[Dine out in London] Crockford Bridge farm shop

This is a very lovely chicken and mushroom pie I had in the Crockford Bridge farm shop.  Yum!!!

[Dine out in London] Tuli near London Bridge

After going to Thames festival, where supposing we can eat lots of street food, we ended up in a Chinese restaurant near London Bridge.  Ok Mr Chen does not like street food :-S

This restaurant is called Tuli.    This is a place suggested by one of Mr Chen's work colleagues.   As we still can't fix a time to go there together, so we decided we go there by ourselves.

The restaurant, is just a typical Chinese restaurant.  The interior, the setting, the decoration, everything is disappointing as usual.    Ok never mind.  As long as the food is good, then it is good.  However, as u can see the pictures above, they are not particularly good.  I would simply say, I will never go back there again.

I know we have ordered too much for two people.   Again it was all Mr Chen's fault.

First, the roast duck, we ordered half a roast duck, but it was just meat of a breast and a thigh.  This is NOT the way we eat roast duck.  Half is half with bones.  We are Chinese.   They should have told us in the first place if they serve roast duck in this way.  This is the way western people eat, not us.

Second, the deep fried pig's intestines.  Even though it is Mr Chen's fav, he can't finish it.  Too dry he said.

Third, Stir fried beef with Ho Fan in Satay sauce.  It was the best dish of the day.  I mean among the other dishes on our table.

Fourth is Ma Pao tofu, nothing special.

Fifth is Stir fry morning glory veg, nothing special.

Lastly, is Seabass cooked in Szechwan chill oil and spices.   It was not hot, not spicy, just not enough spices!!!

We only had tea, we didn't order any other drinks.  The bill ended up as £81.   What the hell!!!!

[Dine out in London] Lass O’ Richmond Hill

Before we went into Richmond park, I spotted an old English pub just round the corner so rather than having prepacked cold sandwiches in the park cafe, I decided we better to have some nice hot food first.  So we went into this Lass O'Richmond Hill.   Not disappointed at all,  the food was so delicious.  Mr Chen had his fav lamb shoulder dish, and I had my fav fish and chips.   We seated in their outdoor area.  Though a bit cold but we are well covered by the sun, we had a very lovely lunch.   Definitely it is a place we will go back there again.  Two main courses, 2 drinks, the bill was only £34.  Very nice.

Here is the gigantic Richmond park, and the discovery of dear Deer!!!

[Dine out in London] Wimpy in Southend On Sea

 

I love Wimpy!!!   Obviously their burgers are not the best, but I like their cosy restaurant and may be because Wimpy was one of the first place my parents bought me burgers and fish and chips when I first arrived in Glasgow nearly 20 years ago.  Full of memories!!!!

We went to Southend on Sea during the weekend again, by the time we parked the car, and walked to Wimpy, it started to rain.  When we finished dinner, the rain stopped.   What a perfect day and a beautiful sunset!!!

We ordered Mega burger (the one with sausage), BBQ open burger, Mango sundae, a tea and a coke, the bill came to £17.  Cheap and satisfied!!! :-)

[Dine out in London] Four seasons Chinese restaurant in Bayswater

聼說這裏有全倫敦最好吃嘅燒鴨，結果是又多一個失望.
我吔四個人, 八點半到, 等半個鐘頭位, 入面多人到飛起，地方超窄, 同隔離台零矩離, 等到想走個時旁邊啲人話呢間係全條街最好食架啦, 吾係fa, 好啦最後等到九點, 叫咗琵琶豆腐, 炸蠔, 椒鹽魷魚, 梅菜扣肉, 一隻燒鴨, 埋單£79.

隻鴨係甜架, 甜燒鴨, 係咪咁叫好味?? 我估我唔識食囉. 其他菜普通普通啦，又係嗰句, 抵食個鬼佬菜囉!!

[Dine out in London] Peninsula restaurant, Greenwich

如果想飲茶, 我吔都會嚟呢間pennisula, 15 mins from canary wharf, 很方便.

雖然佢個名叫pennisula, 食物服務價錢我會覺得佢似香港慨稻香, 一個字: 抵.

八喋點心一喋咸魚雞粒炒飯兩個茶錢, £41. 飽到飛起

[Dine out in London] Smithfield bar & grill, Bank

We had a lunch in Smithfield bar & grill near St Barts Hospital last month.  It was my first time to use a Top Table offer.  It was 50% off food bill, which sounds very good.

We had two drinks, Mr Chen had a very big, but very thin rib eye steak, and I had scampi and chips.   The best of this meal was, the chips :-S

The bill was £39, with 50% off the food bill already.  Will I go back again, definitely no :-S

[Dine out in London] Sichuan - 川妹子, Greenwich

呢間係响我們家十五分鍾車程, 做中國人生意嘅川菜館 - 川妹子, 即係入面有啲污穢, 有啲黑, 但係啲嘢扺食, 有時好好食,有時過得去, 同理佢地嘅可樂係最大杯嘅 !

今次我吔叫咗炒聖瓜, 水煮魚, 紅燒羊肉. 都好ok!

加埋啲飯及飲品, 埋單~ £40, 好扺啊！

[Dine out in London] basement cafe in Selfridges Oxford Street

It was sometime back in May.  Suz came over to London so we had a nice tea in the basement cafe in Selfridges.  I had the lime cheese cake and she had the strawberry tart.  Lovely!!!

The bill was ~£18.