One of Mom’s choices from her Michelin book
Bar and Bakery on the main floor
Walk up to the main dining of the restaurant. Very simple interiors.
Happy to see Kai, my sister’s best friend, who lives in London!
Nose to Tail eating!
Salsify, Leeks and Watercress
Madeleines fresh from the bakery! Super yum!
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My cousin, Ria, took me to this place because she knows I love cheese!! She loves cheese too 🙂
I wanted to have raclette!!!
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But Ria pulled me to the other side of the booth for the Toasted Cheese sandwich!! She said not to get the raclette but to get this!
I love how they put the cheese inside the sandwich!! ( Check out my video in instagram )
Ria said they put 5 kinds of onions – they insert this into the pile of cheese that is already inside the bread before putting it on the griller
HERE IT IS!!!! SUPER YUMMY!!!!!!!! Crunchy, crispy, cheesy, oniony 🙂 A MUST!!
Ria’s friend who went around the market with his bottle of truffle oil. He was putting truffle oil on everything 🙂 He added it too to the toasted cheese sandwich! WOW!!
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The highlight of our London Trip was seeing and spending time with our dear friends, Suharto and Rina
It’s been more than ten years since we visited them.
In 2002, we came over for a few days and Quinto was still a baby!
We stayed with them in their beautiful flat for a few days
And in this very hectic and short trip that we had, we were happy to spend some time with them. We had one morning with them of sightseeing and reminiscing and then we were able to squeeze in a quick lunch!
After meeting the Mayor, nearby were restaurants by the river and they took us to The Strada More London
Since we had little time, we had to order quick so we had many appetizers which I enjoyed the most!
Funghi al Forno!! YUM!!! I really liked this!
and this Mozzarella di Bufala with Salsa Verde and foccacia croutons! YUM!
Shared a pizza and received a panic call from Dad and Mom looking for us! 🙂 So we had to rush out!
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From the Shard, we did a little more sightseeing by foot
Towards the river. View of old buildings with modern buildings at the back
And while we were walking, Suharto and James spotted the Mayor!!
His office is right by the London Bridge so maybe he was going out to have lunch
More modern buildings in the area
Read more about our encounter in Mons Tantoco Romulo’s column at the Philippine Star 🙂 plus other famous person encounters
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More sights around London
Britain at War
Pubs all over the place – I like the ones with flowers 🙂
One Hyde Park – one of London’s most expensive flats
Harrod’s during the day
at night 🙂 I always passed it but had no time to enter! You really take for granted the things that are right in front of you! 🙂 We lived a block away but ended up spending time in East London which is opposite this side of town!
Love the colourful facades of the stores
Colored bikes outside Jamie Oliver
Dado, our driver, told us that Michael Jackson used to stay in this hotel
Horses taller than the van we were riding
Fortnum and Mason, the grocery store of the Queen, where the shopping carts are gold! 🙂
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I asked my friends, Suharto and Rina, to take me on a car tour around the city to familiarize myself with the city since I have not been back for ten years. I wanted to reminisce and one of the places we passed by was our school! Located near the Waterloo Station. The building is still there but the school has moved already
It used to be the Royal Waterloo Hospital for Children
Our school was part of East London. Before, East London was not really a destination but now the government has funded the redevelopment of the area and there are now many things to see and do in this area! Here in this photo is the Borough Market with the Shard in the background, all of which are in the East London area
Cathedral behind the Borough Market
is the Bermondsey Antique Market come between 4am to 7am for even better deals
Our main purpose was to visit the Shard! The tallest building in Europe ( for now) 🙂
You can’t miss it from any angle or area you are in
Window washing!!
The old London Dungeon
Underground station to get to the Shard
And here we are!!
Going up to scout the place
This hanging floral arrangement caught my attention – it looked like it was just floating in air
We were supposed to go up to see the view from the top for I think 30 pounds per person
But Suharto and James instead just showed me the postcard of the view! haha!!
More postcards from the souvenir shop
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