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If I Just Had One Day in Hong Kong

If I was in Hong Kong for just one day, I know exactly what I would do. First thing in the morning, I’d take the cable car up the mountain to Victoria Peak to see a view of the city: And get a green tea ice cream: Then I’d head off to Hong Kong Park […]

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Samovar Tea Lounge, San Francisco – 2012

I was in San Francisco last week, and my absolute favourite place to visit while I’m there is Samovar Tea Lounge in the Yerba Buena Gardens.  I stopped in for tea and lunch, and was treated to a quite place away from the hustle and bustle of both the city and of the conference I […]

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India: Periyar, Kerala

As soon as we crossed from Tamil Nadu into the state of Kerala (in South India), I knew we “weren’t in Kansas anymore”.  All of a sudden things were impossibly lush and green.  We had a gorgeous drive seeing all that goes on in Kerala — women do the farming: Women pick the tea leaves: […]

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San Francisco 2011 – Samovar

All summer, I have been looking forward to my trip to San Francisco for two reasons: 1) A long lunch, eating local deliciousness at Chez Panisse (blog post coming soon, but you can read last year’s thoughts in the meantime). 2) Lingering cups of tea at Samovar, along with some of my favourite food on […]

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Samovar

So I have to share another foodie find in San Francisco: Samovar Tea Lounge.  I discovered Samovar through two recommendations: Heidi’s San Francisco List at 101 Cookbooks, and a tweet my favourite local tea shop — David’s Tea.  And I am so glad I did! This was my amazing view for two of my lunches.  […]

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Still eating…

Hi! I just wanted to let you know I’m still alive and well… just in San Francisco for a few days eating lovely things like this: Which I will blog about shortly… promise. I hope you’re all having magnificent foodventures of your own, Lindsay

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San Miguel at Home: Black Bean Quesadillas

I visited my family Sunday night to regale them with stories of Mexico, and show off my photos of San Miguel.  My mum and sister kept saying: “oh, I’ve seen that one on your blog” so some of the surprise was already gone! I thought that Mexican food was in order, and so settled on […]

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