A healthy afternoon tea. Wait, don’t laugh, that wasn’t a punchline.
I mean, we all know that when you go for afternoon tea, the last thing on your mind is “healthy”. In fact, the champion of all afternoon teas would probably start with a sugar infused bubbly and finish with heart-attack inducing clotted cream.
Healthy? Say it ain’t so. But shrouded in all its modern and quirky architectural lines, The Metropolitan Hotel seems to be pushing the boundaries of the traditional afternoon tea.
So London had it’s coldest November day in over 30 years yesterday. We braved frostbite in our little feet and headed out anyway because over east at the Sunday Upmarket, there was promise of delicious flame-grilled chicken satay, the only way to have good traditional satay.
It was Thanksgiving in America yesterday. Being not an American person, I have pretty much zero knowledge about the history of Thanksgiving, but I love the idea that no matter how it started, it has evolved into a day of family, food and well, giving thanks.
Though I don’t celebrate Thanksgiving (I wouldn’t say no to a big turkey though), I have many things to give thanks for, such as my awesome friends who cook me awesome food 😀
Today is our four year anniversary. For you long-timers out there I know this is like nothing, but for me, it’s a dead set record.
Firstly, if you actually find The Fish Place, you’re already one step ahead of the pack. Google maps will attempt to debunk your mission to consume a seafood dinner by sending you in the total opposite direction. Ignore it. Basically, just go to the London Heliport, get on the water’s edge, walk about 20 feet westwards and hey presto, there it is.
Secondly, um… there is no secondly. You’re there!
They call it the Finnish Christmas Fair, but really, who are they kidding? Aside from one table of Christmas ornaments and some obligatory Moomin product, it was nothing but a good old food fair, descended upon by all the Finns (and non-Finns) of London each year to stock up on Finnish snacks and goodies for the coming festive season.
I, for one, am not complaining about that!