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AWESOME THING WE ATE #881: Warming Leek And Lemon Soup At The New Finch’s

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You know those soups that you sometimes chance upon on especially rainy and shitty Vancouver days, the ones that restore your affections for the wet and cold like angels singing Holst on vinyl next to a fire with two fingers of Talisker in one hand and something good smoking in the other? This was one of them: hot and silkily textured leek puree with lemon, olive oil, rosemary, thyme, and a whack of black pepper on vintage china.

Soup of the Day | Finch’s Market |  501 East Georgia at Jackson in Strathcona | Take a look

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