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Fashion · May 22, 2017

Sisters Lunch Date ~ Bonding over Food

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Sisters Lunch Date

Yesterday my sister and I had a lunch date in London all thanks to Mango Tree Restaurant who invited us. We had such a wonderful time testing the menu and just spending quality time with each other. Those who know us know we bicker quite a bit but all in humor and mischief but  full of love. Due to our busy social calendars we rarely spend time together but this opportunity made it possible for us.

Regular readers know I travel quite a bit, practically every other weekend I am abroad. Unfortunately my sister never accompany’s me because we need to do her always need a visa and her work schedule. There is only a few places me and her go and one of them is London. Last time we had a lovely time cruising the Thames thanks to 365 tickets and spent some quality time together.

Lunch date

As I mentioned my sister and I love to bicker about silly things but we never argue. This time we didn’t even have the bickering, I went over to hers since her house is next to the bus stop for London. We ordered in some Chinese, watched a couple of movies and had an early night. Early morning we were up, showered and dressed heading to London. Thank goodness we left early because the traffic was mad we arrived exactly at 13.00 in time for our lunch at Mango Tree.

A post shared by Anosa•Travel•Fashion• (@ajulydreamer) on May 21, 2017 at 5:47am PDT

We both mentioned how much we enjoyed the atmosphere at Mango Tree and the food was out of this world. Neither of us have had Thai food before so we weren’t sure what to expect. I know Dim Sum but my sister didn’t, I took pleasure in explaining {googling} what it was. We had such a lovely lunch date and now can not wait to have more such days.

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  1. christopher mitchell says

    May 25, 2017 at 4:24 pm

    Hey is there anything better than food with siblings you actually love to spend time with!? I think not!

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  2. Fi Ni Neachtain says

    May 25, 2017 at 8:17 am

    You two are so stylish! I’m glad you both had a lovely lunch date. I’ve never tried Thai food ever, I really must give it a go 🙂

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  3. Nicole Wi says

    May 24, 2017 at 7:17 pm

    Quality time with family is the best! I enjoy it so much everytime! Looks like you guys had lots of fun 🙂

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  4. Jayne says

    May 24, 2017 at 10:47 am

    How nice to spend some quality time with your sis! I read about your visit to Mango Tree, it looked amazing! Fab pics by the way 🙂 x

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  5. WEMAKE7 says

    May 24, 2017 at 2:35 am

    That sounds like so much fun with your sister and some great food. I would love to hang out with my sister too.

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  6. rika agustini says

    May 24, 2017 at 2:06 am

    Sister dates sound fun. I miss my sister so much, i haven’t seen her in 6 years.

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  7. Anamika Ojha says

    May 23, 2017 at 7:11 pm

    Sister dates are so much fun! Glad that you both got some good time to spent together! The food look delicious too!

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  8. Shannon Graham says

    May 23, 2017 at 5:06 pm

    My sisters and I love bonding over food. Especially because we’re Southern and that’s a huge part of our culture.

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    • Anosa says

      May 23, 2017 at 5:35 pm

      Awww that’s really nice, my sister and I do love out food for sure

  9. Danik Bates says

    May 23, 2017 at 9:47 am

    Food is always a good way to bond with people especially family members. The feeling afterwards is always great 🙂

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    • Anosa says

      May 23, 2017 at 2:53 pm

      It sure it greats thanks

  10. Ayushi Arora says

    May 23, 2017 at 9:17 am

    It always good to check on your siblings and loved ones, time to time even after a hectic schedule. That is great. Gave me little goosebumps about such a sweet time and some perfect food to eat. Awe struck.

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    • Anosa says

      May 23, 2017 at 2:53 pm

      Awww thanks Ayushi I was very happy to go on this lunch date

  11. Keely Gallagher says

    May 23, 2017 at 7:06 am

    It looks like a great sister date! And dim sum… lovelovelove!!

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    • Anosa says

      May 23, 2017 at 2:52 pm

      It was great and thanks

  12. Natalia Molinero Mingorance says

    May 23, 2017 at 6:32 am

    really nice food! I’m sure it was a lovely time with your sister, I love that sort of plan! x

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    • Anosa says

      May 23, 2017 at 2:52 pm

      We surely did Natalia and we had such a wonderful time

  13. David Elliott says

    May 23, 2017 at 6:22 am

    The food looks great. That’s so cool that you have a lunch date with your sister. I really need to do something like that with my brother more often.

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    • Anosa says

      May 23, 2017 at 2:51 pm

      You should when you can, I try and spend time with my siblings but it’s so hard with our busy schedules

  14. T-Nicole Johnson says

    May 23, 2017 at 4:55 am

    This looks like the perfect lunch date. I have to schedue one for my sisitr and I. Thanks for sharing!

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    • Anosa says

      May 23, 2017 at 2:50 pm

      You’re welcome and thanks so much

  15. Alison Rost says

    May 23, 2017 at 2:45 am

    It’s great to have a sister lunch date. I know how special life can be when spent with loved ones.

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    • Anosa says

      May 23, 2017 at 2:50 pm

      It’s just the best thing ever

  16. Claudia Krusch says

    May 23, 2017 at 1:41 am

    Mango Tree looks like a great place to go on a lunch date. Sounds like you had a great lunch and a ton of fun.

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    • Anosa says

      May 23, 2017 at 2:49 pm

      It was tons of fun for sure

  17. Chantal Bernard says

    May 23, 2017 at 12:57 am

    Love it! I love days with my sister so I can only imagine how much fun the 2 of you had!

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    • Anosa says

      May 23, 2017 at 2:49 pm

      Sister’s are just the best aint they!

  18. Lynzy says

    May 23, 2017 at 12:37 am

    You both are so gorgeous. So happy you guys had a wonderful lunch date.

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    • Anosa says

      May 23, 2017 at 2:49 pm

      Thank you so much

  19. Jenn @ EngineerMommy says

    May 22, 2017 at 11:56 pm

    It’s so important to connect with loved ones on a regular basis. This lunch date sounds like it was so much fun.

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    • Anosa says

      May 23, 2017 at 2:49 pm

      So true and thanks, we had so much fun

  20. Sarah Bailey says

    May 22, 2017 at 6:55 pm

    Aww this is lovely it sounds like you had an amazing time your lunch date together and what gorgeous ladies you are.

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    • Anosa says

      May 23, 2017 at 2:48 pm

      We did have such an amazing time thank you

  21. Chelf Chelfdom says

    May 22, 2017 at 6:13 pm

    You are both gorgeous! It runs in the family! Quality time with the loved ones is so important! I need to make some more effort in that area!

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    • Anosa says

      May 23, 2017 at 2:48 pm

      Aww thanks so much luv! We had the best quality big time

  22. Ana De Jesus says

    May 22, 2017 at 6:06 pm

    So glad that you got to have a wonderful lunch date and it is great that you got to spend some much needed time together x

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    • Anosa says

      May 23, 2017 at 2:48 pm

      Thank you Ana it was so much fun

  23. Mellissa Williams says

    May 22, 2017 at 4:22 pm

    That food looks amazing. It must be so nice to have a sister and meet up for lunch dates.

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    • Anosa says

      May 23, 2017 at 2:47 pm

      It’s very nice to have a sister and though we rarely go on dates we are close

  24. Shopgirl Anonymous says

    May 22, 2017 at 2:55 pm

    Oh wow! I LOVE thai food very much!! I burn my husband out on it all the time. The food looks amazing, what all did you have the opportunity of sampling? What do you recommend?

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    • Anosa says

      May 23, 2017 at 2:47 pm

      I recommend the fried Platter but I feel my sister would recommend the braised beef ribs

  25. Olivia Aragon says

    May 22, 2017 at 2:07 pm

    I had a similar day with my bff who is like a sister! There’s nothing more fun than getting together with the one you love to catch up and enjoy each others company :)) love your outfit too!

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    • Anosa says

      May 23, 2017 at 2:46 pm

      Thank you and yes it’s always awesome to meet up with the ones we love

  26. Candy Kage says

    May 22, 2017 at 1:21 pm

    How wonderful you were able to spend the day with your sister catching up. We are headed to London so will have to checkout the Mango tree. Looks like they have some delicious food.

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    • Anosa says

      May 23, 2017 at 2:46 pm

      You should definitely check them out and yes we had so much fun

  27. Amber says

    May 22, 2017 at 1:21 pm

    The food looks tasty! I always love meeting up with people for lunch dates. I love to eat.

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    • Anosa says

      May 23, 2017 at 2:45 pm

      I love to eat too but I have an expensive sister so we rarely meet up for lunch

  28. Maro Akamatra says

    May 22, 2017 at 12:59 pm

    I miss having time to spend with my sister! We are the best of friends like you guys!

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    • Anosa says

      May 23, 2017 at 2:44 pm

      Awww how lovely

  29. Jhilmil Bhansali says

    May 22, 2017 at 12:22 pm

    Wow, it really feels so good to be with sisters! Both of you seems to have had a great time!

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    • Anosa says

      May 23, 2017 at 2:43 pm

      Thank you and yes it truly feels good to be together

  30. Jaime Nicole says

    May 22, 2017 at 11:29 am

    Sounds like you guys had a great time and you look so stylish. I wish I had siblings to bond with like this!

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    • Anosa says

      May 23, 2017 at 2:43 pm

      Aww thanks so much Jaime

  31. Robin Rue says

    May 22, 2017 at 10:31 am

    Sounds like you ladies had a great time. I love catching up on gossip with my sister over lunch.

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    • Anosa says

      May 23, 2017 at 2:43 pm

      We did and we caught up on enough gossip lol

  32. Alli Smith says

    May 22, 2017 at 10:11 am

    Love both of your outfits and it looks like you had a wonderful time! My sister and I live so far away from each other and we only get to see each other a few times a year. I miss her so much and am looking forward to getting together with her at my dad’s house in June.

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    • Anosa says

      May 23, 2017 at 2:42 pm

      Aww bless you and I bet you guys can’t wait to see each other in June. We had so much and excited to get back to London for some more fun

  33. Our Family World says

    May 22, 2017 at 10:07 am

    I haven’t been on a lunch date with my sisters. I guess because we all have very diverse careers that it seems our schedules could not allow us to meet up and do some bonding over food. Maybe sometime we could do this. I am happy you did!

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    • Anosa says

      May 23, 2017 at 2:41 pm

      That’s the same with my sister but we are lucky our schedules lined up

  34. Jenny says

    May 22, 2017 at 9:43 am

    I love Thai food, will have to look out for Mango Tree.

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    • Anosa says

      May 23, 2017 at 2:41 pm

      You should Mango Tree is great

  35. Olujorby Chemqueen says

    May 22, 2017 at 8:32 am

    I can see both of you had fun. You and your sister looks stunning.

    Reply
    • Anosa says

      May 23, 2017 at 2:41 pm

      Thank you Olu, we did

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