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London Day 2 dinner. Probably the best Fish & Chips I ever ate. There are 2 section of this place, 1 is a formal sit down full service restaurant. The other 1 is an informal, walk up counter and order.

[caption id="attachment_1149" align="aligncenter" width="750"] Cod Fillet Fried Fish & Chips + Calamari[/caption]

We opted for the walk up counter. We were kind of late that evening, no line, but we did see lots of cab drivers ordering in and out, good signs that local likes it.

[caption id="attachment_1147" align="aligncenter" width="750"] Seashell of Lisson Grove - Fish & Chips, London[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1148" align="aligncenter" width="750"] Seashell of Lisson Grove - Fish & Chips, London[/caption]

We ordered a Cod Fillet £7.40, Regular Chips (Fries) £2.00, Calamari £4.50, Fountain Soda £1.50. No dressings, only simple salt & pepper and fresh lemon.
The fish was amazing, freshly fried, crispy, fresh, not oily and extremely moist. Portion was good for 2.
Calamari was different that the ones we usually ate in the States, but surprisingly good. It was whole pieces of squid, fried in a light breading, very good.

[caption id="attachment_1146" align="aligncenter" width="750"] Excellent Cod! Crispy, light, fresh, not oily & moist![/caption]

Ok, I know I wanting to try a salt beef sandwich in London. We ended up in Selfridge shopping area, so might as well go try out the famous Salt Beef Sandwich @ Selfridge's The Brass Rail.

Usually there are lots of people waiting during lunch time, but we were there around 5pm, so only couple people in front of us. You basically self order, and self served, portion was pretty good. We ordered a regular and shared.

[caption id="attachment_1139" align="aligncenter" width="750"] Salted Beef Sandwich on Rye Bread with English Mustard 咸牛肉三文治[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1136" align="aligncenter" width="750"] Selfridge's The Brass Rail - Salt Beef Sandwich Menu 咸牛肉三文治[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1137" align="aligncenter" width="750"] The Brass Rail - Salt Beef[/caption]

We ordered a Regular Salt Beef Sandwich on Rye with English Mustard, and Pickles.

The Salt Beef Sandwich was very good, each slice were right thickness and not too salty, so spicy mustard was perfect compliment with the sandwich. The guy told us there was 3 choices of mustard, American - not spicy, French - medium spicy, English - spicy. Of course we picked English.

The Pickles were a little different than what we usually eat in US, its more toward the sweeter side, which we enjoyed.



[caption id="attachment_1139" align="aligncenter" width="750"] Salted Beef Sandwich on Rye Bread with English Mustard 咸牛肉三文治[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1140" align="aligncenter" width="750"] Salted Beef Sandwich on Rye Bread with English Mustard 咸牛肉三文治[/caption]

The Brass Rail at Selfridges
400 Oxford Street
Ground Floor, London W1A 1AB, England

London Day 2 (Jan 16, 2014), we grouped all the close places together, easier for us to visit - Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, British Museum. 倫敦 Day 2 - 西敏寺 --> 大笨鐘 --> 大英博物館

Nov-Jan are considered low season in Europe, so our wait wasn't bad at all.

First was to Westminster Abbey - adults £18.00 with free audio guide, no pictures inside. A truly magnificent church, really have to see it to believe it.

[caption id="attachment_1117" align="aligncenter" width="750"] Westminster Abbey - no pictures inside[/caption]

西敏寺

[caption id="attachment_1118" align="aligncenter" width="750"] Some hallway outside Westminster Abbey[/caption]

After visited the Westminster Abbey, we walked over to the Westminster Bridge to see the Big Ben and London Eye.

[caption id="attachment_1119" align="aligncenter" width="750"] Big Ben[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1121" align="aligncenter" width="750"] View of London Eye from Westminster Bridge[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1123" align="aligncenter" width="750"] On Westminster Bridge[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1122" align="aligncenter" width="750"] View from Westminster Bridge[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1120" align="aligncenter" width="750"] Big Ben 12noon[/caption]

Lastly we visited the British Museum, free admission.

[caption id="attachment_1124" align="aligncenter" width="749"] British Museum[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1114" align="aligncenter" width="750"] Inside British Museum[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1116" align="aligncenter" width="749"] British Museum[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1129" align="aligncenter" width="750"] British Museum - Rosetta Stone[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1115" align="aligncenter" width="750"] British Museum field trip :)[/caption]

Tiring day, but lots of fun thing to see. Food of day 2 will be in a separate post :)

Happy Lunar New Year!

We finally came from our trip. I was back on Jan 27, but way too tired and still fighting the jet lag! Our trip consist of London, Paris, Venice, and final stop Rome. Lets start with London!

Probably my favorite city out of this whole trip :)

Flew with Delta San Francisco to Atlanta, then Atlanta to Heathrow London. Second leg was about 8.5 hours, we were served lunch and then light refreshment breakfast, the breakfast sandwich was a little too bland :P

[caption id="attachment_1103" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Atlanta to Heathrow London. Served dinner (Chicken veggies) + refreshing breakfast (Egg Muffin and Banana)[/caption]

We arrived London around 12noon (Jan 15, 2014), we took the Heathrow Express to Paddington Station, this is the closest station to our hotel.

[caption id="attachment_1104" align="aligncenter" width="800"] London Heathrow Airport + Heathrow Express[/caption]

Paddington Station - amazing and huge!

[caption id="attachment_1093" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Paddington Station, London[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1094" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Paddington Station[/caption]

We arrived to the hotel around 2pm and couldn't help but fell asleep :P ... by the time we got back up, it was already dawn. We manage to make it to our first stop on our agenda, Trafalgar Square. It was a little rainy, but doesn't turn down our spirit!

[caption id="attachment_1097" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Trafalgar Square - very pretty at night too![/caption]

Roaming around Piccadilly Circus - so many people there, definitely a different atmosphere.

[caption id="attachment_1098" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Piccadilly Circus[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1101" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Piccadilly Circus - double deck bus! Feels like Hong Kong :)[/caption]

Finally we ended up at London Chinatown and had our dinner in a random restaurant.

[caption id="attachment_1099" align="aligncenter" width="800"] London Chinatown[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1096" align="aligncenter" width="767"] First random dinner in London[/caption]

To wrap up the night, we had our first Milk Tea in Chinatown.

[caption id="attachment_1102" align="aligncenter" width="800"] First Milk Tea in London Chinatown[/caption]

We crashed immediately when we got back to the hotel.