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Pollen Bakery in Ancoats

Pollen Bakery has quickly become one of my favourite places to brunch in, or get a takeaway treat…

25th September 2019

Aubergine Katsu

Breakfast & Brunch / Mixture of cuisines / Places in Manchester

#AD / The Counter House in Ancoats

I find it can be difficult to balance good food with healthy eating sometimes. I do like stodgy…

19th February 2019

Cafe Chaology order

Afternoon Tea & Snacks / Drinks

CHA-ology snacks

Tea based snacks are something that is very popular in Asian countries and I was very excited to…

8th September 2015

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Happy International Tea Day! ☕️ Hope you all c

Happy International Tea Day! ☕️
Hope you all celebrated with a brew or ice tea.

Tea is a must if you are British and yes, even in Northern Ireland we enjoy a cuppa.

Pictured here are tea bags by @sd_bells purchased at @sawersltd in Belfast along with my favourite custard tart EVER from @skinnersbakery in Holywood, just north of East Belfast.

Sawers Deli is a Belfast instituion founded in 1897 and worth visiting for their deli counter, pantry goods and baked goods. 🥪🥗

SD Bells is Ireland's oldest independen coffee and tea supplier with an adjoining cafe which my parents used to take my sisters and I to. 🥰

Other Northern Irish tea brands include @punjanatea and @sukitea If you ever see an Apple Loves Mint (by Suki) tea in a cafe, give it a go! Give them a go next time you see them! ☕️

What are some of your favourite teas or tea places?

#InternationalTeaDay #InternationalTeaDay2022 #NorthernIreland #TeaLover

Creme brulee doughnut from @dig_ins_hut 🍩❤️

Creme brulee doughnut from @dig_ins_hut 🍩❤️! Just one of many treats I had when visiting West Yorkshire over the past week.

This small shop sells a range of savoury and sweet items to go, perfect for taking with you to Robert's Park or walking along the Leeds Liverpool Canal in Saltaire. 🌳⚓

This creme brulee doughnut is a must, in my opinion. It's not too sweet and they torch the top of the doughnut before giving one to you. The filling is very generous! 💛

I can also recommend their Croque Monsieur if sweet things aren't your bag. 🧀

#CremeBrulee #Saltaire #Doughnuts #焦糖布丁 #油炸圈饼 #甜甜圈

Burmese food at @lahpet! #ESEAEats 😋Featuring M

Burmese food at @lahpet! #ESEAEats 😋Featuring Mohinga 🍜 (fish noodle soup) and Lahpet Thoke 🥗 (fermented tea leaf salad), finished with a cassava cake and sorbet

I did not know much about Burma/Myanmar but my first introduction was via its cuisine and @nilasburmesekitchen when she was trading at Levenshulme Market.

I often made a beeline for her pork curry, served with basmati rice, salad, and chilli sauce. 🍛 It felt both familiar and yet different. Comforting on a cold afternoon, Nila served up trays with a smile and friendly conversation. 😄

Fast forward some years and I got to know @rice_over_everything. May might be more famous for her chili oils 🌶, which you can buy online and in local Manchester stores, but you can also catch her at a few kitchen pop-ups and markets. It was May who gave me my first taste of Lahpet Thoke, a salad utilising pickled tea leaves. 🥗 It's a dish that is uniquely Burmese. She's one of the loveliest people I've met. 🥰

And of course, this post would not be complete without tagging in @meemalee. I initially followed Mimi for her discussions on food and witty comments on public media. 🤩 Her social media updates also include all the latest information and plenty of resources on the ongoing military coup in Myanmar. 🇲🇲

The food at Lahpet was amazing and I would recommend everyone try Burmese food wherever you are!

@asianleadershipcollective
#BurmeseFood #Mohinga #Lahpet #LahpetThoke #FemaleBusinesses

ad Good quality ingredients create the best meals.

ad Good quality ingredients create the best meals. Organic food from @organicorealfoods 🌱 allows me to do just that.

Some dishes require few ingredients and that's where the quality of the ingredients really matter. There is little to hide behind so everything has to count. 🍅🫒🍝

Normally I feel breadsticks are a vector for hummus, but these grissini sticks are utterly moreish on their own. ❤️❤️

Organico Realfood not only delivers on good food, they are also Fairtrade accredited. This means that people in their supply chain are paid a Living Wage. 💷

You can check out Organico Realfood from their own website as well as some retailers such as Ocado, Farmdrop and Abel & Cole. 🛒

#OrganicFoods #HummusLover #Grissini #ItalianFoodPorn

Soup! It heals all and Asian broths particularly r

Soup! It heals all and Asian broths particularly remind me of the soups my mum made them I was growing up. This one is a chicken 🍗, carrot 🥕 and tomato 🍅 soup.

Maybe such soups have a placebo affect which means they are particularly soothing when I'm not feeling well. 🤒

I've been quiet in the grid but those of you following my IG Stories will know that I got Covid about a week ago.

I'm feeling a lot better with just some residual mucus cough left. Still infectious after 5 days so I'm working from home until the end of the week, then will retest.

After 2 years, it finally got me.

Hope you are all well!

#ESEAEats @asianleadershipcollective #ChineseSoup #MCRBloggers #ManchesterFoodies

Bently wheels from @batardmcr in @seesawspace are

Bently wheels from @batardmcr in @seesawspace are my new favourite thing! This is their raspberry and passionfruit flavour with a pistachio crumb and cost £3.80. 😋💛

I was never really a fan of Wagon Wheels, nor Tunnocks Tea Cakes but I am obsessed with these. They take the best bits of both, combining a good-sized biscuit with a generous helping of marshmallow filling. 🍪☁️

On top of that, the flavour combinations have been consistently interesting. They change every so often. As well as this one, I've also tried their peanut butter flavour 🥜, which tasted like a Reese peanut butter cup joining the Wagon Wheel party. It was immensely good! 😍

They're not too sweet and the massive mallow centre means it's a lighter bite than it first appears. I can only eat half in one sitting, though, as these are massive. 🤯

My sister also liked their Horlicks Brulee pie. Definitely check them out and let me know which of their foods you've tried!

🤩 Save and share to remind yourself to visit!

#BentleyWheels #WagonWheels #Batard #ManchesterBakery

ad @vitasoy_uk is a childhood brand of many drinks

New on the blog! A new series where I showcase som

New on the blog! A new series where I showcase some Chinese dishes I grew up eating.😋

I've put the main points of the blog in these infographics but more useful information can be found by visiting the blog. 💻

http://www.elsaeats.com/chinese01/
Link also in bio!

Recommended restaurants:
@happyseasons_mcr
@jadecitymcr
@mcrchineserestaurant

Use #ESEAEats and follow @asianleadershipcollective
to follow the community!

#ChineseFoodLover #RoastDuck #CharSiu #SiuYuk #ESEA #ESEAJoy #BritishChinese

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