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Day 2 in London!

Posted in Good Eats, London on 12/28/2009 08:04 pm by dana

Another great day in London!

After a good night’s sleep, Michael cooked a delicious breakfast, and then Taylor and I headed off for a walk. We left Whitney and Michael’s “flat” and then headed to Spittalfield’s Market and Brick Lane Road. Most of the stores at Spittalfield’s were closed, but a bunch of the Indian restaurants and supermarkets on Brick Lane were open (and so were the vintage shops). It was a lot of fun to do some more walking and exploring! See pictures below.



this market, originally uploaded by TaylorDane.


church, originally uploaded by TaylorDane.


duke of wellington, originally uploaded by TaylorDane.

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brick lane 1, originally uploaded by TaylorDane.



truman, originally uploaded by TaylorDane.


taylor yard, originally uploaded by TaylorDane.

Afterward, we went to meet Whit and Michael at The Lanesborough for a wonderful tea. The tea was excellent, and we really liked the goat cheese quiches and the cucumber sandwiches. Good times!



underground, originally uploaded by TaylorDane.


tea, originally uploaded by TaylorDane.


tea tree, originally uploaded by TaylorDane.

Afterward, we walked down to the Thames and looked at all of the pretty sights which were lit up at night. Not surprisingly, we grabbed a couple(+) pints at a cute pub right off of Saint Katharine’s Dock on the Thames.



boat and eye, originally uploaded by TaylorDane.


dickens w m, originally uploaded by TaylorDane.


tower bridge, originally uploaded by TaylorDane.


dickens outside, originally uploaded by TaylorDane.


dickens d t, originally uploaded by TaylorDane.

Before heading home, we grabbed some scharma / falafel along the way(as if we hadn’t eaten enough already!). All in all, another wonderful London day!



falafel, originally uploaded by TaylorDane.
 

London – Day 1!

Posted in Good Eats, London, random on 12/27/2009 06:29 pm by dana

We had a fantastic first day in London! We managed to cross four important things off our list of things to do here: walk around and explore, eat roast meat, spend some time in pubs, and eat some more pastis.

After waking up around 9:30 (a brutal 4:30 NY time…) we headed out to have lunch (a Sunday roast) at The Albion very cute little Georgian-era pub about a 20 minute walk from Whitney and Michael’s flat. The place was absolutely perfect – it had a great brick exterior, a wonderful fire going on the inside, and excellent mulled wine. Whit and I had the roast beef, and Taylor and Michael had roast pork belly. We finished off with sticky toffee pudding, and a chocolate plate.

In front of the Albion:



DSC_6789, originally uploaded by TaylorDane.


DSC_6795, originally uploaded by TaylorDane.

Roast Beef, Carrot Mash and potatoes!



roast meat, originally uploaded by TaylorDane.

Slow Roast Pork Belly!



DSC_6793, originally uploaded by TaylorDane.

Sticky Toffee Pudding for Dessert (diet starts when we get back…)



DSC_6802, originally uploaded by TaylorDane.

After lunch, we took a nearly 4 mile walk around the Regent’s Canal from Caledonian Road to Camden Lock and finally to Little Venice. There are these really narrow and super cute canal boats that go up and down the canal, and navigate their way through several locks. It’s a really beautiful walk, and there are great things to look at along the way, including Banksy graffiti, the Blow Up Bridge (which blew up after a boat carrying gun powder hit against the top of it) and the beautiful homes in Regent Park. It was great to walk around and do some exploring (see pictures below).



DSC_6814, originally uploaded by TaylorDane.


DSC_6845, originally uploaded by TaylorDane.


boat and chinese resto, originally uploaded by TaylorDane.


canal boats, originally uploaded by TaylorDane.

And then we made it back to Whitney and Michael’s flat to eat some pastis and play some Wii! More tomorrow!

 

Izakaya treat!

Posted in Good Eats, NYC on 10/27/2009 08:40 pm by dana

It has been a long week already, and it’s only Tuesday (that’s right, I’m lookin at you, Legal Writing midterm…). We decided to get an early start tonight on celebrating Taylor’s birthday this weekend with a mid week treat dinner at Saka Gura (www.sakagura.com) an izakaya (see, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izakaya) in Midtown. I was intrigued by the review i read, which noted that you have to walk through a “weird lobby” to find the restaurant. After making our way through an 80s retro office building and down three flights of stairs, we were in a total hidden gem. Although intimidated by the sake menu, we followed our waiter’s recommendation and got an amazing (although somewhat spenny) bottle of nigori sake. We also enjoyed some fantastic chicken meatballs, sashimi over rice, and the most fantastic (and non chocolate) truffles. Another Japanese hidden wonder in Midtown, infiltrated by T&D.

 

Beer with beet juice color!

Posted in Good Eats, mobile post on 05/09/2009 06:55 pm by dana

We picked up Magic Hat’s new Wacko Summer Seasonal beer to enjoy on a Saturday night in tonight. It’s hard to tell from this picture, but it is the prettiest purple color. And it’s pretty tasty too!

 

Oops she did it again.

Posted in Good Eats on 04/23/2009 02:49 pm by dana

Just when you thought Paula Deen could not possibly outdo her double-doughnut-bacon-egg-burger-special, she surprises you. And by “surprise” I mean “I still can’t believe she’s still alive” / “she’s my hero.”

 
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