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I succumed to the temptation of the potato waffle the other day - there is a designated English shop in my street in The Hague. I rarely go in there - maybe for the occasional bottle of HP sauce - but I got home and built a tower of waffle sandwiches. Guilty pleasure.

Funnly enough, the thing I thought I'd miss most, I don't! I used to drink massive amounts of tea in England - you'd be hard pushed to find more of a tea-belly then me. However, I can barely drink English tea with milk now - I find it faintly disgusting. The occasional herbal tea for me is fine.

I always have to pack a selection of tea; earl grey and peppermint. I can't live without my tea!

When I went to China, I have to say I really missed a nice glass of rioja; the wine was terrible and I am not a beer drinker! The food in China was amazing, although by the end of the 3 weeks I was really looking forward to having something english, with a good helping of tomato sauce! :)

Marmite, pickled onions and cheddar cheese......preferably all three together!

Cheddar is definitely something I miss - it is one of the finest culinary creations, I'm sure many of us will agree. I now usually take PG Tips Pyramids with me, having struggled to squeeze some flavour out of the local stuff (usually Lipton)! The main thing I miss, though, is just variety - living in London (or being at home) you can get (or cook) absolutely anything from around the world. I love Thai and Japanese food, for example, but not for every meal. Mmmm, time for a cheddar sandwich...

Henderson's Relish (It's a Sheffield thing - something like Worcestershire Sauce but used more liberally). It's only available in the South Yorkshire / North Derbyshire area and when my son went to university in Birmingham he always used to take supplies with him to keep him going until his next visit home. I don't know what he's going to do when he moves to Australia next month.

Builder's tea first thing in the morning, Branston pickle with extra mature cheddar cheese on Jacob's cream crackers.  But most of all, I miss the smell of things - bacon frying and roast lamb on Sundays.

Marmite and chedder cheese.  What is that stuff the Americans call chedder?  it is like no chedder I have ever met!

Look at all the cheese lovers! And Cheddar cheese too. We're heading west from India next year, and one of the (tiny) reasons for this change-about is the lack of cheese in Asia.
It's funny how you can get used to anything. Indian wine is appalling (despite what you might read on the internet) but you do get used to it. It was only when I came back that I remembered what wine is supposed to taste like. 
Mind you, I'm going to miss the fruit, veg and spices of Kerala. I'll never tire of delicious curry for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

To turn the question on its head - I'm in Croatia at the moment and I'm not even missing tea as it's too hot - but I will miss the fruit - especially the tomatoes when I get home. You can't compare the Mediterranean fruit to the awful bitter stuff that's sold to us at home!

It's almost routine for me to head straight down to my favourite curry house after having a few pints of real ale to help drown the post-trip blues.

However, the exception to this rule has been after both my trips to India; where I craved beans on toast smeared in Henderson's Relish so much I was worried I was pregnant!!  (Impressed to see Henderson's Relish already having had a mention).

For me it's seldom a specific food so much as the variety I'm able to enjoy in London.
In any given fortnight there's a strong likelihood of my eating British, Indian, Chinese, American not to mention Vietnamese, Thai, Russian, and goodness, all manner of random cuisines.
I am used to that variety, spoiled by it and crave it when I'm somewhere that is essentially one dimensional.
Even in Parma or Bologna, where food is truly fantastic, or Lyon or any other culinary capital, where I adore the food and revel in it, I still find myself yearning for a kick of Indian or Thai or something to give me contrast and variety.

I do miss my oolong and other favourite teas... I'll usually take some on longer trips.

The only thing I've ever missed was meals high in carbohydrates. That was when I was in New York to run the marathon. It was protein everywhere and very few carbs till I got to the pasta party.

On the other hand, when I'm at home in the centre of England there's a lot I miss from elsewhere. Scandinavian open table selections and acquavit. Forfar bridies and plain bread and haggis from Scotland. Fresh seafood from lots of places. Filled crepes from little places in Brittany. Geothermally cooked bread from Iceland.

I'm getting hungry now.......