The longer you live in a foreign country the stronger the cravings become for all the little things you used to enjoy back home.
Sometimes you may even go to extreme lengths to get them.
Once a year, around Christmas time, I usually import a huge box of food from the UK. It's not cheap. The internet shops that deliver internationally will make you pay through the nose for them. And that's before the expensive shipping rates. Now there's even a COVID surcharge for international shipping.
With all these extra charges I now end up paying more for the shipping than the actual foodstuffs are worth...
Because of this I've had to skip on my yearly tradition of importing a gigantic box of comfort food.
Instead I present to you my slim-downed, budget version of treats!
It's still expensive to import but more reasonable.
Now, I know what you might be thinking. "You can get Cadbury's Dairy Milk in Japan! I've seen them in Natural Lawson!"
Well, you're half-right and half-wrong.
Yes, you can get them in Japan but they aren't authentic British ones. They're imported from Australia which use milk from dairy cows in Tasmania, so the taste is noticeably different for me. Enough to make me pay extra for the British ones.
Anyway, the Australian ones still do taste nice so I encourage you to try them if you like chocolate.
(And I'll try and get back to my diet in the summer!)
AH