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titouamoi
19 yrs ago
Moving to HK soon, is there anything one CAN'T get hold of that I should bring?!!!
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let's see...reasonably priced vitamins and supplements, salted licorice, Mentadent toothpaste, cinnamon flavoured chewing gum, certain brands of female sanitary products
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Ed
19 yrs ago
Jack Bauer has been banned.
Sarcasm is not welcome on these forums...
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maz27
19 yrs ago
What country are you coming from? Me personally from the Uk, I miss British Cadburys chocolate. The stuff here comes in from Australia and tastes different so when I go back to the UK I come back with chocolate and some children and adults medicines I am familiar with.
The range of duvet covers is very limited so I would bring 2 sets at least.
Clothes, I am a western pear shaped woman so I always buy up plenty of clothes on my trips back.
That's all I can think of right now.
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If you do a search you'll read some earlier threads on this subject with heaps of informative replies
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I've now been living in HK for more than 5 years and (after some searching) have found everything I wanted/needed/missed after 6 years in Singapore and from Australia prior to that.
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Would that include Weetbix (Note: NOT Weetabix from UK but the better Aussie/Kiwi product)? I love them but have not been able to track any down here in HK.
Thanks
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suze
19 yrs ago
If the Weetbix you are talking about is by Sanitariom then you can get them in Wellcome!
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I agree with Maz27....
British Cadbury's.
British KIT KAT
The chocolate over here has too little cocoa and too much sugar??
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I would suggest shampoo and shaving cream/gel. A lot of the better brands do not seem to be sold here. Or at least the more popular ones from North American or UK.
I've contacted the local distributors/ manufacturers to check for a few after having wasted too much time looking. If there is something specific you think you'll want, then perhaps try calling the HK office of the manufacturer. Called one yesterday, they were very pleasant. Unfortunately they don't sell the product in HK, but at least I can stop looking for that now.
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Really? I'm sure I've seen other varieties in Olivers.
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JAR1
19 yrs ago
I think it depends where you are from as to what you'll miss. Eventually you get used to what's here and put up with it. Clothes and shoes are the big thing and any specific vitamins, etc you may prefer to take. You can get most food stuffs you just need to pay for it. I always stock up on clothes/shoes/toiletries.
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cd
19 yrs ago
The only thing I can't get (from the UK) is Kelloggs rice krispies, the ones here are not the same, but I certainly wouldn't use up my luggage allowance bringing them out. You can get everything here, OK maybe not the brands you are used to, but certainly deodorants, shampoo,toothpaste, tampons etc are readily available. They all do the jobs they are designed for!
As to sausages, Butcher King in Sai Kung does Lincolnshire sausages that are great, I've yet to meet anyone that doesn't like them, maybe they're not Australian, but they're great all the same.
And yes English cadburys is better, but chocolate here is perfectly edible, and certainly the kids don't notice any difference.
We actually miss things from HK now when we go away, as we're so used to buying things here. A lot of the breakfast cereal the kids eat here can't be got in the UK.
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Whenever I go home, I bring back good ground coffee (costs a fortune here), deodorant, hair dye and bras.
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dss
19 yrs ago
Depending on whether your relo includes a shipment or not. If yes, then you can consider coffee, tins of clam chowder, onion powder, victoria secret bras.
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I think we can stop now; the original poster has not bothered to reply...
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Waht brands of men's deoderant are available in HK?
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Frozen pork pies available at Butcher King, Sai Kung. I saw them last week.
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- What brands of men's deodorant are available in HK?
It is very limited, particularly if you want no-scent brands. Seems Chinese prefer heavily scented deodorant, or none at all, so the lightly or no-scent ones are not sold in HK. There was one no-scent deodorant tested end of last year, but was pulled after six months because of low sales.
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good floss, hair color, dryer sheets, lite pet food, quality clothes that don't cost a milion $, shoes (if you have feet larger than size 7 mens, and 7 womens) energy bars, vitamins, brownie and cake mix, anything whole grain (like food from Whole Foods and Trader Joes, or anything healthy and wholesome), vanila suygar and extract............I can go on and on and
on.......
and a coffee maker, mine won't work, too many watts...
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You must be new to HK Brandon, actually all those items you mention you can get here if you look hard enough. I am very familiar with Whole Foods and Trader Joes as I used to shop there often when I was back in the Bay Area. Please send me an IM if you want to know where.
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If you need half sizes in shoes, men's at least. In HK, only full sizes available.
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elabrandon: for drip brew coffeemaker, you may not get the same brand as in the US. However, there are lots of them in HK including Krups, Delonghi and Kenwoods (a UK brand, I guest). Try largest shops more downtown like Central, Causeway Bay area (Sogo come to my mind), Jusco, etc.
For espresso, you get the same brand in the US at roughly the same price, ie Solis SL70, Rancilio Silvia, etc. Here's the address: www.coffeeclub.hk
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