London Day 8

Nothing much happened today. Except that we didn't eat macdonalds at all today. (miracle)

Yup we decided to eat something different. Some traditional English fare. Went to this nice cosy warm pub in the afternoon for lunch. Meal costs about 8-9 pounds for a hearty meal. (their servings are enormous)

Obviously it's cold. Around 2 degrees and raining cold bullets again. Nothing like a warm cup of hot chocolate to warm the fingers.

Joyce had beer battered fish and chips. The star of this dish is the tartar sauce. Extremely light with a touch of lemon or vinegar in it. Wonderful really. The fish was crispy and fluffy on the inside. Delightful flakes of fish crumbling on your fork as you cut the fish open. Very good indeed.

But man, the best lunch I had so far in London. Suffolk pork sausages with mash topped with gravy on a traditional yorkshire pudding. The portion here is huge. (even i can't finish this. I met my match). The mash (mash potato) here is about the size of 3 large KFC mash potatoes lumped into one.

The sausages are lightly salty, pudding was nice and chewy, the mash and gravy was a perfect blend of sweet and salty and the peas add some nice texture. Delicious.

It was so cold, we ended up shopping most of the time(to hide from the cold). Got some souvenirs from the gift shop. Nice mini! (one of Joyce's favorite cars)

 

The statue Eros. (one of my favorite statues)

After some shopping, we went to buy some groceries. Ran out of mineral water. They have lots of instant meals at their supermarkets. They eat a lot of processed food them Brits. Check out their range of sandwiches. It's like a library. You need to categorize them. 1.2.1.1 beef sandwiches, 1.2.1.2 roast beef sandwiches, etc.

They have these automatic checkout counters. Where you scan your own shopping and pay through a cash machine. Got into a little trouble at first.

There you go. Done. Happy shopping. 2.55 pounds for a pack of orange juice and a bag of apples (to feed my apple craving)

 

Didn't do anything much to be honest. But we booked a local one day tour to the birthplace of shakespear and also to Oxford and also to Hogwarts(Harry Potter) on Friday. So do stay tuned. Going to change hotels tomorrow. Tata.