I have been here a while and I have learned to cope with things coming and going. Restaurants, stores, friends and even food. Probably the most common thing to go MIA here is food. Things can be here one day and gone the next month never to be seen again.
So here is a list of the foods I miss that were once available in Taiwan, but are now, sadly, MIA.
(Yes, a lot of it is junk food, but missed nonetheless)
Snickers Ice Cream Bars
Sold in 7-11
MIA since 2008
Kraft Mac and Cheese
Sold in Carrefour
MIA since 2016
Haagen Daz Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
Sold in almost every grocery store
MIA since 2016
Strawberry IMEI Ice Cream Pancake Sandwiches
Sold in IMEI and every grocery store
MIA since 2014
Progresso Bread Crumbs (Italian and Plain)
Sold in Jason’s and City Super
MIA since 2012
Sliced French Bologna
Sold in City Super
MIA since 2014
Sliced Smoked Turkey Breast
Sold in City Super
MIA since 2010
Mountain Dew
Sold at Costco
MIA since 2017
KFC Biscuits
MIA since 2015
KFC Mashed Potatoes
MIA since 2006
McDonald’s Milkshakes
MIA since 2016
Burger King and KFC Curly Fries
MIA since 2008
Chili’s Chocolate Shake
MIA since 2009
Disclaimer: These dates are based on when I personally last sighted these things in Taiwan. They could very well have been here a bit longer.
Feel free to add to the list. Would love to hear what you miss that used to be here and if any of the above has been sighted recently. Who knows when and if any of these things will ever be back, even for just a blip on the radar screen, before vanishing again.