Lunch today was a bit of a hotchpotch of major cross-cultural proportions. Started with a conchiglie, Hunan ham (shailan), cranberry bean, carrot, leek, celery, garlic soup with a chicken stock base.
Then a couple of Chilean avocados with a lime vinaigrette, sea salt from Beihai near the border of China with Vietnam, and mixed pepper (black, white, red and green).