Hello lovely readers ♥
Yesterday we ended up in China town. How cool is it to be able to go to China in less than two minutes? Ok, so it’s not quite the same as China, but it’s definitely different to the rest of London and I don’t think it could’ve felt more Chinese without jumping on a plane. It has everything from dodgy street food and street ornaments to a bunch of Chinese people talking Chinese to each other in Chinese shops!
The plan was originally to go out somewhere we’ve never been before and do something we’ve never done before, but we kind of failed. We’ve been to China town before, but it’s been a while and we both really felt like Asian so why not? It calms my travellers heart for bit at least. You get a quick boost of a foreign culture.
I changed into something a bit more chilled than what I wore earlier. I’m wearing a Zara leather jacket, Alexander McQueen scarf, Alexander Wang bag and Chloe boots.
Restaurants like this one actually remind me of China, there always seem to be the dried out chickens in the window. One day I am going to try one and see what all the fuss is about. One day… just not yesterday ;)
Luckily we found this place which looked really nice and seemed a good end to the debate of whether we should have Chinese, Thai or Sushi as they served all three. Even more luckily all three ended up being delicious. The menu was huge but we narrowed it down to some sushi, duck in pancakes and a thai green curry.
This was the Volcano roll which is a sushi roll filled with tuna and avocado in a tempura batter drizzled with melted cheese and salmon roe. Pretty yummy :D
Have you been to Chine town before, or perhaps China? I went to Beijing once years ago, but it was in the middle of the winter and it was freezing cold – would love to go back in summer and see some more! xx
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Hi Celina, I love this outfit blog, and that bag! WOW!
You should go back to Chinatown next Sunday(10th Feb) for the Chinese New Year celebrations. They’re pretty loud, and it gets busy, but it only happens once a year, and you wont forget it, even if you only end up going to half an hour!
Jennifer xx
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Oh no I can’t believe I’m missing that!! It sounds like something I would love!! Unfortunately I won’t be in the UK :(
I love the CHina Town from London so many smells and colours.I wasn’t in China till now but I already visits China Towns in SIngapour and Hong Kong and I enjoyed a lot.Have a nice Sunday and btw your last outfit was great.
Stefania
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Hi Celina,
I love this! that picture of you with everyone else blurred was great!
I went to china over the summer- beijing and into the country a bit more- never tried any of the dried out chickens though!
xoxo
Hi Celina,
You really should try the chicken or duck sometime! Although it doesn’t look delicious, IT IS! I think that the case with the best asian dishes: They doesnt always look attractive. In Chinatown there’s also a good Vietnamese restaurant named ”Viet”, but all the other ones are also oke. Try a bowl of Vietnamese tradional noodlesoup ‘Pho’. That’s tasteful but healthy. Full of fresh herbs and low fat. I love it!
x
Thuy-Van
Thank you for your recommendations, I will try Viet next time but I’m still not too sure about the chicken and duck on the street. Although, come to think about it I have had a lot of dodgy street food while travelling and that has been delicious. Somehow it’s different having it in the west.. weird.
Pho sounds delicious, I’ll let you know once I’ve tried it :D xx
this is on my to do list for my next london trip :) hopefully i’ll be there in march :)
I love the buzzing feeling whenever I go to china town, but if you wanna have amazing chinese food, you should just go to Hakkasan. I’m sure you’ve been there before, it one of my fave restaurants in London! Yautcha in Soho also does amazing dim sum. You should try it! x
Yes, Hakkasan is really amazing! I’ve been to the one in Mayfair and the one in Tottenham court road, but we just wanted something chilled this time.
I’ve been in china once, during the expo in Shanghai and Bejijng. unfortunatly I always get a culture shock so i ended up in bed in bejing and so i only saw the chineese wall , but that was great! If you are in Shanghai once you should really go in that huge building with a lot of tiny markets, (its near a very famous teahouse) because it has a lot of really nice things!
My fiancé and I went for sushi last night too…..in Fort Worth Texas. Haha been to London once for a quick couple of days, would love to go back! Love all the London pictures, and of course, your wardrobe!
You should really try the “weird” (at least to Europeans) Chinese food. I’ve been to Beijing and Tibet in 2010. I’ve been lucky and accomanied my father on a business trip so we got invited to a bunch of official banquets which gave us the chance to try the authentic traditional food. I’ve been brave and tried everything that wasn’t a testicle or any other part of the reproductive system ;) (seriously).
I just love London, I’m so happy for you to be able to live there sometime of the year. I’m already planning (theoretically) to do 1 month of my medical traineeship in London. I just have to :) (and New York :D).
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UK Chinatown looks better (and cleaner) than LA’s Chinatown. Looks like fun! Celina, can you do a post sharing some of your current favorite songs your listening to at the moment? I loved your last 2 recommendations (Ellie Goulding and Martine Marbel). I’m so bored with my current music library, it needs something new. Pleeeeeeeeeease? ;D
Hey Celina! I believe the ‘dried chicken hanging by the window’ would be (the chinese) roasted chicken meant for chicken rice! I’m not too sure if they serve it the same in London, but it’s usually rice flavored with chicken broth used by the juice from roasting, garlic and ginger with some chicken meat chopped up and a couple of cucumbers. It’s good with a little or drenched in black sauce too! Should give it a try (: FYI, the main attraction of chicken rice is the rice. If it’s not fragrant or way too oily, it’s not the best! Of course how yummy and tender the chicken is counts too!
China town!! :) Jeg liker også den følelsen av å få et innspill av noe utenlandsk, men allikevel kunne gå “hjem” igjen etterpå! Hadde det sånn da jeg bodde i Australia. Gøy. Kjempefin jakke du har!! Jeg vil også ha!!
Jeg ble kjempesulten når jeg så sushien, fy søren, er så lei “vanlig” sushi som selges i Norge. Trenger noe med litt mer “spenst” i!
Jeg har aldri vært i Beijing, men har vært i Hong Kong & på Maccau! Utrolig fine steder! Elsker asia! (…og maten) Må faktisk slutte å reise dit snart sånn at jeg kan få se andre steder i verden også! ;) (Bare 1 gang til nå til Vietnam, drar 17 februar! JIPPI!) OG jeg skal faktisk til NY i sommer! <3 <3 <3 <3 Hurra! Gleder meg sånn!
Ha en fantastisk mandag Celina! <3
Beautiful pics!!!!!!
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Looks like the real thing to me, ha, ha. Frekventerte Peking lenge før det ble så moderne som det er nå, og det var en opplevelse i lukter og smaker. Vet ikke helt om jeg er like glad for det kommersielle Beijing som ikke lenger er så billig eller “kinesisk” som vi nordboere ynder å tro vi får oppleve. Jeg er nok født i feil land med feil nasjonalitet, og jeg kjente meg sånn hjemme i din benevnelse av et “travellers heart”.
How fun! I love the lanterns. I have been to Chinatown in New York City, which I’d imagine is similar yet different to this one. London’s Chinatown appears to be cleaner than NYC’s. That food looks amazing. You look fantastic as well!
OMG, I love your outfit and I love these pictures – especially the full shot of you with the blurred background and the moving people. Does your BF take your pics? If so, he’s quite a talented photographer!!! ;-)