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Re: Goya products in the UK?
« Reply #15 on: February 05, 2010, 12:09:54 AM »
I used to use Goya stuff a lot in the US, but haven't seen it around here ever.  The UK in general is clueless with Latin food, but Wales is worse.  I make most things from scratch now and have friends bring stashes of spices and stuff that I can't find (like Adobo).  Cardiff does have a lot of international shops though, and I'm betting you can find a lot of the similar kinds of things there.  You just have to dig around to know where to find the shops.  I don't think you'll find much in Caerphilly.


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Re: Goya products in the UK?
« Reply #16 on: February 12, 2010, 06:49:10 PM »
As others have said, the World Foods section in the supermarkets - they do major on Indian subcontinent and Far East - but plenty of West Indies products too, which have Latin connections.

I recommend an outfit on eBay. Their eBay ID is thespiceworksteam. They have an enormous range of herbs and spices, are extremely good value - make that amazingly cheap - and P & P is £0.00! Yep! Nada!

They are also very helpful and communicate readily. They assured me that all their products were genuine imports, so I was happy to buy 3 lots of Spanish pimenton from them, dulce, picante & fumado. These smelled just like the ones I've had from El Mercado Central in Valencia - fresh and full of vim and vinegar ...

I wouldn't be surprised if they did not look kindly on a concerted appeal by expats from the US to bring in spices from Stateside and Latin America.

London has everything, as we all know. In my experience, the best Spanish deli is Garcia & Sons on the Portobello Rd. W11. I've been going there for 30 years and the only complaint I have in all that time is the preposterous increase in the price of Malaga wine - entirely due to a succession of our Chancellors of the Exchequer.

There is quite a large community of Colombians in London and also Brazilians, so their favourites will be available, too.

Looking at the individual ingredients of Adobo [one variant, anyway], it is evident that they are all readily available. I just made up a great sticky paste of it from supplies in from thespiceworksteam, including the extras demanded by a recipe for roast pork I found on the web. A piece of pork is sitting in my fridge now, absolutely thick with the stuff, wrapped tightly in cling film. Should be dynamite.

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Re: Goya products in the UK?
« Reply #17 on: June 11, 2011, 09:38:37 AM »
Oh. My. Gawd.

I LOVE this site! I was just googling "Adobo UK" and it came up. Even though i am already a member of this site i did not think to look here!

I am cuban, in the Brighton area, and DYING  for Adobo and Cafe Bustelo.

I am going to have to have it smuggled in....
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Re: Goya products in the UK?
« Reply #18 on: June 20, 2011, 08:57:25 AM »
Lara, I have a sealed pack of Bustelo if you'd like it. I've found the that Morrison's Gold coffee tastes really close to it, and we just don't get to the Bustelo.

Let me know :)


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Re: Goya products in the UK?
« Reply #19 on: June 20, 2011, 10:08:25 AM »
That would be awesome!
I have asked a friend to send me some, along with other stuff, but, nothing yet.... ugh.
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Re: Goya products in the UK?
« Reply #20 on: June 20, 2011, 10:48:05 AM »
Hi all. I am new to this forum, and joined mostly in hopes of help in finding ethnic foods and a few sorely-missed household products!

I've recently moved from Detroit, MI, to Carmarthenshire (South Wales)---and as someone in a previous reply has mentioned, the Welsh are rather clueless, when it comes to Latin and Oriental foods! I spent hours searching Tesco, ASDA, and all the local food stores for some plain old Thai rice stick noodles, a few weeks back! Also, good luck finding a decent Mexican hot sauce!

A bazillion thanks for the Lupe Pintos link!  ;)

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Re: Goya products in the UK?
« Reply #21 on: July 21, 2011, 02:21:43 PM »
www.amazon.co.uk  has Sazon and Adobo


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Re: Goya products in the UK?
« Reply #22 on: July 21, 2011, 03:39:22 PM »
Thanks, Mike. I didn't see it previously, when I searched. It sure is DEAR over here, though! Damn Sam---nearly six quid for a box of Sazon Azafran! It's only a dollar or two, back in the States. I think I'm going to have one of my Mexican pals from Michigan ship a few boxes over! Methinks I REALLY need to look into an importation/distribution licence, if only just to have a lot of this stuff for my own use!

Edit: I just noticed that the price on Amazon.co.uk is for THREE boxes. That's really not too bad, considering how scarce it is!
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Re: Goya products in the UK?
« Reply #23 on: July 21, 2011, 05:50:48 PM »
I saw Island Sun brand gungo peas in a can for 40p at my Tesco Metro today. They also had dried cocoarosa beans if that helps.

Oh and fufu flour.  :-X
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Re: Goya products in the UK?
« Reply #24 on: September 06, 2011, 01:06:34 PM »
If anyone is interested I have three vacuum sealed 16oz (453.6g) Cafe Bustelos and four 16 1/2oz (467g) Adobo Goya without pepper (I don't like it with pepper as I use it according to taste!).

I just moved a month ago with my family and my husband asked his brother to send him over all these products.  They arrived early this morning! (Shipping is not cheap though).
Anyways, if anyone is interested I live in Yardley.  I am trying to sell a few on Amazon but when I search for the products  in order to post them, the search engine can't find them.  I'll see what I can do there. ??? ???

Let me know before my husband uses them all!



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Re: Goya products in the UK?
« Reply #25 on: September 06, 2011, 08:52:41 PM »
How much for the Adobo? If good price I'll take all four :)


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Re: Goya products in the UK?
« Reply #26 on: September 07, 2011, 01:08:48 AM »
How much for the Adobo? If good price I'll take all four :)

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Re: Goya products in the UK?
« Reply #27 on: August 20, 2012, 05:34:25 PM »
I'm hoping I will be able to take a trip to the US before I run out of my adobe, bijol, and sazon supply! I would love to be able to buy it in a store somewhere close..maybe even somewhere not so close..but I don't know who would sell it! ...*sigh*!


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Re: Goya products in the UK?
« Reply #28 on: August 20, 2012, 07:34:00 PM »
I get most of my Mexican stuff from http://www.mexgrocer.co.uk.


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Re: Goya products in the UK?
« Reply #29 on: August 30, 2012, 01:41:05 PM »
I get most of my Mexican stuff from http://www.mexgrocer.co.uk.

as do we, have ordered twice from them with great service
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