I've found the Pilipino Shop in Norwich

That's great. So you have the tastes of home at your new home. I am soo happy for you. Bon Appetit!

I am so happy that you have found your country's favorites. I just tasted tom yum soup recently and I just loved it.

I would definitely feel the same if I was in your shoes being in a foreign country. Nothing could make it more like home if we could also get to get those items there and eat food that would taste just right as if we are eating them right at home in the philippines. Most filipinos miss a lot of the food when they go abroad and its the first thing that they ask whenever they are about to go home. We just have to make sure that their favorite food are ready when they come home. Its the best homecoming that we could give. As for the Asian store, nothing beats an enterprising filipina. LOL! I definitely laud her because she is bringing a piece of home to a lot of filipinos out there and somehow ease some of the homesickness with all the goodies that she have in her store.

I'm happy you found some of your favorites. I'm always excited too, when I can find some great specialty food that was not previously available. I'm not familiar with Philipino foods, but I love Thai, Chinese, and Japanese. Sometimes I have a hard time finding my favorite sesame oil or hoisin sauce, and there are few Thai products here. When I go shopping in a large city where there's a good chance they'll have those things, I'll stock up on them so they'll last for a while.

wow what a good idea comes to our fellow kababayan (countrymen) who have the opportunity to live outside the Philippines. I think we must be proud of here intelligence. she continue serving our kababayan in terms of our favorite goods here. thanks for sharing my friend.

Kabaleyan, I am glad you're getting used to your surroundings. It's really nice to know that in a foreign place you'll find some stuffs that you are accustomed to use in the country where you came from. I don't know but know but it's such a great feeling to get acquainted to something you've known before -just like friends, right? Keep exploring.

Oh is this true. Jemina what country are you in right now are you out of the Philippines?. It brings joy to us when we are out of our loving country and then we see something like these, and makes us feel home wherever we are. Good thing there are Asian Shop like that that you can hang out for a while to feel at home.