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   Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 15-Aug-2025 00:43:39 JST Adrianna Tan

   The Indonesian coffee place I like in San Francisco (Kopiku) gives out free Indomie sometimes to customers.

   I wonder what other food item other types of coffee places would give out as a source of national or cultural pride.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 15-Aug-2025 00:45:01 JST Adrianna Tan

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     One time I went to the Singapore embassy in San Francisco and the consul’s assistant gave me ten packets of instant noodles, coffee from home and even her food list in SF Chinatown, to comfort me for having been robbed (by my tinder date, on my first visit to the U.S., as a tourist)

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 15-Aug-2025 00:45:14 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • a libi rose

     @rose_alibi I like that stuff a lot

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     a libi rose (rose_alibi@post.lurk.org)'s status on Friday, 15-Aug-2025 00:45:16 JST a libi rose

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     @skinnylatte swedish ones would just give sweet fermented fish roe paste

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 15-Aug-2025 00:49:57 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Christopher Neugebauer

     @chrisjrn I have not really seen any good Aussie cafes (bluestone is awful) but I think LA has a bunch

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     Christopher Neugebauer (chrisjrn@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 15-Aug-2025 00:49:58 JST Christopher Neugebauer

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     @skinnylatte it shocks me that I haven't seen an Australian-run cafe in this country that even has tim tams on the menu, let alone for free

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 15-Aug-2025 00:57:50 JST Adrianna Tan

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     They (the Singaporeans) also did an Independence Day thing recently where they flew in a bunch of ‘street food’ vendors from home

     Reminding us that food is tasty and amazing is actually a national government policy to remind us to go home some times and maybe move home some day (brain drain protection with tasty noodles)

     Apparently, it works very well

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     Christopher Neugebauer (chrisjrn@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 15-Aug-2025 01:13:16 JST Christopher Neugebauer

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     • Dr. Matt Lee (1800www.com)

     @mattl @skinnylatte I love drinking php errors

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     Dr. Matt Lee (1800www.com) (mattl@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 15-Aug-2025 01:13:17 JST Dr. Matt Lee (1800www.com)

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     • Christopher Neugebauer

     @chrisjrn @skinnylatte next time you’re in Boston: https://www.trycuppacoffee.com/our-menu/

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 15-Aug-2025 02:10:24 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Jean-Baptiste "JBQ" Quéru

     @RobotDiver @jbqueru despite complaints about SF being VHCOL, groceries are actually very cheap if you go to the right places.

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     Robot Diver (robotdiver@starlite.rodeo)'s status on Friday, 15-Aug-2025 02:10:25 JST Robot Diver

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     • Jean-Baptiste "JBQ" Quéru

     @jbqueru @skinnylatte

     I dream. Yesterday my partner bought two chicken breasts for $17 here and I was reminded that that's why we don't eat it very often. Canadian groceries are a dystopian nightmare.

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     Robot Diver (robotdiver@starlite.rodeo)'s status on Friday, 15-Aug-2025 02:10:26 JST Robot Diver

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     • Jean-Baptiste "JBQ" Quéru

     @jbqueru @skinnylatte

     I've been missing French food for nearly 20 years. That and being able to walk into a grocery store and walk out with a feast for the same price as a terrible North American 7-11 sandwich. The food power is real.

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     Jean-Baptiste "JBQ" Quéru (jbqueru@floss.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Aug-2025 02:10:26 JST Jean-Baptiste "JBQ" Quéru

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     • Robot Diver

     @RobotDiver @skinnylatte At least I get to live in a place where groceries and restaurants are cheaper than in France, so there's that.

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     Jean-Baptiste "JBQ" Quéru (jbqueru@floss.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Aug-2025 02:10:28 JST Jean-Baptiste "JBQ" Quéru

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     @skinnylatte I don't know whether France has a policy to fight brain drain, but, I have to say, a few weeks eating French food while on vacation in France makes me miss it as I'm back home in Greece.