Comments on: Any Good Tips for London and Paris?

By: Jovita De Guzman

Jovita De Guzman — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 23:39:20 +0000

Just in case the Teen would like to listen to some gigs and eat pub grub, check out the Betsey Trotwell Pub in Clerkenwell. Nice Victorian pub with good food (award winning pie!), live music and poetry/book readings. Punters range from City yuppies, bohos, writers to students. It’s in Farringdon Road, East London. :-)

By: Gigi

Gigi — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 23:39:37 +0000

hi if you are still in London. Fortnum and Mason for afternoon tea as well as Cocomaya near Oxford Circus, Covent Garden has their Christmas displays . Kew Gardens. Borough Market is a must and every weekend there are food trucks by the South Bank. Hope it helps.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 16:23:20 +0000

Thanks Mike! Rochelle, posts will start soon I hope… :)

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 15:24:29 +0000

Just a pahabol, afternoon tea at Selfridges or National Gallery or Dean Street (can’t remember the address on Dean Street, but it’s the 1st floor of an apartment building, very Downton Abbey setting) and sumptuous breakfast at Crypt’s café (basement of the church at Trafalgar Square). Enjoy

By: Rochelle

Rochelle — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 10:24:58 +0000

I can’t wait to see your blog on your London and Paris trip MM! :)

By: Marketman

Marketman — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 06:22:42 +0000

wysgal, thanks for that, a few of those were on our list of places to eat at, so will definitely try some of them. Mike, thanks. Rochelle, we landed in London last week and stayed overnight and went to Paris. Got back to London yesterday and already strolled Knightsbridge and the Annual Christmas fair in Hyde Park! Was enjoying it all so much and trying to document it all for the blog so I ran out of camera battery charge! We LOVE London and Paris at this time of year and it’s exhilarating to be back here. Albeit a BIT on the COLD side. :)

By: wysgal

wysgal — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 04:17:50 +0000

A few of my favorites from two years of living in London: Ottolenghi (for everything), Burger and Lobster (for lobster and lobster rolls), Koya (for udon), Dishoom (for Indian food), Hawksmoor Seven Dials (for steak), Yauatcha (for dimsum).

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 22:56:19 +0000

Try the street market at Greenwich. Can’t remember what exactly I had, I think it was samosas, but they were terrific. Always catch a west end play, the more indie, the better.

By: Rochelle

Rochelle — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 09:15:11 +0000

OMG! MM you’re coming to London?? I wish I can meet you for even just one photograph and an autograph too! LOL! I’m a big big fan of yours (silently for the past 3 years) :)
Yes, Market borough is highly recommended. Also Hyde Park has their annual Christmas German Market you might want to visit that while you’re here. Covent garden now has plenty of restaurants, you can go for expensive ones or cheap eats they are all delish just the same.Yes, as some readers already pointed out, the poppy exhibit at the Tower of London has now been dismantled :(. Oh if only Highclere castle is open around this time,I would suggest you visit it for a day, it’s not too far from London, so you get to see and feel how being team servants and team lords and ladys in a day hehehe. Enjoy London and neighbouring Paris, MM! I might bump into you on the streets of Knightsbridge! ;)

By: Nina

Nina — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 14:31:04 +0000

Totally agree, love, love Le Comptoir du Relais, if you cannot reserve for dinner, have lunch then; Au Bon Auccueil is always on our list…excellent dish at a reasonable price and if the weather is good, you can dine outside with the view of ET; the wait and long line @ L’As du Falafel is very much worth it… messy to eat if you cannot get a table inside but so, so delicious! The last time we were in Paris I brought a small insulated cooler bag and reusable gel ice packs, bought different kinds of butter (Pascal Beillevaire?77, rue St. Antoine?Tél: 01 42 78 48 78 and Jean-Yves Bordier, should be available @ Au Bon). The JVB brand has various kinds; my favs are the smoked, salted, and seaweed). Pure bliss!