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Groceries' woes in Asia (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by IntelligentLeading11@alien.top to c/digitalnomad@expats.zone

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Ok, woes is a bit of an exaggeration. Basically basically I've been nomading through the Balkans for a year and got used to buying cereals and fruit for breakfast, eggs with cheese and ham or salads for lunch, and then for dinner I'd cook rice/veggies with some meat/chicken. I'd just eat out maybe on Saturdays as a treat. So I just arrived to Vietnam and when I went to the k-mart nearby, I was completely at a loss. I'm unfamiliar with the products and don't know what to buy. I did buy some cereal for breakfast (it's actually super good, some brand I had never seen), and eggs for lunch (although I couldn't find bread anywhere and they only had the cheese you get in plastic-wrapped slices, not actual cheese like edam, emmental, gouda etc). Now I'm unsure if to keep my lunch and breakfast routine as they were and just get dinner by grab delivery, or if to actually buy some noodles and veggies from the supermarket and try cooking dinner. I'm actually unsure because it doesn't seem certain that I will save any money by doing so, and I certainly won't be able to cook asian food better than the restaurants.

Any opinions/experiences about this?

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[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Try the cooking. Fear of failure makes no sense for a person traveling the world.

Buy the ticket, take the ride. Or not, and come home to Boise and buy a minivan.

I guarantee you will never regret having made a failed asian meal.

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[–] WeedLatte@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

In most of SEA you can get a meal for $2, maybe even $1. Most travelers don’t really cook much. IMO it’s only worth cooking there if you’re craving western food since western food at the restaurants there can get a bit pricey comparatively.

[–] IntelligentLeading11@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm so used to budgeting and for me eating out is already something that makes me feel I'm overspending. I need to change the mentality.

[–] WeedLatte@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

You can get banh mi in Vietnam for around a dollar. And it’s delicious.