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Tags: Wong Kei, Sir David Attenborough, Folvark, Southend, Cafe Rouge, Hamsptead, Oxfam, Haagen Daz, Bagel Bake, Brick Lane
Date: 16 November 2009 19:30:27
Last week FW and I spent 4 days in London. It was a chance for us to have a break and combine it with celebrating her birthday.
On the Tuesday, after we arrived, we had a meal at Wong Kei. This is my favourite Chinese restaurant. You get really good food and it is very reasonably priced. You also get to share tables with complete strangers and, if you're lucky, rude service.
However I was depressed to find that the most famous Chinese in Soho is no more. The restaurant made famous by Warren Zevon's Werewolves of London has disappeared. Yes, Lee Ho Fook's has closed its doors :-( To dull the pain we had desert in the Haagen Daz store - mmmmm!!!!
Wednesday, being FW's birthday, we went to visit the Natural History Museum. FW got the chance to meet a certain Sir David Attenborough. He was their to sign books, DVD's etc. To put the icing on the cake he told FW that she was a picture - Sir David Attenborough hit on my wife :-)
In addition FW was able to ride a horse before going in. Photo to follow.
That night we ate at a Polish restaurant, Folvark, near our hotel in Hounslow. It had only been open for a month but was a great place. The food was absolutely superb. I'd recommend it to everyone.
The Thursday saw us visit Southend, where I'd lived for 6 months. I couldn't believe how much the seafront had changed. It now has a pebble beach, the Kursaal is open and my old flat, next door, is still there.
Friday we went to Hampstead shopping. The weather was awful but we spent a few hours in Cafe Rouge having a great lunch. Then FW was able to spend some dosh in the local Oxfam shop. I did "not" buy any second hand books whatsoever :-)
On the way to Paddington on the Saturday we managed to find time to visit the Bagel Bake shop in Brick Lane. These are proper bagels from a Jewish bakery and they are not just great but cheap. No visit to London is complete without a visit. I also have to buy bagels for my sister and her family and my mum whenever I visit - they are that good.