Labour day @ London (Brunch > The British Museum > Soho Square)
Guess who come to visit (well, technically not me, but since I am in England as well...)!? So on Labour Day I went to London to meet with... Wennie! Rare guest! It’s good enough that we got to hang out when I went back to Malaysia for CNY, and now she actually come to England and we just have to spend a couple of days together!
Before she comes to Bristol for a weekend stay-over, we decided to meet in London, mainly because there are much more things to do / eat in London, and partly because she wanted me to meet her bf. Strange enough, it felt like I had already met him and knew the kind of person he is, through stories that Wennie told me. Her point was that afterall, her bestie (me) and boyfie (him) were both in town, so why not! Seemed legit, and I couldn’t possibly refuse. So my Labour Day day-trip to London ended up being a catch-up with an old friend and her bf.
First off, we planned to have brunch before we headed to The British Museum. I gave her a list (not exactly, only four restaurants ;p) of brunch places to choose from. She couldn’t decide and I guess she asked for her bf’s opinion, cause’ when we were talking on phone after she arrived, the first thing she told me when I asked for her decision was that her bf & her bf’s friend thought that the food at those places were all too pricey. C’mon, we’re talking about having brunch in London right now, and honestly I did take into account of budget so I picked those that serve good food with nice ambience at a reasonable price. If you think that ~£8 per meal is too expensive then sorray, I guess there’s not many places for you to choose from in London. *roll eyes*
After realising that there’s no table available for reservation at the restaurant Wennie chose (suggested by her bf’s friend), we decided to go to Caravan, which was my top choice that I hoped Wennie would pick cause’ the food they serve seem pretty special, not the usual Eggs and Big breakkie.
Avocado dressed with lemon & chilli flakes on sour dough toast. Not bad! I actually like the sour-y taste of lemon, I think it goes well with the butter-y avocado.
Grilled ham with fried duck egg & sweet potato crisps, glazed with chilli tamarind. This one is actually quite nice! Despite the too-salty-to-my-liking ham, I actually like the sweet chilli glaze! It kinda balance off the saltiness of the ham, although we both agreed that it tasted best to have the ham with the avocado toast.
Overall good food, nice service, great ambience and man, just imagine a warehouse full of people - it’s that busy! Would probably come for the second time, although I don’t normally do solo-brunch when I go to London. Hopefully I will be able to stay longer in London next time and then I’ll explore all the nice brunch places!
After brunch we went to St. Pancras to take train to the museum. Saw this statue (which I didn’t remember being there... well I probably just didn’t notice) and Wennie wanted to take a photo. So I followed suit.
Well actually before visiting the museum I wanted to try Yolkin (a stall that sells macaron ice-cream sandwiches that look so. damn. good) and we went there but duh it sold out! It opened at 12pm and sold out at 1pm! Crazily popular! I must stay over next time and wake up early to queue I definitely wanna try and see just how great the sandwiches taste to be able to attract so many buyers :<
On the way to the museum we somehow walked past Palace Theatre and saw this! How exciting! See you in July! #HPfansforlife
One of the two photos of us at the museum. The museum is so big it’s impossible to tour all galleries in one day. And we were a bit tight on the schedule (cause’ I had a coach to catch at 8pm) so we visited some of the highlights of the museum’s collection, including Samurai armour, Easter Island statue, Rosetta Stone, and Parthenon sculptures. I also took her to see some of my favourite collection, including (pic above) Assyrian winged bull, statues of Amenhotep III, and the Roman and Greek sculptures.
This (I think it’s some sort of wall / relief) is one of my fav collection too.
We decided to take a break from all the walking and headed to Soho square to chill before meeting with her bf for dinner. My shoes may look nice but it’s hella pain to walk on! I got two nail-size skin scrubbed off and two bruise. Clothing companies should defo improve on the practicality of their shoes - please make shoes that both look nice and comfortable to walk on!
At around 7pm we met with her bf at Waterloo station and had GBK for dinner instead (the restaurant that we planned to go was closed). It was a swift dinner (cause’ I gotta leave at 7.20pm to take the bus) but it was nice meeting him. We might have some major argument over the best cities in England / nice food / practically everything, but I can tell that he is a good person. If Wennie was to stuck with this guy for the rest of her life, it might not be a bad idea.
Although I was knackered (due to waking up early in the morning + walking all day in the damn shoes) it was no doubt a fun day trip, especially that I got to meet with a loved one from Malaysia. It somehow made me felt like I was not that far away from home ;’)