http://www.elsalee.co.uk Ramblings from a British designer Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:32:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/elsalee/~3/iCc5zNmhLxI/ http://www.elsalee.co.uk/2013/05/mochi-dessert/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 16:35:14 +0000 Elsa Lee http://www.elsalee.co.uk/?p=666 I went into W H Lung recently (see my other article on asian/oriental food places in Manchester) and for curiosity&#8217;s sake, I checked the small freezer located near the fresh<div class="crp_related"><h3>Related Posts:</h3><ul><li><a href="http://www.elsalee.co.uk/2013/02/meltykiss-in-manchester/" class="crp_title">Meltykiss in Manchester</a></li><li><a href="http://www.elsalee.co.uk/2013/02/the-colour-orange/" class="crp_title">The colour orange</a></li><li><a href="http://www.elsalee.co.uk/2013/02/carrots-used-to-be-purple/" class="crp_title">Carrots used to be purple</a></li><li><a href="http://www.elsalee.co.uk/2013/01/hello-kitty-makeup/" class="crp_title">Hello Kitty makeup</a></li><li><a href="http://www.elsalee.co.uk/2012/01/having-not-done-a-drawing-for-aggesss-i-signed-up/" class="crp_title">Happy Holidays</a></li></ul></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/elsalee/~4/iCc5zNmhLxI" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.elsalee.co.uk/2013/05/mochi-dessert/feed/ 2 http://www.elsalee.co.uk/2013/05/mochi-dessert/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/elsalee/~3/fMyKDt-XhuA/ http://www.elsalee.co.uk/2013/04/manchesters-asianoriental-food-places/#comments Sat, 20 Apr 2013 12:47:22 +0000 Elsa Lee http://www.elsalee.co.uk/?p=529 I&#8217;ve moved from Belfast, Northern Ireland to Manchester originally for study, but since then I&#8217;ve found work and continued to stay here. 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