im xinD, im difficult: *travellah: London day 1 2013

PERTH - KUALA LUMPUR

we had a stop 12 hour stop over at KL! The boy was sweet enough to arrange a stopover for this long, because he knew i craved and wanted my favourite noodles of all PAN MEE!! the took the kind courtesy of achknowledging my utter most annoying craving and took it justice! oh the best part was, i was reunited with my baby love which i haven seen for 2.5 years!!! HSIN YE, my other sinner! me wuvcs you so much!

when ben meets sinner :)

LONDON

Ok we arrived at London very early in the morning, oh tip when travelling around europe always look up for a private transfer, which is so must cheaper than taking cabs in the airport.
Upon our arrival , we booked JustAirports which cost us about less than 40pounds from our airport to the hotel. Ibis Euston was our home for 3 nights. The location was good enough for us, as Euston train station (main train station) were located right opposite our hotel, and no there was no noise pollution or anyother relevant disturbance. I would rate Ibis Euston 6/10, as it is basically classed to me as a business corporate genre stay. The location is no doubt fantastic as mentioned. Euston is probably a 4 stops away from Leicester Square, main place where you would wanna be!
On public transport, the tube is so convenient there is no need for a cab unless youre really lost , make sure you obtained an Oyster card which can be topped up anytime, we make several journeys and altogether spent about 35pounds per person. Oh and what i found really useful was the Tube application on smart phones, its so friggin good! it tells you wait line to take without even asking anybody. Our first stop was to Covent Garden, in search for breakfast, we stopped at Kopapa a Kiwi found cafe. Apparently, Kopapa is quite well known by the locals.

Turkish eggs’ from Changa restaurant in Istanbul – 2 poached eggs with whipped yoghurt, hot chilli butter & 2 slices of toast

KOPAPA

32-34 Monmouth St Covent Garden, London WC2H 9HA, United Kingdom

Some colourful lane in Covent Garden

the other dish was Spiced banana French toast with grilled bacon, orange blossom labne, tamarind raisin relish & orange vanilla syrup

wallpaper of Urban Outfitters

the perfect london candid shot! haha the cute cab and the red phone booth alongside english structure

pretty tea house

some catherdal

for the Cath Kidson fans

i literally jumped with joy when i saw this store LADUREE, how can we not love this !

totally forget the name of this market

We walked along Covent Garden until we hit Leicester Square and Soho! it wasnt a long walk when you have the shops surrounding you! IMAGINE THAT!its ways longer than Orchard Road in Singapore. One thing i love about London is that, the shopping street are all surrounding one area, hence they are very walkable!

M&M WORLD STORE LONDON

The happy chappy boy!

The store is amazingly huge 4storey rainbowed coloured themed! Can you imagine for the M& M collectors? They will definately go mental upon entering the store, from tiny itsy bitsy M&M magnets to huge plush toys.

coloured M&M wall

the M&M beatles walk

Paris @ M&M london

Us being touristy!

OK, this street is deadly for shopaholics! Oxford Circus and Regent street. Every single thing you want to shop for your wardbrobe will never fail here.! Because it was a Saturday, the whole entire London is out to SHOP!its like the whole world was on this street. Upon entering Topshop, we felt like a festival happening inside. It was huge and felt like i was in an asian night market, bustling with people and stuffed! But no doubt Topshop cost nothing compared to other countries. Plus there were H&M were like Seven 11 ! Every junction you walk towards, there you go the red alphabetical light shines. We spent hours overwhelmed by the shops as we walked into them. So yeah , basically we damaged ourselves with impulse shopping buys. Thanks to Harolds and Selfridges.Co !

After a long long day, we settled at Bone Daddies in Covent Garden, we walked back to where we first began! Bone Daddies were recommended by Hsin Ye a previous londoner :) However, i didnt realised there were two of them , one with ramen only and the other steam and buns ( japanese fusion inspired)

We ended up at the Bone Daddies Steam and Bun. It was busy as we walked in and was very lucky to get a spot immediately despite the wait. My rating of it would be 6/10. The ambience was very bar like. Constant chattery of the weekender lovers, its really casual nothing fancy and best for the weekend catchups. The crispy duck wasnt a let down thank god! Being our firs night in London, our bars were set pretty high. It achieved the crisp upon the first bite and the skin was perfectly moist as it settles in the mouth. The bun were perfectly steamed which is alwasy a good sign when it comes to a Chinese inspired dish and themed. Nevertheless, Bone Daddies reminded me of any other underground tapas restarurant in Perth. OK and that was our first day :)

till then