costco’s kirkland brand are good
Local undies don’t fit. 
And they’re not half as much fun, either.
Tamaaallllliiies!!!
AZO Standard
A DECENT DOCTOR
Buttercup, the underwear here are uncomfortable, ugly, and fall apart too fast.
Clothes (especially bras) and shoes. Vitamins and over-the-counter meds, because they’re too expensive in Taiwan. Mouthwash, for the same reason. Deoderant.
styptic pencils
masa for making corn tortillas
corn tortillas
cured chorizo
beef bouillon cubes (they only have chicken, pork and mushroom here AFAIK)
ammonia-based pens that stop mosquito bites from itching
Old Spice items: soap, cologne, anti-perspirant
saffron
clothing that fits
sun-dried tomatoes in olive oil
alka seltzer
inexpensive aspirin and caffeinated aspirin in blister packs
tums tablets in blister packs
cheap vitamins
good quality hooded cotton sweatshirts and similar items that are poly here
Solarcaine
matzo
nonperfumed laundry soap
reactine
simple hair clips
preperation h
tucks pads
frito lay
dfe
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clothes and bras (esp) are so much better in taiwan! and shoes too![/quote]
The clothes are cheap crap (even the expensive ones) and the bras are too small for me. I love figleaves.com
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clothes and bras (esp) are so much better in taiwan! and shoes too![/quote]
The clothes are cheap crap (even the expensive ones) and the bras are too small for me. I love figleaves.com[/quote]
perhaps try shopping at an upmarket department store? plenty of designer stuff that even the italians and french don’t complain to be “cheap crap” - e.g. sogo, mitsukoshi, takashiyama…?
and i’ve seen mega cup sizes here - again, the department stores…if the bras here are too small for u, can u even find the right sizes overseas? u must get your underwear custom made…
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and i’ve seen mega cup sizes here - again, the department stores…if the bras here are too small for u, can u even find the right sizes overseas? u must get your underwear custom made…[/quote]
Yes, but they are expensive and poor quality. This is precision engineering we’re talking about…
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clothes and bras (esp) are so much better in taiwan! and shoes too![/quote]
Yeah, but I am tall (very tall by Taiwanese standards) and fat, with big feet - read ‘normal sized’ back home. The bras here are all padded - which I most definitely don’t need.
The clothes here, even in the department stores, seem cheap and poorly made, even when they are expensive. But I think it depends on 1. your size, and 2. where you are from.
dfed
[ul]A Bill of Rights that applies to all the people of Taiwan.
An end to state sponsored discimination.
A good, safe and clean home for my family.[/ul]
Not been here long enough to miss anything…
Although some hot spicy salty liquorice is always hard to find outside of scandinavia or northern germany, so that’s something I have missed for quite some time.
And decent finish rye bread is impossible to get hold of anywhere outside of finland/sweden…
But now I’m being picky so hey 
Got to say that so far I really love it here, it’s so peaceful compared to london.
Feel free to call me nuts 
Ikea has it. Not the best kind, but it has it. Little fish-shaped salty liquorice bits.
since its fairly inexpensive to set up a trading company in Taiwan. I am surprised that a more enterprising person on forumosa doesnt realize there is a need here in Taiwan and endeavor to fill it. Open up a store in each major city Taipei,Taichung,Tainan,Kaohsiung, Hualien,Taitung for example selling just such “foreign” things at fair prices . IM sure it would be EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL !!
start out with one store maybe and get those items here that foreigners crave and go from there.
[ul]A Bill of Rights that applies to all the people of Taiwan.
An end to state sponsored discimination.
A good, safe and clean home for my family.[/ul][/quote]
I think I can hear a record that needs changing…
[quote]Eric W. Lier wrote:
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What things from your home country do you make a great effort to get for your life in Taiwan? I’m not talking about things that are easily available.
A Bill of Rights that applies to all the people of Taiwan.
An end to state sponsored discimination.
A good, safe and clean home for my family.
I think I can hear a record that needs changing…[/quote]
Listen to the same song long enough and maybe you’ll start humming the tune.
Anis(got it by mail), cardemon(got it by mail), some vegetables(growing myself), bread(making myself) clean air(wont get it)
I’ve got some clean air you can borrow. There’s plenty to go around up here in the mountains.