Today has been a full-on Saturday. Weather wasn't great but this is London after all.
Rise and shine, brunch time at Le Pain Quotidien, South Bank. I had saved this date with Gabby, Sarah and Marketa some time back as my "birthday saturday", and it was only late last night that I decided what I wanted to do. Truth be told, I was very tired having just come back from my trip plus with quarter end closing, all I wanted was an easy day. Nothing too fanciful so what can be more apt to start with than a slow Saturday brunch along the Thames?
My birthday dress from my brother and his gf
Three of us at brunch
Le Pain Quotidien is the same cafe which Lucy brought me along Marylebone High Street a few months ago, and is also the same cafe which I brought my aunts to in Bruges. Lots of people have been raving to me about the brunch here, and today my curiosity has been satisfied. This cafe is everything organic, and with the big wooden tables, this place has a rustic homely feel.
Gabby & me
Marketa
I ordered their granola yogurt parfait with a freshly squeezed orange juice, and together, 3 of us shared a bread basket. The variety of spread here is amazing- white chocolate "Blondie", praline (praline! I super like), dark chocolate, and the usual jam assortment.
Granola parfait
Drinking coffee from a bowl, reminds me of drinking some sort of bitter chinese medicine liang cha
The chocolate spread
There was a table full of girls dressed up as sailors, but what's with the garlands of garlic on their necks?
Marketa was the photographer of the day, and all I can say is she did an amazing job, with her many creative ideas. We all felt like supermodels that afternoon ;)
Chanced upon a market at South Bank
We met Sarah for our 'part 2' - Eat Pray Love movie. Yes I finally got to watch it. It was a pity Jos couldn't join. The movie was great, but like any other book which has been made into a movie, the book is usually still better. I mean, how can you squeeze the whole book into a 2.5h movie and expect it to be better than the book? That said, I'd still say that it's well done, sticking close to the book plot. Julia Roberts did great as Liz Gilbert. Sarah who was skeptical about the film came out with teary eyes exclaiming "it's actually good!"
My present.. wool mittens to get ready for winter :(
We had some time so we went to a pub and they ordered a bottle of wine to share to "celebrate my birthday". Sheesh, it was strong and without food, we all got really light headed wooooh... very happy *wheeee*
Lest you think my day was over, it was time to travel back to Canada Water (best neighbourhood to me) for dinner at C's place with my CW bunch whom I miss a lot. C is from Brunei and apparently he had a strong craving for laksa recently and knowing it takes lots of work, he thought he might as well cook one big pot and invite more people to share his love for this dish. And I was honored to sample his grandma's recipe tonight. In fact, all the ang mohs loved it and slurped their bowls dry (which surprised me actually coz it's quite an authentic dish).. so what to say? We all think C did a great job. He was practically cooking the whole day, bless him.
All ingredients laid out on the table and we took what we wanted for our laksa. Apparently this is Sarawak laksa, slightly different from the Singapore version but very delicious nonetheless.
Authentic!
The rain continued and became heavier as we were slurping down bowls of laksa and before we knew it, it was 1030pm. Time to start the trek home. Err did I say I wanted an easy day?
Rise and shine, brunch time at Le Pain Quotidien, South Bank. I had saved this date with Gabby, Sarah and Marketa some time back as my "birthday saturday", and it was only late last night that I decided what I wanted to do. Truth be told, I was very tired having just come back from my trip plus with quarter end closing, all I wanted was an easy day. Nothing too fanciful so what can be more apt to start with than a slow Saturday brunch along the Thames?
My birthday dress from my brother and his gf
Three of us at brunchLe Pain Quotidien is the same cafe which Lucy brought me along Marylebone High Street a few months ago, and is also the same cafe which I brought my aunts to in Bruges. Lots of people have been raving to me about the brunch here, and today my curiosity has been satisfied. This cafe is everything organic, and with the big wooden tables, this place has a rustic homely feel.
Gabby & me
Marketa
Granola parfait
Drinking coffee from a bowl, reminds me of drinking some sort of bitter chinese medicine liang cha
The chocolate spread
There was a table full of girls dressed up as sailors, but what's with the garlands of garlic on their necks?
Chanced upon a market at South Bank
We met Sarah for our 'part 2' - Eat Pray Love movie. Yes I finally got to watch it. It was a pity Jos couldn't join. The movie was great, but like any other book which has been made into a movie, the book is usually still better. I mean, how can you squeeze the whole book into a 2.5h movie and expect it to be better than the book? That said, I'd still say that it's well done, sticking close to the book plot. Julia Roberts did great as Liz Gilbert. Sarah who was skeptical about the film came out with teary eyes exclaiming "it's actually good!"
My present.. wool mittens to get ready for winter :(
Lest you think my day was over, it was time to travel back to Canada Water (best neighbourhood to me) for dinner at C's place with my CW bunch whom I miss a lot. C is from Brunei and apparently he had a strong craving for laksa recently and knowing it takes lots of work, he thought he might as well cook one big pot and invite more people to share his love for this dish. And I was honored to sample his grandma's recipe tonight. In fact, all the ang mohs loved it and slurped their bowls dry (which surprised me actually coz it's quite an authentic dish).. so what to say? We all think C did a great job. He was practically cooking the whole day, bless him.
All ingredients laid out on the table and we took what we wanted for our laksa. Apparently this is Sarawak laksa, slightly different from the Singapore version but very delicious nonetheless.
Authentic!
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