みなさん、こんにちは!
It's been a while since I've done anything productive and actually left my house for something else other than work. Originally yesterday was a day for me to go and hand in my final re-sit assignments for university but unfortunately I am struggling with one of them because with trying to put down the exact words I have inside my head is becoming a problem for me (_ _ll)
Anyway, I managed to spend an afternoon out in Central London (again!) and enjoy the company of some lovely friends - one of whom it was a goodbye as he was going back to Korea for a year or two, very sad times as he is a straight up sound guy. A group of us met outside of Leicester Square station - I swear it's the only train station people know of without getting lost... but anyway we all met around 2pm and at this time a few were hungry - including myself as I was naughty in skipping breakfast again... I must stop doing that (；￣Д￣）
We all headed over to Corean Chilli - a popular Korean restaurant located just a minute from the station exit - and were seated pretty much instantly. Now in the past when I have visited Corean Chilli, I have never had any problems from waiters/waitresses or the food but today was very different. Our waitress was extremely rude to us as a group and spoke in very short, sharp sentences and when it came to ordering, yes I'll admit we were a bit higglty pigglty but hey, that's what happens sometimes you know? I decided to go for my usual of Corean Chilli's sweet chicken with rice and a kimchi fried pancake, as I was seriously craving kimchi pancake for a while now. My friend Sasha also ordered the sweet chicken like I did... and well she wasn't impressed either with her food. Now... where to begin with this meal;
Pros
★ Was served to the table very quickly
★ Served hot
Cons
★ Kimchi pancake was slicked with oil and burnt around the edges
★ Chicken was more batter than meat
★ Almost chewed my jaw off said batter
★ Rice tasted like day-old food
★ Rice was non-sticky and felt like I was eating basmati rice
★ Poor Sasha only had one piece of vegetable whilst I seemed to have the rest
★ Sauce was too sickly sweet, unlike last time when it was just the right amount of sweet
★ Pineapple juice was warm
★ Pineapple juice in a glass that wasn't even £3.30 worthy
★ Waitress was extremely rude
★ Wouldn't let us pay separately even though we asked and we did it before in the past
★ Waitress ignored us for 15 minutes before giving us out bill
Yeah I don't think I'll continue with the cons... we shall be here all day to be honest. So basically my deal with this restaurant was the bad service, bad manners and for once, the bad food. Yeah it is only one bad experience at this restaurant but honestly, I doubt I will ever go back again.
Continuing on, a few wanted cake and I stated how in one of the bakeries located in Chinatown is a) massive and b) cheaply priced so we headed over to the Golden Gate Bakery - which honestly is one of my favourite bakeries because they are just so friendly and happy in there! Oh and one time I got loads of free cake for no apparent reason, so happy place! I ordered a slice of strawberry mousse cake which is delicious and perfect for the weather that we had for the day - seriously it was like we were being baked in an oven, I kind of regretted wearing jeans for the day by this point. After the bakery, Sasha and I headed into Boba Jam for some ice cold bubble tea but in a way it was Sasha who treated me to it because she needed to pay by card and there is a spending limit before you have to use card payments... so yeah Sasha I owe you one bubble tea!
After that, we dispersed from each other to be honest and I tagged along with Jackie to the KCC to see Jay for a filming thing they were doing. We literally walked from the KCC to Trafalgar, to Leicester Square, back towards Trafalgar and then onward towards Green Park. It was so long and in the heat we all seemed to tire easily but manages to find a nice piece of shade in Green Park;
I literally left the others to do their filming and I sat down under a tree and read more of my book. It's called 'Please Look After Mother' (엄마를 부탁해) and it's written by South Korean author Kyung-sook Shin. The book is about the disappearance of sixty-nine-year-old So-Nyo when is separated from her husband among the crowds of the Seoul subway station, her family begins a desperate search to find her. Yet as long-held secrets and private sorrows begin to reveal themselves, they are forced to wonder: how well did they actually know the woman they called Mom? It is such a powerful book and because of the style of writing, it made me believe that the author was telling a story from her life and it actually surprised me that this story is fictional. I enjoyed it so much and didn't put it down for two days straight, I seriously feel like reading it all over again now.
It was about 7pm when I decided to head home as instead of the usual 30-40 minute journey towards Kingston, I had to endure a grueling 2 and a half hours to my parents home here in Essex. I'm still finding it hard adjusting here and now that I won't officially graduate university until January, my plans to move to Japan and teach English out there has been pushed back a few extra months which suck beyond belief. Despite a few hiccups to the day and the extremely hot weather, it was nice to be in London and be away from Essex even for a few hours.
Peace Out
xoxo
