What Every American Should Know Before Visiting New Zealand
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2024
- Moving or travelling to New Zealand is a big deal and there are some things that you will just "assume" will be the same that just are not. Just a fun video to share some insider tips!
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Some people LOVE feijoa, some Really don’t. My husband who eats all fruit, can’t stand them. But those who do like them, really like them.
I live in Oz so have to settle with the lollies😂😂
Such is life 😊
I buy Nestlé Coffee Mate, which a powdered coffee creamer and is available from Woolworths/Countdown in a small container off the shelf. I buy it for friends who like white coffee as I don't use or buy milk. It is great because it keeps fine on the kitchen counter along with my coffee.
I've only discovered your channel and love it! I was born here and It's always been dessert to me not pudding.
Welcome!!
I'd say IMO there's a sliiiiight class difference in NZ in how people use "tea". Morning tea and afternoon tea are pretty average but you can usually tell what class someone is from if they use dinner over tea and it's usually more middle to upper class. It's one of those things I just kinda know as my immediate and extended family would always give each other weird looks if we even began to use the word tea to refer to dinner.
its a working break,
Interesting!
heads up , that feijoa tree was an avocado , and the close up was a lime. not feijoas, should show the inside of the one you have , looks way different. and yes delicious ❤️
dont make it into Wine,
I use Amazon often. Delivery takes a few days, but it works just fine
A few days?
I used Amazon in NZ and the US...it is just not the same level of selection as in the US, as well returns are extremely easy in the US...it just goes back to that consumerism point. But, good news, yes, you can get goods delivered from Amazon and usually if you spend over 50 bucks then I think the shipping is quite reasonable.
My employer provides 6 weeks annual leave. Read it and weep ...SIX weeks. And the lady is correct,they force you to take the leave - no stacking it up in this country.
Fejoa's, you need minimum of 2 trees on your property. Then you get an explosion of fruit in season (I'm in Lower Hutt). I usually leave boxes full of fejoa's out front of the property for people to take (free) what we can't consume. Pizza, never liked it, probably because I've never had a real one. I'm kinda lazy, if the tea jar is closer to me than the coffee jar, then tea it is LoL, not too fussed.
New Zealand has turned from a primarily tea-drinking country to a mainly coffee-drinking country, although tea still remains popular. At home instant coffee (invented in New Zealand) is most popular, and a flat white when you're out and about.
NZ burgers can be much better than the American fast food franchise stores offerings, and I don't know why you don't like our pizza, I think it's great!
Amazon is not that bad I've found, used it quite often. Best is Rock Auto for car parts (we have American cars) which only take 7 days from ordering to arriving on the doorstep.
Yes I am just saying it from an American coming here they will expect different thats all.
We have Hell Pizza and The Pizza Library here they make a mean pizza
@@carolinemcnicol498 I am from the US and have had Hell Pizza and it just really is not as good as New York or Chicago pizza...NZ pizza is something like California pizza, it just isn't as good, but it is still pizza so it is still good.
just subbed your channel..glad u like NZ !...I've bought stuff on Amazon..in my personal experience, most US companies I've dealt with ship to NZ..yes, u must pay for shipping to NZ
I use Amazon, especially for books that are not available here. ❤❤❤
Honestly it often takes close to two weeks for amazon stuff to arrive where I live, half an hour from their Seattle headquarters.
I'm genuinely curious. Why do you think burgers suck in NZ? Our dairy and beef is all from grass fed sources and minimally processed. The rest would all be locally grown salad vegies such as lettuce, onion and tomato. All the buns will have been recently baked from fresh ingredients. Is it the mayo or tomato sauce you don't like? It seems weird to not like locally grown, grass fed fresh ingredients. Perhaps the combinations/ratio's of meat to salad vegies is not to your liking? I cant believe Ive typed a paragraph questioning a strangers burger preferences, but Im really struggling to see whats not to like!!
Oh it is not the quality of the food it is the fact that you over cook the burger. Even at resturants when you ask to not overcook them - they still won't so I just make them at home.
its all exported and we pay for it, is Mushrooms meat?
I've tried burgers in LA,Texas, Chicago, Maryland, Boston, Oregon Seattle, and a few more. The Burgers weren't as good as I thought they were, I have had much better in Auckland,and here in Perth. Our Eggs here are better in NZ as well.
@@Andy_M986 i need to eat out more with a Tinder to entertain. My work at AUT didnt have a Xmas party last year. I am waiting for WineTopia to try. Is Pearl Jam a Concert.
@@Kiwiamericans its a food safety over reaction thing. Never eat rice on Boxing day, thats another eating out safety topic,
Love your videos ❤ time stamp them would be great
Thanks!
Yeah, Made the hundred Likes full🎉
I might be old but pizza in NZ wasn't a big thing maybe til the 90s or 2000s.. although i remember Giovanni's Pizza in Haitaitai in the 80s and Pizza hut i think in Dixon St ..👍
OMG Giovanni's! Raised Hataitai and forgot about it.
Tea was new for me we call it breakfast lunch dinner or supper in South Africa
That's what we call it in the US too!
I just moved back from living in the States since 1996...I'm a chef by trade...I'm actually really impressed with the variety in the grocery store...there are "dollar stores" which has a awesome variety but but most to all of it comes from Asia..so...I love the kiwi suverners so in expensive but shipping them to my daughters in Colorado yeah thats crazy expensive
Shipping is such a hassle when you want to send things home totally agree!
I had Sals Pizza in Hamilton: it was ok. The best pizza we had was at The Black Oven in Tirau, between Hamilton and Rotorua. It was actually good.
we have some pizza in Fort Street in Auckland Central. i live in Anzac ave,
Might have to try that!
There is half and half but very rarely do you see it
feijoa also known as strawberry guava outside of NZ
It is? Wow
Wow cool!
Lack of consumerism sounds so refreshing. I tire of long-winded conversations amongst young moms just talking about what they bought where.
7:36 how about a real Italian Pizza? 😂
What do you think of Temu.
Mostly crap
Ur right an 18 inch pizza in whangarei were I live was $50!!!!!!!!
That's insane
Which pizza place? I'll avoid it
On Kensington Ave in whangarei
@@chefdinre7717 I know the one, haven't tried them yet.
Wow that is insane!
Very nice video A lot information about new Zealand thanks a lot ❤❤❤
My pleasure 😊
So you really miss the highly processed cheeses!!.. are you saying
No no of course not :)
Kilo Cheese blocks Matter,
@@Kiwiamericans dont mention Kilo Cheese blocks,
I make my own pepperoni pizza using Lebanese bread as a base ( I like thin and crispy),
Sounds delicious
There is Amazon Australia but not the same
So true
could always add more oil, salt and fat to your pizza to make it more American. sals just drips oil and it pools on top 🤮 I would rather bad pizzas , burgers and have less Americans 😂
Feijoas grow here in Australia, I saw a hedge of them in Adelaide back in 1980 and picked some fresh fallen fruit and began stuffing my face .
An old lady came out of her house yelling at me to stop.I apologised profusely to the lady who looked at me in horror," no its because they are POISONOUS!" She wailed .
After reassuring her that far from being poisonous they were delicious she broke into one and took a tentative wee taste .Followed by her getting a cutting board,tray knives and spoons as I told her about using them on cakes ,deserts ,jams and so on.
For over 20 years she had been wasting them because of some dimwits supposed knowledge and dire warnings ,said dimwit was about to get a right bollocking .
Wonder how her husband fared ?
Oh my - that is so funny (not funny)...yes wonder how her husband fared :)
Haha, who ever it was that told her they were poisonous had probably been doing what you were doing for 20 years ...🤣
I miss feijoas. And wearing the same clothes is great.
Unfortunately the new government is removing the $10 prescriptions :(
Sal's pizza is only average. Haven't bothered buy it for years.
Where do you go for good pizza then?
Used car saleman are always out for the dollar i used to be one why put up with buyers shit and not make paper dont trust them lol
You need a better microphone (on-body type perhaps?)
I am wearing one
@@Kiwiamericans
Oh yes, I can see it now.
Is it working?
Hello!) I love your voice and video! Please tell me: do you work only with specific american-new_zeland, or you can handle other countries? I watch basically all your videos in a past several weeks and suddenly realized: maybe it is not possible to work together. Thank you for attention!)
No not limited to Americans - that is just whom I generally attract. Let em know how I can help.
@@Kiwiamericans Thank you! I will write you on @
Pizza sucks? Really? We buy pizza from Italian outlets and it's real and wonderful.
Burgers do suck in New Zealand as local takeaways use pre made frozen patties that come in cardboard boxes usually from the same supplier who also supplies the chips and frozen shark aka lemon fish.
Not a fan of the patties or similar supermarket ones as they're virtually sausage meat.
Not a big fan of US Hamburger chains in NZ either as they never seem as good as I remember, maybe because of UA-cam channel 'the burger show' I can make far better at home using the pattie sized cast iron pan deap-fry technique -Allows juicy patties that are over a inch thick, closer to 30mm.
I also find it bizarre there's 3 grades of mince these days, prime is like traditional mince, premium is the low fat version and 'normal' mince is perfect for hamburgers and nothing else unless you can be bothered draining or skimming off the fat.
Also bizarre that rump steak at the local PaknSave is usually cheaper than most grades of mince, sausages, burger patties both the better quality store made and the various frozen ones.
Don't buy burgers from a takeaway, they are always bad. Try an independent 'burger' place...there are plenty around if you can use google and check their ratings
You obviously haven't tried the real deal, and buy from the wrong places.
@@Andy_M986 Meh, All burger patties have fillers although I'm a fan of Angel Bay patties brought from a 4 Square as I've lived up far North and the alternative was a 60km round trip to the Supermarkets in Kerikeri.
For F sakes just buy mince and form your own, US ground beef is more finely ground than mince so super thin smash style burgers don't work with mince.
As for burger restaurants they all suck balls including US chains and local like Burgerfuel and Burger Wisconsin.
So unless Gordan Ramsey opens a burger joint like his Las Vegas place my homemade is still next level.
I haven't tried Wahlburgers which is my next mission although I'm more enthusiastic about the alcohol apple thickshake with JD apple that they sell.
Also Popeyes is opening in Takanini and can't wait for a chicken sandwich which are usually sold as a "burger",in NZ ground chicken-burger, fillet is a SANDWICH!
@@user-jm3mo6sb6v Your opinion.
I had an amazing pizza in NYC. Pizza club is good quality IM0
If you are an American living here that follows the carnivore or keto diet, you will be in heaven as all our Beef is grass-fed. All of it.
Make pizza yourself it sucks here
We love homemade pizza in my house:)
Universal Health Care works,
I only want to visit America on a holiday, n the High Chapparal TV Set, and Jeff Williams You Tube where to find Gold.
or i have to live in Nelson?
I regret not learning to Surf like Elvis did, dont make that a UA-cam clip,
Greg in Auckland,
Fejoa is 🤮 guava is better i miss those
i LOVE feijoas
Should have my kids try guava!
I am proud that Bezos’s exploitation hole hasn’t come to New Zealand yet! There was talk about it coming in a few years’ time but I hope it got shelved because our poor have a hard enough time as it is.
How do y’all not like BBQ sauce and pineapple on pizza. How.