So... Hmmm...... Macam tak ada nafsu aje nak menulis kat sini. Kamil dah chop the telly, and I have nowhere else to go but here. So sad. Seriously, I can live without the internet. I only ever use it for reading the Daily Mail and here.. Other than that, well Wikipedia mostly. FB jarang--jarang...
So... here I am because the telly is boring, I have finished my book and my kids are ... hmmm.... where are they ? Probably hanging out with my cousin who is living with us. Kesian aku tengok sepupu aku tu kadang-kadang. Bila balik aje, sah-sah anak aku serbu.
Anyway, what to tell about our trip apart from its weather ??
London has changed. I couldn't find the shops I wanted at Oxford St anymore. Couldn't see a single Bally when dulu there were like 2 on that road. Boots tinggal satu aje. No Virgin Megastore nor Laura Ashley. No more Bella Pasta anywhere !! That was most disappointing.
Speaking about food, we had problem with our food from the get go. We stopped by our favorite patisserie on Regent St and ordered 4 hot chocolates. They were huge. All in all, I think the 4 of us drank the equivalent of 2 cups. So at the next stop for hot chocolate, we ordered 2 cups. And it was really 2 cups sebab tak cukup. Hahah...
Lunch at Leicester Square, we had individual pizzas with chips. They were huge and again we only ate the equivalent of 2 servings. We then had lunch the very next day at a fish and chips shop next to the pizza place and ordered 2 normal sized serving and 1 large serving for Adik and I to share. Since the difference was only about 2 pounds, aku ingat it meant the fish was larger. It turned out the fish was doubled. And the single serving ? They were huge enough for 2 to share. So we had the equivalent of 6 servings and only ate about 3.
Masalah sungguh. I hate to see wasted food.
Dekat Paris pulak, we stayed at a hotel that was about 10 minutes walk from the Louvre. It is situated in a very nice square where people milled about and socialised. We agreed that we will explore the square on our last day.
Eating in Paris wasn't easy, not because of anything but Kamil. There were so many nice and quaint brasseries, restaurants and cafes littered on the streets of Paris but satu pun Kamil tak mau masuk. We went to McDonald's and Hard Rock Cafe. Aku bukan apa, I remember the time we holidayed in Brussels, at a time Kamil was more adventurous. We found this restaurant that served the best seafood paella I have ever tasted ever ! And they also made the freshest and uber delicious grilled seafood. And I like that. I like us going around sampling local food (although agak tension making sure the paella does not contain any porcine-y elements).
Aku berjaya jugak beli cupcakes and cookies (tak sedap.. seriously) but those were the only closest thing I came to Parisian food. But...bila when we explored the square near our hotel, the streets were lined with shops selling baguette sandwiches, crepes and what-nots. And yang paling best, they were halal !
So our last dinner in beautiful Paris baru I had the chance to have crepes filled with delicious bolognese sauce (yeah.. a bit Italian, tapi tak pelah) and my kids had sandwiches, with authentic baguettes. Not saying that the baguettes kat Malaysia ni tak authentic.. (they probably aren't), tapi kalau dah diuli oleh French, surely I have to put the authentic there... heheh.
Sayang... I would have wanted to sample the rest of the menus.
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