Monday, March 31, 2014

Blue Monday - Feeding on Flowers!

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Johnny and I discovered a delightful restaurant. Lunch On Limoges is located in Dade City, Florida, and is well worth the forty-five minutes drive from our house. The tables are covered with teal blue tablecloths, and the place is filled with fascinating things to admire and/or purchase.



Their menu is on a chalkboard, and someone will hand carry it to your table. As soon as we were seated, freshly baked mini muffins were placed on our table, in a little basket, along with strawberry butter. Yum! That set the stage for a lovely meal, and we were not disappointed.



Everything is made with pride from fresh ingredients. Johnny had the pecan chicken. It came with green beans and potatoes. He said that everything was delicious. I chose the chicken salad, which is served with a large helping of fresh fruit. Both plates came with edible flowers to eat. We enjoyed our lunch and plan to return.

Johnny took the picture of our plates in the photo below. He was supposed to get me in the shot. (ah well)

We both felt adventurous and ate our nasturtium blooms.



I found this bit of information on the internet. "One of the most popular edible flowers, nasturtium blossoms are brilliantly colored with a sweet, floral flavor bursting with a spicy pepper finish." Click here for a listing of edible flowers.


Have you ever eaten a flower?


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44 comments:

Magical Mystical Teacher said...

I would be in heaven if I could sit down to eat at a table decked with a blue cloth!

Annesphamily said...

Sally, you are such a fun lady! I want to come visit you and have lunch here too. You share the best blues. I admire you because you treat each person who participates so kindly by visiting each post. There are a new posts that I was unable to leave comments on. I try to get around during the week. But I enjoyed your post today. Wonderful. Hugs, Anne

Chubby Chieque said...

That's an educational tutorial.

Eating on the tablecloth is so fresh too.

Guess, great mind have things in common, :-)

Happy Blue Monday.
/CC girl

Jim said...

Yummo!

Lina Gustina said...

That's an enjoyable lunch indeed. I'd like to try nasturtium. Do you like the taste?

http://www.1sthappyfamily.com/2014/03/long-weekend.html

Hazel said...

What a lovely restaurant! Your choice was yummy and healthy. Oh, I love pecans! I think their menu on a chalkboard is really charming. And thanks Sally for including that description of nasturtium blossoms. Beautiful words are always great for a Monday, or any day really.

SwedishCorner ~ DownUnder...Pernilla said...

Happy Blue Monday, Sally ...and Happy Last Day of March :) What a lovely restaurant! Autumn greetings from Australia♥ ~Pernilla

Sarah said...

I'd have the chicken salad too. Looks like a lovely spot to dine. Thanks for hosting.
Not sure if my thumbnail loaded. It didn't want to work for me and I tried numerous times.

Unknown said...

love that, i`d like to have lunch there.

Sarah said...

Mr. Linky is not working for me. It doesn't recognize my link.

Sarah said...

Sally, looks like the second one took my general blog address, so if you can delete the first one please do. The first one doesn't link to the post. Not sure what happened. I kept getting an error message.

Anonymous said...

Oh these dishes make my mouth water! Good I'm living far - don't know if I could resist this temptation:) Have a happy Monday:)

Alexa T said...

Such enjoyable lunch...in blue shades! It must to be so fun... Have a Happy Blue Monday and a great week!

Dies und Das said...

Einen schön-blauen Montag wünscht,
Luis

Jutta.K. said...

Mister Linky will meinen Beitrag nicht !
Hier ist er:

http://fotoswortlos.blogspot.de/2014/03/blaue-berge-in-der-ferne.html

Mit lieben Grüßen aus Deutschland
Jutta
P.S.
Blumen habe ich noch nicht gegessen , aber warum nicht ?! :-)

Anni said...

I would love to try the strawberry butter! It can't be too difficult to D I Y.
And yes, I've eaten a flower or two in my days.
Happy Blue Monday, Sally!

Anonymous said...

You're making me hungry! Sounds a lovely place, with some nice extra touches. Happy Blue Monday, Sally.

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Melbourne Australia Photos said...

Sounds like a delicious meal, Sally. We grow nasturtiums in our garden and often use the flowers and buds in salads.

My Desktop Daily said...

Thanks for hosting!

Minoru Saito said...

Hi,Sally. Nice restraunt! Thedishes looklike very delicious. Thanks for sharing. Wishing you a wonderful week ahead.

photodoug said...

Sally, looks to be a great place for a leisurely lunch. Thanks for sharing. by the way, we often add nasturtiums to our salads in the summer.

LV said...

What a great way and place for you and Johnny to spend the day. Everything sounds so good. Never have eaten a flower tho.

Sarah ~ Magnolias Attic said...

Nope, never eaten a flower! But I'd love to give it a try! That sounds like a lovely restaurant and well worth the drive!

FABBY'S LIVING said...

Whatever it is the flowers you ate lovely lady, but it looks great! Looks like you had a fun time. I love all the blues here too! Thank you for hosting this great BLUE party. Have a terrific week.
FABBY

Leovi said...

An exquisite menu, enjoy!

JLS Hall said...

I've eaten roses and violets, but never tried nasturtiums - they sound delicious. Happy Blue Monday, Sally! Hope you have a great week.

Gillena Cox said...

Dear Sally thanks for dropping in on me at Lunch Break; i enjoyed very much, your post here this week especially the link to the list of edible flowers

much love...

Denise @ secondtimearoundfinds said...

It sounds like you had a lovely lunch.
Thanks for the party.
Have a wonderful week.
Denise

joyh82 said...

Food looks and sounds delicious and interesting about the edible flowers. I would love to have a place like that around here. Have a great week Sally!

Ann said...

The menu sounds so tasty and the strawberry butter-yum. I love to try new places, a few weeks ago you showed crab in the refrigerator section and I bought some--it was so good.
ann

My name is Riet said...

Oh wow Sally that looks great and so lovely informal with the chalkbord menue. And of course all that blue is worth the trip also.:))
Happy Blue Monday

Ileana said...

Yummy! I am hungry ,now! :)
Happy Blue Monday!

Anonymous said...

mini muffins anytime; Happy Monday :)

Pat @ Mille Fiori Favoriti said...

What a beautiful restaurant, Sally! I've only eaten candied violets.

Anonymous said...

Hi Sally! Oh this sounds like a lovely event and so pretty! Your food looks great too. Um, I believe Johnny got some of your voluptuousness!! :)
OH, I've just realized I have some BLUE! I'm going back to my blog and link up. I probably won't get it right again, so feel free to help me! I'm such a boo boo.
Be a sweetie,
Shelia :)

Anonymous said...

Sally, I'm just back to say I'm not a boo boo anymore. I got the linky right!
Continue being a sweetie,
Shelia :)

Anonymous said...

Hi Sally, yes, I've eaten nasturtium many times! We always grew them in the garden and had the flowers in salads :-)

Deborah Kay at The Paint Splash said...

love that teal blue! I think that meal look wonderful...I think I should go cook dinner now, lol. Blessing Sally, thank you for hosting.

Anonymous said...

Hi Sally, Thank you for commenting already on my Blue Monday post. Your blue photo looks delicious! Yes, I have eaten a flower, and grow some edible flowers in my salad garden. (As a self-hosted WordPress blogger my favicon won't connect: artfulhomesteader.com)

Anonymous said...

Looks so inviting :-)

Anonymous said...

hi, is this already closed ? Here is mine:http://sillarit.wordpress.com/2014/04/01/blue-monday-3/

bj said...

Sally, thanks for coming by..I wanted to link with u foe blue Monday but computer is dead... I am sing son's ipad and I don't know my way around with it yet.

Anonymous said...

That does look like a lovely place to dine!