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Why my luggage is never stolen, or, London Food Haul 2011

A continuation of the gallery from yesterday, in a way. This is all the stuff that I could carry in my checked-in luggage from that same trip back in 2011. Besides being deterred by my gaudily bright-pink-patterned suitcase set, I'm pretty sure that any would-be thief who peeked inside said suitcases and saw the cumbersome [...]

The one with the dumplings.

The squid ink dumplings! So cool. They stopped making these, it seems :-(

Wow, look what I found lurking in my old to-post folder! The last batch of photos from my London work trip back in spring of 2011. Yeah, the one where it became my mission in life to order steamed dumplings from every place within delivery range that made them. Seriously, I've got the pictures [...]

Random Photos of Foodish Stuff — Savory Edition

Continued from my last set of food diary pictures, a week ago.

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Another quality lunch from our dear Moonlight Cafe. Dependably questionable, that place was. This is supposed a steak pie, if you were wondering. Yes, I ordered it mostly out of curiosity and to see what I would get.

I might be guilty of buying an entire package of fried chicken just so I could have the four drumsticks.

Some lovely blackberry vinegar that Jam brought back from a food festival.

“Crayfish are known by a few different names – crawfish and crawdads are just two. All we know is this small, succulent freshwater crustacean tastes fantastic balanced with fresh peppery rocket and creamy lemon mayo.”

The girls ordered pizza by the meter. It was indeed a large pizza.

During my layover in Sweden, I decided the best way to say “welcome back to the Nordic countries” was with a bit of lax.

Okay, I lied — there’s one sweet thing in this set. Who doesn’t love a good carrot cake? This came from _Street Food_, Top Chef Masters winner Marcus-Samuelsson’s chain, btw. Couldn’t just walk past!

Pheasant and pâté — two great tastes that taste great together!

Also, really pretty presentation.

There was an entire shelf full of different varieties and flavors of hummus. Nom.

This reminds me — really must buy some chickpeas and start making my own blends.

“Scottish Shellfish select only the finest quality mussels, exclusively rope-grown in the clear, pure waters around Scotland’s beautiful coastline and islands. Our grit-free mussels come direct from the grower and are renowned for their succulent flavour…” Everything’s better in Scotland, apparently.

Didn’t have time to go to the farmers’ market and pick up fresh shellfish due to my extended work hours, but these pre-cooked mussels in garlic butter were pretty darn good.

Croissants that were prepared in France, then shipped over and baked in the UK. It’s still trippy sometimes to think about how close together the countries are over here.

Random Photos of Foodish Stuff — Sweet Edition

Is it weird that I like taking random pictures of food? Because I totally do. Partly to share with T but also so I can remember whether nor not I should get something again at a later date. And sometimes just because it’s an item that makes me happy… or sad… or scared.

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