{"id":452,"date":"2021-04-15T12:46:58","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T12:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/?p=452"},"modified":"2021-04-15T12:46:58","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T12:46:58","slug":"a-taste-of-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/a-taste-of-home\/","title":{"rendered":"A taste of home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-453 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Nik-Aisyah-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>By\u00a0Nik Aisyah Safiah, MSc\u00a0Management (International Business)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">As an international student, coming to a university in the UK has a lot of differences! You have left behind your home country to a new place, new culture, new experience and new friends. How nerve-wracking but extremely exciting at the same time? Once you have settled in your accommodation, your mind starts to wonder about food, but not just any food. It\u2019s food that brings you back home. If you are a Malaysian, you\u2019ll start to hallucinate about that delicious laksa noodles your dad always buy for you after every Friday prayer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">Is food-homesickness really a thing? As a Muslim Asian student living in Sheffield, I say, fret not! You live in one of the most ethnically diverse cities with a lot of Asian restaurants that sells Japanese, Chinese, Malaysian, Indian, Vietnamese, and Arabic cuisine. Alternatively, with easy access to halal meat and oriental stores in Sheffield, you could also make your own favourite dish from scratch! In this blog, I will share some of my go-to stores in Sheffield that has helped me make my everyday meals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">Ozmen Ltd (supermarket), Yafai and Sons, Al-Amir Halal Food<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">Located near the city campus, you can easily get halal meat from these stores, which sells chicken, beef and lamb meat. Not only that, but these stores also offer you all the Asian ingredients, spices that could help you<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-454 size-medium alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ozmens-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ozmens-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ozmens-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ozmens-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ozmens-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/> make a replica of your favourite dish back home! From soy sauce, chilli spices, galangal, Asian fruits, bamboo shoots, instant noodle, shrimp paste, south-east Asian instant spices, Middle Eastern instant spices. You name it! With a simple Google search of the recipe and the ingredients you can find in these stores, you will get to eat your favourite dish in no time!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">Moor Market\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">The Moor Market is definitely the go-to place if you are looking for fresh groceries. Here, you can find a few merchants who offer fresh and imported Asian ingredients. Believe it or not, you can also get halal chicken from one of the butchers, Smith &amp; Tissington. Top tips, you might get a reduction in price if you buy the chicken in bulk!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">Tesco Express (Edward Street) &amp; Tesco Superstore (50 Montgomery Terrace)\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">These Tesco stores have designated halal meat section in their chiller that sells a variety of halal meat options, including raw chicken and processed meat such as nuggets, sausages, burgers and many more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">Oriental supermarket\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">KH Oriental and Oriental West Street\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">If you are looking for Asian ingredients, snacks, sauces, instant noodles, fish cakes, seaweed, specific noodles or sushi rice, then this is the place for you! One of my personal favourite snacks that I love is mochi, seaweed and pepero sticks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">So, there you go! All the stores you need as a Muslim Asian to bring some flavours of home while living in Sheffield! With that being said, here are some pictures of my favourite Malaysian dish that my housemates and I have made a few days ago!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-456 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Nik-2-300x226.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Nik-2-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Nik-2-768x578.png 768w, https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Nik-2.png 933w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-455 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Nik-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Nik-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Nik-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Nik-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Nik-1-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Nik-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0Nik Aisyah Safiah, MSc\u00a0Management (International Business) As an international student, coming to a university in the UK has a lot of differences! You have left behind your home country to a new place, new culture, new experience and new friends. How nerve-wracking but extremely exciting at the same time? 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