Been relatively quiet here, lots going on around and nothing really specific to blog about. I tried asking K if he would like to do a post here and he says he prefers to remain the "all mysterious K". Hmm.. but then again, I realise I can blog about random stuff.. things that I have done recently, even simple things like where did we go for dinner after work last Friday.
Winter is dawning upon us and it is getting colder each day. K is nursing a very bad cough sigh. Last Friday after work Meihui asked if we were both keen to meet up for dinner, and separately Lawrence asked K if we were free to meet up for dinner. So we thought why not all four of us meet up then. I had a craving of ramen noodles - it has to be said I have not come across any decent ramen noodles here in London, shocking as it may sound because I do have the impression that London has pretty much most of the world's cuisine here. How not to include ramen? To be fair I have stopped my foodie hunts, except the recent burger craze which… K is not keen to pick up on. Meihui recommended this place called Shoryu near Piccadilly Circus and warned us there is always a long queue. To queue up in the cold is not very appealing but at the same time, peering into the restaurant from outside looking at everyone slurping on a hot steamy bowl of ramen just made me go.. "I wanna be one of them!" The guys were not too keen and said they would rather go somewhere with no queue but the girls wanted the ramen. And the girls won.
It was definitely satisfying. If I were a chef and could choose what sort of restaurant to open, I would definitely put all my eggs into this ramen noodle basket. There is seriously a huge market potential here in London. It made me miss Ippudo back in Singapore, but this could do too. I will be back for sure.
After dinner we decided to have dessert although I chose to have my yuzu sorbet at Shoryu which was a bonus (I love anything with Yuzu). Lawrence recommended the "best cheesecake in London" which was in Soho but unfortunately they were closed when we got there, and so we walked to our second fav cafe which is L'eto and does a fantastic honey cake.
http://www.shoryuramen.com
http://letocaffe.co.uk
On Sunday we were walking around church along the stretch of furniture shops at Goodge Street when I came across this window display for Paperchase. How beautiful, what a reminder of the reason for Christmas. Christmas lightings are all up on Oxford Street and this year it stretches to right where the Dominion Theatre is at Tottenham Court Road. There is even this massive snow globe right at Piccadilly Circus.
And we were also back to one of the prettiest squares here in London. Bedford Square, where the Architecture Association is. Not that we have anything to do with this AA - although I believe there is a good reason why they chose this location with beautiful architecture - but this is where we usually park our car when we go to church! It's a pretty cool discovery and we stumbled upon it last year when we were driving around, looking for a place to park. A row of these beautiful Victorian looking houses circumference a small park in the middle, dotted by traditional street lamps.
Winter is dawning upon us and it is getting colder each day. K is nursing a very bad cough sigh. Last Friday after work Meihui asked if we were both keen to meet up for dinner, and separately Lawrence asked K if we were free to meet up for dinner. So we thought why not all four of us meet up then. I had a craving of ramen noodles - it has to be said I have not come across any decent ramen noodles here in London, shocking as it may sound because I do have the impression that London has pretty much most of the world's cuisine here. How not to include ramen? To be fair I have stopped my foodie hunts, except the recent burger craze which… K is not keen to pick up on. Meihui recommended this place called Shoryu near Piccadilly Circus and warned us there is always a long queue. To queue up in the cold is not very appealing but at the same time, peering into the restaurant from outside looking at everyone slurping on a hot steamy bowl of ramen just made me go.. "I wanna be one of them!" The guys were not too keen and said they would rather go somewhere with no queue but the girls wanted the ramen. And the girls won.
It was definitely satisfying. If I were a chef and could choose what sort of restaurant to open, I would definitely put all my eggs into this ramen noodle basket. There is seriously a huge market potential here in London. It made me miss Ippudo back in Singapore, but this could do too. I will be back for sure.
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| My piri piri (spicy) ramen |
After dinner we decided to have dessert although I chose to have my yuzu sorbet at Shoryu which was a bonus (I love anything with Yuzu). Lawrence recommended the "best cheesecake in London" which was in Soho but unfortunately they were closed when we got there, and so we walked to our second fav cafe which is L'eto and does a fantastic honey cake.
http://www.shoryuramen.com
http://letocaffe.co.uk
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On Sunday we were walking around church along the stretch of furniture shops at Goodge Street when I came across this window display for Paperchase. How beautiful, what a reminder of the reason for Christmas. Christmas lightings are all up on Oxford Street and this year it stretches to right where the Dominion Theatre is at Tottenham Court Road. There is even this massive snow globe right at Piccadilly Circus.
And we were also back to one of the prettiest squares here in London. Bedford Square, where the Architecture Association is. Not that we have anything to do with this AA - although I believe there is a good reason why they chose this location with beautiful architecture - but this is where we usually park our car when we go to church! It's a pretty cool discovery and we stumbled upon it last year when we were driving around, looking for a place to park. A row of these beautiful Victorian looking houses circumference a small park in the middle, dotted by traditional street lamps.
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| Introducing… Bedford Square |
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