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80% of this thread summed up:
To keep stuff cold, get a Polar Bear.
To keep stuff hot, get a Hotlogic.



1. Some of our POM meals in HI were fantastic. And some that were great in the past were inedible. And some of are meals were wrong.
2. 48 pack cooler should fit 20-24 POM size meals. If they're frozen for a few days they'll stay frozen in the cooler for days with no ice needed.
3. Fill the Polar Bear with hot water in a tub and let it sit for a few minutes to expand it so it can fit more meals.

Food/ cooking utensils which are easy to bring while traveling
Beef Jerky/Dried Salami (Easy to make a sandwich. Can add mayo packet)
Wraps, good to use as bread, stays a long time.
Foreman.
Sandwich maker. Bring bread and cheese.
Ramen noodle soups, try with cold water, it isn't bad.
Or ask a coffee shop for free hot water.
Oatmeal Packets (just add hot water and it’s a filling meal)
Tuna Packets
Buy eggs and hard boil inside hot water thing

Foods which are easily found in obscure places in the USA
Bread: Thomas bagels, Sara lee bagels.
Lox, can be found in most groceries.
Sabra humus products.
tuna fish, sardines, etc.
peanut butter, jelly.
cereals. milk, if you drink cholov stam.
Fresh and frozen fish. Try cooking salmon on a foreman with a bit of spices. (Tip the Foreman back a little to keep the juice in for better taste.)

Foods which are easily found all over the world
Fresh fish.
Perhaps american canned tuna.
Fresh fruits and vegetables (in IL there is a problem of terumes and meisres)

Seasons Kosher Meals
Seasons supermarket now advertises that they offer travel meals, similar to Pomegranate

Pomegranate M2G
https://www.thepompeopleonline.com/categories/97309/products

From Dan's Banfff TR
http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/33245
Something Fishy - http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=46759.msg968426#msg968426
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Boneless spare ribs with wild mushroom rice and popcorn cauliflower.  The ribs were moist and delicious, I’d order them anytime in a restaurant.  The popcorn cauliflower was fantastic as well.

Sesame chicken, Chicken Tortellini with pesto sauce, and Balsamic Baby Portabella Mushrooms.  The Sesame chicken was good though it could have used more sauce.  The mushrooms were great and the chicken tortellini was very good as well.

Eggplant Rollatini.  This stuff is unbelievable.  Eggplant loaded with ricotta, tomato sauce, and cheese. It’s probably the best eggplant dish I’ve had in my life.  An absolute must try.

Eggplant Parmesan was the absolute best Eggplent Parmesan I’ve had in my life as well. It’s such a pleasure to eat so well while traveling.

Penne a la Vodka was good, though overshadowed by our massive portions of out of this world Eggplant dishes.

Honey Mustard Corned Beef.  This was a truly awesome mouth-watering dish.  Thick juicy slices of tangy corned beef, it’s a real treat.

Glazed dark meat chicken stuffed with pastrami was awesome.  The couscous and green beans were good as well.

I wasn’t such a fan of the Sino steak as it was a bit tough.

Fettuccine Alfredo was creamy and fantastic.

Baked Ziti was delicious as well.

Lasagna was good, but not quite up to par as some of the other dairy meals.

Absolutely perfect Chicken Marsala though I wasn’t such a fan of the Shlishkes. The grilled Portabella Mushrooms were very good.

Hot pastrami was very good, but just can’t compete with the honey mustard corned beef.  The Garlic mashed potatoes were phenomenal!

Ancho Marinated Hanger Steak had a fantastic flavor though it got a bit dried out unfortunately.  The grilled vegetables were very good.

The Mac and Cheese was very good, though obviously not as good as when the hotel heats it up for you.

Spicy Southern Fried Chicken Nuggets are outstanding.  The seasonings are just amazing.  The only thing I’d like with it is a dipping sauce so it was perfect that we also had the meatballs below!

Meatballs were very good in a tasty sauce.

Mini stuffed cabbage were excellent as were the roasted potatoes and garlic string beans.

But this was what really blew me away.  The Delmonico steak in a red wine reduction was far superior to the steak that you’ll receive in your local steakhouse.  And when a store figures out how to make a frozen steak that is reheated taste better than what most steakhouses serve I’m left completely speechless.  Plus it’s packed with 2 of my favorite sides-the garlic mashed potatoes and popcorn cauliflower.

From various DDFrs -
 Honey mustard corned beef and the spare ribs were delicious.
The garlic green beans were a great side dish.
The cheese blintzes were fantastic
Sesame chicken, Chicken Tortellini

From SF Maui TR http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=46759.msg968426#msg968426
Every single dish, whether a fancy rib steak or simple tzimmes, was absolutely delectable. The General Tso's was saucy, spicy, and delicious

@Yehuda - August 2015:
Great - BBQ chicken nuggets, Baked breaded chicken cutlet, Buffalo chicken wings, Cheese blintzes, Penne ala vodka, Popcorn cauliflower, Roasted potatoes were great.
Okay - Ribs too fatty for me, Fire Poppers Chicken Nuggets too spicy for me, Garlic broccoli, Mashed potatoes
Bad - Roasted asparagus (was white asparagus)

http://yeahthatskosher.com/2014/01/kosher-travel-meals-a-complete-guide-of-options/


https://www.koshwhere.com/en/
Here's how it works:
Use the search bar and fill your destination address (hotel/airport/home/office,etc) , date range and how many guests will eat. View the caterer's kosher certification, select your favorite kosher meals from the caterer's menu for the days you need, choose your delivery preference and make an order
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #740 on: April 08, 2015, 10:49:42 AM »
Just saying what I did with the toaster oven I had in HI.
Made milk and meat meals that way and didn't have to toivel.
On the topic, do you have to "hide" a toaster oven during the day so housekeeping doesn't see it and report the "hazard"? Or do they not care?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #741 on: April 08, 2015, 11:06:30 AM »
Didn't hide it at GHK or Andaz, no issue.

The HR OGG is known for being sticklers.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #742 on: April 08, 2015, 11:16:58 AM »
Didn't hide it at GHK or Andaz, no issue.

The HR OGG is known for being sticklers.
Andaz Maui, called my room, and told us we need to stop cooking. BH it was our last day there.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #743 on: April 08, 2015, 11:19:24 AM »
Interesting.
I'd have asked them to heat my meals for free if they told me that.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #744 on: April 08, 2015, 11:34:33 AM »
Why should double wrapping make a difference for tevilas keilim?
Feelings don't care about your facts

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #745 on: April 08, 2015, 11:42:23 AM »
Well for starters, you only make a bracha on the tevila of an oven rack if food will directly touch the rack.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #746 on: April 08, 2015, 11:51:14 AM »
Didn't hide it at GHK or Andaz, no issue.

The HR OGG is known for being sticklers.
Thanks
Andaz Maui, called my room, and told us we need to stop cooking. BH it was our last day there.
Hmmm :-\

Maybe I'll move it into an empty suitcase or something when we leave for the day.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #747 on: April 08, 2015, 02:27:11 PM »

Maybe I'll move it into an empty suitcase or something when we leave for the day.
That's what I usually do.
Someone was just making me all nervous now about smore detectors in the room picking it up.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #748 on: April 26, 2015, 01:58:50 AM »
That's what I usually do.
Someone was just making me all nervous now about smore detectors in the room picking it up.
Bring along a plastic bowl they fit very nicely over smoke detectors

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #749 on: April 27, 2015, 01:17:52 AM »
Seriously?
You can't think of anywhere?
First thing the comes to my mind is Machu Picchu,  Peru.
I am sure Chabad in Cuzco has a Mikvah. Really nice family btw.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #750 on: May 31, 2015, 02:21:08 AM »
Does anyone know,  is chalav Stam ok to drink in Mexico? For example if getting coffee in Starbucks

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #751 on: May 31, 2015, 02:49:27 AM »
Does anyone know,  is chalav Stam ok to drink in Mexico? For example if getting coffee in Starbucks
Ask your LOR

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #752 on: May 31, 2015, 08:11:06 AM »
Ask your LOR
Is it not a straight answer?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #753 on: May 31, 2015, 09:39:08 AM »
Considering how corrupt every public official is in that country using the CS heter there would be a complete joke.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #754 on: May 31, 2015, 11:28:05 AM »
Does anyone know,  is chalav Stam ok to drink in Mexico? For example if getting coffee in Starbucks

No, its not

But 2 of the bigger brands there have a hechsher

Don't remember which ones though

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #755 on: May 31, 2015, 12:03:24 PM »
No, its not

But 2 of the bigger brands there have a hechsher

Don't remember which ones though
So theoretically,  I could ask to see the milk container and see which brand

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What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #756 on: May 31, 2015, 02:52:45 PM »
Ill be traveling in August to NRT, SIN, BKK, PEK, HKG. Do any of those places have issues with people bringing in food from the U.S.?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #757 on: May 31, 2015, 05:27:00 PM »
Ill be traveling in August to NRT, SIN, BKK, PEK, HKG. Do any of those places have issues with people bringing in food from the U.S.?
no

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #758 on: June 03, 2015, 03:01:32 AM »
Does anyone have any experience ordering travel meals from Noah's ark in teaneck? Have had their food before & heard their travel steaks are phenominal. Supposedly they have this flash freeze process where they take it straight off the grill & freeze it trapping the juices inside so that it stays soft..

http://www.noahsark.net/menus/NA_Frozen_Food_Menu_2015.pdf

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #759 on: June 03, 2015, 03:06:22 AM »
Does anyone have any experience ordering travel meals from Noah's ark in teaneck? Have had their food before & heard their travel steaks are phenominal. Supposedly they have this flash freeze process where they take it straight off the grill & freeze it trapping the juices inside so that it stays soft..

http://www.noahsark.net/menus/NA_Frozen_Food_Menu_2015.pdf
You're not a part owner of Noah's Ark by any chance, are you?  (It sounds yummy!)