A Happy Vietnamese New Year at Viet Noodle Bar!

Viet Noodle Bar
34 Greek Street
London W1D 5DJ
Tel: 020 7494 9888 
Why?  Tito’s Vietnamese friend, Thai, was eager to have us try Vietnamese food on the occasion of Tết, which usually falls on the same day as Chinese New Year, according to the Lunar calendar.  Chinatown restaurants were crammed from early on with lengthy queues forming, but [...]

Beautiful ‘Blue Tea’ Fusion Dessert at Yauatcha

 

Yauatcha (café)
15 Broadwick Street
London
W1F 0DL
Reservations: 020 7494 8888 
Why?  Chika and I tried in vain to get tea and cake on a Saturday some time ago.  They wouldn’t let us in for such a paltry order on a weekend, so we had to come back on a weekday.  Tiresome, but I have been seriously yearning [...]

The Chinese Experience Shock

There are a few reasons for the sparse entries of late, most of which have passed.  My 30th birthday caused considerable distraction, as did visitors from the States and a 3-week long case of the dreaded lurgy.  Furthermore serious harassment (talcum powder and toilet paper all over our cooking implements, for example) from our crazy housemate [...]