{"id":3376,"date":"2010-09-16T13:03:21","date_gmt":"2010-09-16T20:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shescookin.com\/?p=3376"},"modified":"2010-09-24T04:46:44","modified_gmt":"2010-09-24T11:46:44","slug":"this-weeks-obsession-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shescookin.com\/this-weeks-obsession-15\/","title":{"rendered":"This week&#8217;s obsession&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The <strong><span style=\"color: #ff99cc;\">Pink Lotus<\/span><\/strong> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anqibistro.com\/\">AnQi<\/a> by Crustacean.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shescookin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Pink-Lotus-collage1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3378\" title=\"Pink Lotus collage\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shescookin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Pink-Lotus-collage1.jpg?resize=358%2C1052&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Pink Lotus collage\" width=\"358\" height=\"1052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shescookin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Pink-Lotus-collage1.jpg?w=358&amp;ssl=1 358w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shescookin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Pink-Lotus-collage1.jpg?resize=102%2C300&amp;ssl=1 102w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shescookin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Pink-Lotus-collage1.jpg?resize=348%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 348w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>A beguiling cocktail that begins with a flourish of fluffy pale pink cotton candy, dissolved beneath a river of grapefruit vodka and muddled grapefruit and orange juices with a splash of Cointreau.<\/p>\n<p>Go quickly:<\/p>\n<p>AnQi<\/p>\n<p>South Coast Plaza adjacent to Bloomingdales<\/p>\n<p>(714) 557-5679<\/p>\n<p>Look for my post about the first Bloomingdale&#8217;s Fall Fashion Show, featuring photos by Lindsey Garrett of The Modchik, next week.<br \/>\nHave a fantastic weekend everyone \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;margin: 5px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-0404035699099814\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_color = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 728;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 90;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"728x90_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\ngoogle_ad_channel =\"\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"#F6F25A\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"#4DB4F1\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"#FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"#000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"#DC1E2E\";\r\ngoogle_ui_features = \"rc:0\";\r\n\/\/--><\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pink Lotus at AnQi by Crustacean. A beguiling cocktail that begins with a flourish of fluffy pale pink cotton candy, dissolved beneath a river of grapefruit vodka and muddled grapefruit and orange juices with a splash of Cointreau. Go quickly: AnQi South Coast Plaza adjacent to Bloomingdales (714) 557-5679 Look for my post about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[196],"tags":[607,157,574],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.6 (Yoast SEO v19.13) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>This week&#039;s obsession.... - She&#039;s Cookin&#039; | food and travel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/shescookin.com\/this-weeks-obsession-15\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"This week&#039;s obsession....\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Pink Lotus at AnQi by Crustacean. 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