DAY OUT IN CHINA TOWN

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Now that the Chinese New Year has just began (Happy New Year).....here are my pictures from the weekend I popped into London (albeit on the wrong day) hoping to catch the parade. I still came out of there with a few pictures......

So with wasting blog space....

Hippodrome (Leicester Sq. Station)

The China Town archway (as I entered)

Another archway at the end of the street on my exit.

Through these glass doors walk the movie stars during Premiers in London.

You will find this in Leicester Sq. (of the people I have taken there, they didnt even know it was there).

Later, my pals and I went to get something to eat. Yep, we had chinese food. There is this restaurant that an old friend introduced me to and every time I am in London and feel for chinese, this is the place I go to. The service on the day was crap, but we still went ahead and enjoyed our meal. At least the food made up for the shitty service. I also introduced them to the house drink, Ice Pearls. They are lovely. Just don't drink them before your meal, as it is a meal in itself.

One of my pals had noodles and a Cocopine Ice Pearl

I had a Beef Curry with potatoes and boiled rice and a MangoStrawberry Ice Pearl

Across the table, my other pal had fried duck with rice.

After our meal, we went sightseeing and inside the Trocadero, we came across this stand selling Chinese art and jewellery.

Want anything written in Chinese on site?

You could even ask for some artwork of Dragons, etc drawn as you wait. Usually done within minutes as these pictures depict.

Later we moved on to a sweet shop. Word of warning: LOOK AWAY NOW IF YOU HAVE A WEAKNESS FOR SWEETS.

A selection of sweets

Jumbo sized sweets....I dare you!!!

How thick are those marshmellows?

A huge bowl of 'cricket ball' size Gobstoppers.

We later left the mall (Trocadero) and walked around abit where I took several pictures to sum-up the day.

I just love how this pic came out. Catching all that light of bouncing off the buildings in London

Picadilly Circus - Everytime I see this building with the Sanyo on it, it reminds me of the radio ad in Nai 'Sanyo iko juu, Sanyo iko top, top.' LOL! Yep, I am that old.

Virgin Music store in Picadilly Circus - I like the way the light of the 'Sanyo building' illuminates this building.