London Day 1

Day 1: 

I had just arrived the night before, being half excited and half asleep, with really nasty puffy eyes (thanks to the inflight movie) we went to Borough Market to start our food journey. It's a weekend market that starts on Thursdays. Tonnes of food stalls to choose from and fresh ingredients to be found. Crazy long line at Monmouth coffee which J said it's worth getting a gastric for!

Kappacasein was highly recommended because of its unique home made cheese and also the way they grill their cheese. Initially, it's kinda pungent I must say but the flavor...mmmm... mmm... mmm..(busy stuffing my face) so amazingly yummy. So decadent and rich and salty enough. They literally have 2 half blocks of cheese on a 'grilling' station, and they'd just pour the melted cheese over boiled potatoes and served it with pepper and pickles. Yummers!!

Since it is a market, there are no places allocated for tables and chairs to sit so people would just walk around with food in their hands and sprawled around the lawn enjoying their food. Plus, the weather was really beautiful to be outside. After a full belly, we walked along River Thames towards Tate Modern. 

What a beautiful day to play with bubbles.

This piece of art was done by a Chinese artist, just because we are Chinese, the gallery's tour guide assumed that we'd know more than her about Chinese culture and the meaning of this piece...Luckily C was there to answer all the questions that the tour guide directed at us! What do you think this piece of art means?

Two pieces of steel supporting each other with NO additional elements! Purely sheer weight and precision.

As usual....my favorite - Mark Rothko.

  

For dinner, J&C thought it would be nice to go to Hutong at the Shard to view the sunset and to eat Chinese food. It is a really nice place because instead of getting tickets to go up the Shard for a 360 view of London, one can just opt to have dinner at Hutong while enjoying the amazing view! I was still recovering from jetlag so we didn't order a lot of food. A basket of tempura soft shell crab, dimsum platter, minced pork with lettuce and dessert. Though simple, my taste buds were awaken and I felt that the dimsum was so much better than the ones I've had in Bay Area! I really loved how delicate the dumplings were!

My stomach is growling as I type this, I wished I'd had more food when I was there. Well, all the more reason I should go again soon...

After dinner, we went for a walk and walked to London Bridge and took some wefie which will not be featured here :p