Rice to the Rescue: Russian tourists in Asia tend to buy up in supermarket and prepare/eat in their room. OK, let’s see: This canned Danish pork luncheon (US$6.70) is a tube of salty sorrow but add freshly steamed rice (US40c-80c), chilli sauce, leftover ginger sauce – and a squirt of Japanese mayo – and the result is alright. Verdict: No. It’s cheaper, tastier and healthier to buy fresh at a local eatery. But hey, if you don’t give it a go, you’ll never know …
Every item ever used, being used, or ever to be used, is surely in this market. U think you’ve seen markets? Ha! Not until u visit Phnom Penh’s Orussey Market. Unimaginable. It’s mostly wholesale. This is where they buy the plastic bags that hold the plastic bags, that they put your plastic goods in …
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These guys have come a long way just to sit in a mini-mart fridge in Cambodia. So I try the “Chicken Spicy” number and it’s OK. $US3 a bit pricy tho – and the parlous US-AUD exchange rate’s hard to swallow. Wholegrain bread is a treat here. Now, for a big $US1.50 noodle soup …
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Phnom Penh: Panda Mart wants US$7 for Gillette razor in the “French End” of tourism precinct; around the corner at Pride of Cambodia Mart it’s US$1.60. That’s 9 chilled cans of Angkor beer difference…
Foster’s Lager, crafted, eh? Can’t say I ever noticed fruity nuances either, 30 years ago. “Fruity” just wasn’t a word used by beer drinkers back then. But it sure got us pissed when we were teenagers…
#aldi #beer #VB
Hey this is ok. Saw it at Aldi so decided to give it a try: “Nexba” carbonated (bubbly, to the less educated) with natural raspberry and no sugar or “chemical sweeteners”, instead erythritol. Is that a type of sugar alcohol? I’m liking this even more… $5.99 for 4.

Oooh look here: low-sugar sarsaparilla. Perfect. Someone at Bundaberg Brewed Drinks likes me. I have to watch my figure these days (cos no-one else looks at it). 👍 
Oooh yeah. Sarsaparilla root, licorice root, molasses and vanilla beans: a serious soft drink for serious grown-ups. $4. (All bulldust aside, I’ve been hanging out for a good old sarsaparilla for yonks…)
Huh? Low-carb potatoes? 25% fewer carbs? Are they hollow inside? I bet it’s cos they are only three-quarter size spuds…
Bread discrimination! Why does brown bread cost almost twice as much as white bread? Surely it costs more to process white bread. It’s bias against us healthier eaters. I bet Jesus gave out wholemeal loaves on the Mount…
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