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The Hare Krishnas Cure My Allergies

Osgood Fielding III (played by Joe E. Brown) in "Some Like It Hot"

Zowie! as Osgood says in Some Like It Hot.

Just got back from Govinda’s vegetarian restaurant, in Miraflores, where after lunch El Fotografo and I had some hot ginger tea.

It was real ginger, chunks of it, ground up with honey and lemon, emulsified in a cup of hot water.

The menu calls it a tisane. They need to correct that to a spice exorcism.

Holy Mother of Purging, I’m allergy/demon-free — for now.

DATO

Tisane kion (ginger tea):  2.50 soles

Govinda Vegetarian Restauant
Av. Shell 634, Miraflores
445-8487
http://www.restaurantevegetarianogovinda.com/
 

I am an American writer who lived in Lima for seven years (2007-2014), where I covered Andean traditions, melting glaciers and daily life in the capital for Miami Herald, MSNBC and Huffington Post. I now live and work in northern Florida where I champion climate change advocacy and compassionate, affordable eldercare.

3 Comments

  • Rachel

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