Yes, it is an investment of time and effort to have lunch (or breakfast or afternoon tea) with your direct reports and get to know them as people.

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Open all day for breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner, expect classic British cooking with interesting twists such as Dover sole served with a cider sauce or Scottish mackerel with tomato sorbet.

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While the food and service are not as good as a Cathay or Singapore, it is better than on most domestic carriers, and I like the distinctly English touches like afternoon tea and bacon rolls for breakfast.

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Now she was serving the cause by serving breakfast: eggs, pitas, cheese and hot tea.

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Trade in 19th-century events flashcards and test your knowledge of indulgence with the hotel's complimentary European continental breakfast, Wednesday wine and cheese receptions and afternoon tea.

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They are perfect crunchy but not rock solid, dippable, dunkable and eminently munchable, as good with breakfast cafe au lait as with late-night herbal tea.

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Paul Brown, brand president at Hilton, told Quest that Huanying offers services including Chinese foods on the breakfast menu, and guest rooms that come with green tea, slippers, and Chinese TV channels.

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Complimentary extras include a full breakfast buffet each morning, in-room wi-fi, fireside tea and cake service in the lobby every afternoon and fresh fruit delivered to rooms daily.

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On Tuesday, the miners' menu included tea, herbal infusions, a yogurt-and-cereal shake for breakfast, chicken sandwiches for lunch, kiwi at mid-afternoon, and jam sandwiches for the evening meal.

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