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October 9, 2013

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Borough Market

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We were only in London for a few days but I think we were here almost everyday! 🙂

Glad that they are open everyday and not only on weekends

We even had a map and itinerary included by my cousin, Ria, with some chosen stops.

I had to separate from the group because I wanted to see each and every booth!

Cute booth!!! Heart cookies and cupcakes that look like Frozen yogurt swirls! I love the icing on cupcakes and this cupcake has generous icing portions 🙂 and those Gigantic meringues!!!

This reminded me of my friend, the Paella Queen, Margie Sy 🙂 Really gigantic paelleras filled with different paellas

This guy was just giving out paella samples to everyone 🙂

Loved this booth! Swiss cheeses!

Ria pulled me again to this cheese in this Swiss booth! YUM!!!

You will get full from all the tasting!! Taste and taste all you want! 🙂

My sister said the Greedy goat ice cream is so good – Flavor – APPLE PIE!

Gigantic meringues!!

Restos and pubs alongside the market

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October 9, 2013

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New Arrivals from Spain at H2H Favorite Things

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I was able to bring in a few stuff which I wanted to share at H2Hs Favorite things 🙂 Wafers so you can make your own Ice cream sandwich!

Valor chocolate for desserts

YUM YUM!

Kinder Bueno White! Yum Yum!

Argan Body Cream

Discovered this yummy Tostadas this trip! You can eat it like a cookie – tastes sort of like otap but thinner and they use olive oil. Or you can use it as an accessory for a dessert dish – put ice cream or anything on top

Discovered this while riding the bus in Spain – the bus was automatically emitting this scent and I asked the driver what it was! It was Nenuco spray! 🙂 So I bought the spray version! Nice to spray the home as well – only a few pieces of this

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October 8, 2013

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St. John

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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!

Deep Fried sprat

Salsify, Leeks and Watercress

Roast Bone Marrow

Roast Lamb

Crumbed Veal

Madeleines fresh from the bakery! Super yum!

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October 7, 2013

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Toasted Cheese Sandwich

By Heart2Heart | Cheese, Travel, Yummy! | 3 Comments

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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October 6, 2013

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The Strada More London

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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

Bottled water!

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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October 6, 2013

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We Went to London to Meet the Mayor

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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

HMS Belfast

Tower of London

London Bridge

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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October 6, 2013

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I’d Travel The World

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October 5, 2013

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London Sights

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More sights around London

Britain at War

Pubs all over the place – I like the ones with flowers 🙂

Big Ben

We should have this 🙂

Bvlgari Hotel

One Hyde Park – one of London’s most expensive flats

Beautiful flower shop 🙂

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

Passing by

Horses taller than the van we were riding

Buckingham Palace

London Eye

Fortnum and Mason, the grocery store of the Queen, where the shopping carts are gold! 🙂

Picadilly Square

Trafalgar Square

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October 5, 2013

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East London and the Shard

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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

And now its this

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