than 100 meters high. They are sometimes
confused by the subtle nuances of that burdensome language named
"English" spoken in the US.
How much more exotic and different can you hope for as a travel
destination, especially if you're based in Japan?
Michael Cash
>Spot on there Mr Cash. I normally call it football but sensed it may be the
>egg chasing variety they play in the USA!!
That wasn't the problem. The use of "good" was the problem.
>
>Secondly I didn't realise Japan was so bad crime and service wise I must
>have had my judgement severely clouded the couple of times I have been there
>already. I may reconsider my emigration plans for next year!!! Surely it
>cant be as bad as here!!
Service isn't bad. It's just (all too often) insincere. Japan is the
safest place in the world. Japanese people never commit crimes. You
should be just fine so long as you stay away from other foreigners,
none of whom are to be trusted.
Michael Cash
<jo...@rarebooksinjapan.com> belched the alphabet and kept on going
with:
>Reg Blank wrote:
Around the end of the month, when I have month left over at the end of
my money, I find I stomach them quite well.
Nick Rees
done for the last 5 years in Fujimigaoka said they wouldnt live anywhere
else due to how safe they feel. Anyway appreciate the advice Michael.news:47kukvsa0qfpj9hhi...@4ax.com...
Brett Robson
>
I'm with you up to this point, but
>They [British] are sometimes
>confused by the subtle nuances of that burdensome language named
>"English" spoken in the US.
>
"subtle nuances" and US?
American English is as subtle as a Jim Carrey(*) movie.
* Yes Jason I know, Ontario in fact.