London

   After staying in Cambridge for almost a week, it is time to take a cab to London to continue on my UK trip.  The journey was around 2 hours plus due to the heavy traffic so i reached London around 6pm plus. We proceed straight to our hotel in London which is Berjaya Eden Park Hotel, and check in and unload our luggage. After that we went out to get dinner. The hotel is really good as it is really close to the tube station, it is just opposite the tube station. Around the hotel there is tons of eatery and also a wide variety, ranging from thai to chinese to lebanese to persian food. There is also lots of shop selling souvenirs as cheap as 99p.

     The next day, we went out early and arrive at our first destination, the tower bridge. We paid for the admission ticket, and went up to take a closer look at the tower bridge. The bridge took 8 years to finish, used 30,000 tons of stone and cost £1,184,000 to build. 10 men died during its making and the walk way is 42 meters above the thames. In the middle of the walk way, the path is change and is made of glass, so while walking on the glass you can see things that is happening below the bridge. The glass is also only 6cm thick but yet is stronger than the wooden path way. 

Standing on the glass platform.

     After the tower bridge, my mum and i went to have lunch, we had fish and chips with a cup of latte. After lunch, we went into the tower of london to see the royal jewel such as the coronation spoon, and the different crowns worn by different kings and queen. It was an eye opener for me, and it was really magnificent. 

Nicest soft serve ice-cream.

The monument.

    Then, we walked down to the monument that commemorate the great fire in london. The monument is really tall, it is standing tall at 62 meters and you can only reach the top by climbing, it is around 311 steps to the top of the observatory and the steps is the spiral type. But the stairway is really narrow and you will still have to give way to people that is coming down. We did not manage to climb to the top as we were a bit dizzy after climbing for a while, it may be because we keep looking down at our steps.

Marble Arch

Oxford street.

The next day we went to see the Big Ben, Westminster abby and the Buckingham Palace. We also went to chinatown and oxford street. Oxford street is similar to Orchard road with big brands and names. There is also a Primark there, which sells insanely cheap stuff ranging from clothes, makeup and many more. Things were as cheap as £1!!! 

Exploring the streets of Cambridge

   

 Today, I just casually walk around the town of Cambridge alone cause my mum had to go to work. Firstly I walk all the way to the quayside to take pictures of the punts and the quay. Along the quay, there is a lot of different universities situated there.

     After that, I walk down and just wander around the different lanes there, the places and lanes are interconnected together so I just walk along the different streets. While walking to the quay I walked past a shop that sell desserts and pastry, the shop emits a strong buttery scent around it and make me feel so hungry just by smelling it.

Round Church

The local market 

Kings college 

The grasshopper clock

     While wandering, I stumbled upon a bookstore named "Heffers" and entered it to look around, I also got some souvenirs there. I also walked to the local market located at the market square. The markets have a variety of stalls selling different things from flowers to clothes to DIY stuffs. Surrounding the market are shops such as G.A.P, Cath kidston, Marks & Spenser.

I really love the town here, everyone is really friendly and the building here are really cute and pretty. It feel like I have travel back in time, with all these beautifully design Churches, colleges. Maybe I will explore the different bridges tomorrow.

Fried squid from wagamama

Steamed and pan fried dumplings from wagamama

Lamb yakisoba from wagamama

King prawn spaghetti for dinner from loch fine

Dulcet & Studio

   

 On christmas eve, my family came to visit me at my work place, so we went to have lunch together at a cafe called Dulcet & Studio, it was heard to be well know for their cakes. So we decided to have their lunch set meal, which consist of a cup of coffee or tea, salad, main dish, dessert, and it was only $11.80 which was really affordable as it is really filling and the portions are quite big as well. Both my mum and me had the sambal spaghetti set meal while my dad and brother have the chicken teriyaki set meal.

Look at all the cakesssssss

Sambal spagetti 

Salad

Teriyaki chicken meal

     They also have a wide selections of desserts and we decided to buy a double cheesecake too. The salad was really refreshing and appetising, the salad dressing was really good it was sour and helps us to have more appetite. The spaghetti was nice too, it was filled with seafood such as squid, clams and prawns which adds a good chew to the spaghetti. The dessert was extraordinarily good, the dessert was Hokkaido chiffon cake and the cake was really fluffy and it goes really well with the whipped cream. The whipped cream was so light and fluffy too, it is like eating whipped condensed milk.

Dulcet & Studio:177 River Valley Road
                          Liang Court Shopping Centre, #01-41/42
                          Singapore 179030Opening Hours:

Monday to Thursday: 
11:00am - 10:00pm

Friday: 

11:00am - 11:00pm

Saturday:

10:00am - 11:00pm

Sunday: 
10:00am - 09:30pm

Guksu (국수) Restaurant

   

 On day my family decided to go out for dinner and we had korean food for dinner. We went to Guksu Restaurant to have our dinner, they have both set meal dinner and a la carte dinner, it was almost fully packed when we went in to the store, it was lucky we made a reservation at first.

They gave us gloves to eat the fried chicken.

     We ordered 2 sets of fried chicken, one soya sauce flavoured and the other the classic original flavour, we also ordered 2 hotpot from their dinner set meal and a korean seafood pancake. For the drinks we paid $3.90 and will get to enjoy free flow of drinks, however limited to a few choices only. And the special thing is that you will get to order your food through a iPad which is located on the ice of the table.

Ordering through a iPad 

Choice of drinks available for the free flow.

Hotpot.

Side dishes

Korean pancake

"Porridge"

     They also have complementary side dishes like kimchi, pasta salad, and other korean side dishes. The food was good, the fried chicken was the show stopper. It was crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside and even after it had turn slightly cold, it was still super crispy!! However the price is a little pricy, but the restaurant was located near town area so maybe that's why the slightly higher price. For the hotpot, you get to choose which is the soup base you will like and they type of hotpot you want, like vegetable hotpot or seafood hotpot, the price of the dinner set meal was quite affordable actually and quite worth the money.

Guksu Restaurant: #02-385, 3 Temasek Blvd
                                  Singapore 038983
Opening hour: 11am to 10.30pm ( Daily )