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So I am about to leave on my first RTW trip with my husband in 2 months and one of the things i am most excited about is to eat my way across all of our destinations (I am culinarily inclined...obsessed might be a bit better terminology). However, my comfort food is and always has been cereal. I have been known to eat up to three bowls daily. I have no qualms about what type (except cocoa krispies or any other cereal with chocolate).

What is the deal with cereal around the world? Do other countries have it like we do in the states? I know they have it all over europe and australia/NZ, but I am primarily curious about South America and South East Asia. What experience do you guys have with cereal around the world? is there one in particular anyone would recommend? Should I just give up and look out for a more local comfort food? Thanks!

For us serious cold cereal lovers, the choices diminish rapidly once outside of North America. The rest of the world is enamored with cornflakes and little else (except in continental Europe where they are enamored with Muesli, cornflakes and little else).

It's bleak, but in most of Europe the substitutes will make you forget. Or *should* make you forget. I don't know how addicted you are.

In Asia, jeez ... good luck with that!

We're not hitting up Europe on this jaunt, so I guess I will have to start withdrawl. I guess milk also isnt that easy to come across on a regular basis out there either. Thanks for the input!

im also a total cereal whore. greatest food in the world!

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except in continental Europe where they are enamored with Muesli, cornflakes and little else

I find it depressing that I simply can't get good muesli in Canada.

For the most part, I dislike cereal, but the muesli that I ate in Europe was really good. I've yet to find anything at home that even comes close.

I found Museli in Thailand...especially at some of the nicer GH's. Rest of the time in Asia I completly forgot about it.

I did see in India in some of the supermarkets the Kellogg brands but by then I did not care and it was too bloody expensive. We did however have cornflakes while growing up in India.

One place in India...Auroville I saw Granola/Museli but then 90% of folks lving there are German.

No problem finding a decent selection in Bangkok, Hong Kong, and larger cities in Brazil. Much bigger problem is finding fresh cold milk, not that horrible UHT non-refrigerated crap.

I just scouted out the cold cereal selection at Exito in Medellin. You will find enough choices to delight. Good luck finding fresh (not UHT) milk, however.

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Originally posted by braslvr:
Much bigger problem is finding fresh cold milk, not that horrible UHT non-refrigerated crap.

As braslvr and static have both said finding milk is the hard part. Real, good, cold, fresh milk. I'm a huge milk fiend. I often just drink a big glass of whole milk for breakfast. I know this grosses many people out, because they've told me, but the point is- it can be hard to find milk in many, many places. If you see some grab it and then worry about the cereal.