Brian & Cherlyn in London

It was nearly a small meet up for Vialentino & Community members in London, but it was not to be.

Netcat & Meowsou was here on Thursday night, on their honeymoon to Europe. But we couldn't meet up as they only arrived late at their hotel which was only 2 miles away from my place.

But then, on the weekend we had Brian and Cherlyn a.k.a. BrianLulu over at our place. It was Cherlyn's first proper visit to London. Johanna and I took them to city centre first for some shopping. But before that we brought them to NCR restaurant - the only Malaysian restaurant in London Chinatown for lunch. The food there is really good and authentic. Never failed to make us feel more at home.

Prawn mee, better known as Hokkien mee in Penang

After lunch, Brian's sister Belle, joined us. She's in London on holiday working visa. We walked around Piccadilly and then towards Oxford Street via Regent Street. Plenty of shops but also a bit of rain. Johanna also spent some time at Laura Ashley checking out some clothes.

We proceed to Harrods after that, briefly walking through a few sections as the place is too big. We made our way to Westminster after that. It was too late to walk to Buckingham Palace and St. James's Park, so we gave it a miss. We decided to make our way to Tower Bridge instead. There was no District/Circle line running between Whitechapel and Earls Court so we had to take Jubilee line to Bermondsey and change to a bus from there. Unfortunately, I brought them onto the wrong bus and we ended up back in town. So I brought them for dinner at Jade Garden instead.

After dinner, I decided to bring them back to Tower Bridge. I know Brian is yearning for some good photography and he had not manage much on that cloudy and rainy day. At last we arrived at Tower Bridge on a bus from Liverpool Street. We walked across the bridge to the South bank. The night view of the bridge from there is splendid. We managed a few photos before calling it a day.


Tower Bridge @ night

The next day I made them English breakfast. We then proceed to Canary Wharf. The weather was equally as bad as the day before, cloudy and wet. I brought them to Lotus Floating restaurant for a late dim sum lunch before Brian & Cherlyn departed for Swindon, dropping off Belle in North East London on the way.




Outside Lotus Floating restaurant