Partie du Champagne.,.+*

[ 冬季時裝在下午茶桌的伸展台 ] 

Fashion and afternoon tea at the Caramel Room in the Berkeley Hotel. Among all the different afternoon tea places in London, this one has a very glitzy and modern twist. The sweet stuff on the afternoon tea set are all inspired by fashion (like the cookies you saw above - Burberry jacket and Miu Miu shoes). Each piece corresponded, in our case, to the winter... (continue in English here...)


雖然冬季都快過了, 但食尚永遠走在最前線。倫敦有幾間下午茶的主題都走特別的主題，在 Knightsbridge 的 Berkely Hotel 裡的下午茶算是最特別的下午茶之一，因為它的下午茶的風格走的是最流行最時尚的設計。盤子上的每一個甜點都是和...


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[ 來自瑞典冰河的倫敦酒吧 ] 

In London, there's a place where you could experience being in an icy world. The Icebar by Icehotel is a bar made of ice from Northern Sweden. From the bar, the wall, the chair, the table to the cup in our hands. In the 40 mins you have in the....(continue in English here)

一些地方有那種整個用冰塊雕出來的飯店/酒店，比較有名的應該是瑞典的，但倫敦也有個全年都開放的冰雕酒吧. 我們在進去前都需披上那厚厚的保暖披風，因為過了一個門，除了天花板和地板不是冰塊以外，其他的都是！裡面的....



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[ 倫敦的酒吧就像博物館] 

In a city where there are almost a pub at every corner of the street, London has a lot of interesting pubs to explore. Some can be quite fascinating in terms of their interior decor or their theme. In the past few months I've went to a few with... (continue reading)


好久不見啦！最近忙著許多許多的事， 所以一直沒時間來更新中文版，不過 2012 年一眨眼已經快過了四分之一也有夠可怕的。走在倫敦街上，幾乎每個轉角都有一間酒吧，英國人還真是喝酒一級棒，不過其實酒吧也只不過是個很 casual 的 social 的地方，把最近幾個月去了幾間有點不同一般的英國酒吧來....


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[ 倫敦最羅曼蒂克的餐廳 ]

Voted the most romantic restaurant in London, I think this place does live up to that reputation. Hidden off a main street at the corner of the Covent Garden market, from the outside of the restaurant, you wouldn't know the inside is so cozy and pretty like this. When we were...(continue in English here)


在櫻花樹下的晚餐，戶外飄著倫敦的冬雪。這是倫敦人票選為最浪漫的餐廳，有時候許多事物很難說，這是我在去年就為好友慶生訂下的位子，在 Covent Garden 一旁的街上，一個不起眼的餐廳入口，往往都...


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[ 皇家公園旁的冠軍酒吧 ]
 
There are many pubs in London (or in England in general). There are everywhere and just as populated as corner stores or convenient stores. Some of them have a long history, some of them have very impressive interior, and some just have very awesome food. The Champion Pub is.. (continue in English here)


倫敦其實有滿多特色酒吧，這邊的酒吧除了喝酒和 social 外，還是個可以吃晚餐的地方，有些 pub 的料理還會特別走什麼什麼料理之類的，這間在 Notting Hill Gate & Queenway 地鐵站中間的...


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 [ 瞧我和誰吃飯去了 ]  

I finally gotten around to writing this post after the brutal grilling period of revision over the xmas and new year break. Managed to head to the Hampton Court Palace during the break. The palace's is surprisingly interesting compare to the other palaces I've been in many European cities. It also has a "live" Tudor...  (continue in English here)


考試終於考完了，一個月的準備下來，假期都沒放到，唯一有算出去玩的一天應該就是聖誕節後去亨利八世在倫敦郊區的漢普頓宮 (Hampton Court Palace)，這個城堡較特別的地方是這有個重建 Tudor 時代的廚房，還有人當場... 


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[ 巴斯 - 找茶去 ] 

The Tea Room & The Pump Room - We didn't plan to go to these two places. But we just happened to have found them. Bath is a quiet but busy hotspring town - Quiet when the tourists are gone and busy when they're in. There are also many... (continue in English here)


在 po 巴斯聖誕期間的其他事物前，先來看這次巴斯的兩間可以喝下午茶的地方，第一間的 Tea Time 十分可愛，是我們誤打誤撞看到的，第二間在巴斯的大景點裡面，也是所謂過去來巴斯的有錢有勢有地位的人拋頭露面的社交地方，也許...


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[ 胡桃鉗前的皇家歌劇院晚餐 ] 

Among all the ballets and operas that I've been to, I think the Royal Opera House in London really thought its business opportunities through. Not only do they have spectacular dining options available for customers who bought a ticket to see the performance in the House, they... (continue in English here)


柴可夫斯基的胡桃鉗芭蕾曲目是聖誕節幾乎各大芭蕾舞團必演的曲目之一，倫敦的皇家芭蕾舞團當然也是在這個時候搬出這樣應景的曲目，但皇家歌劇院厲害的地方，就是他們除了一流的演出外，還有一流的行銷方案，在歌劇院裡有幾間餐廳是沒有來這看表演，沒有辦法在這用餐的.. 最熱門 (位子需要幾個星期前預定) 的就是 Balcony Restaurant, 因為...


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[ 河岸 OXO 的景觀餐廳 ] 

Along the Thames River, you cannot possibly miss a building with the huge red OXO written on it. From the other side of the river, you could also see the top floor of the building is seems to be bustling with life and people having a good time. This is.. (continue in English here)


每個歷史悠久的大城市都有一條貫中市中心的河，在河的兩岸是數十年，數百年累計下來的建築和故事，倫敦也有這麼一條泰晤士河，每次在北岸看南岸時，總會看到一棟亮著紅色的 OXO 的長方形建築，那建築的頂樓類似...




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 [ Cupcake 也能一閃一閃亮晶晶 ]

I had always thought that pretty cupcakes are not edible until I met Hummingbird. On our way to our dinner place, we detoured and went to the bakery in... (continue in English here)


Cupcake 這種東西在倫敦其實還滿多的，而且許多裝潢美氣氛佳的蛋糕店都會看到 Cupcake (杯子蛋糕)，只不過，像馬卡龍一樣，這種甜點其實大部份都還滿甜的，要做到不是太甜和太膩，又看起來賣相很棒，這間 Hummingbird 在...



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[ 排隊吃烏龍麵去 ]  

With all the Frankenstein and ghosts on the tube and the streets, it was a kinda crazy night to be out. Following a friend's...(continue in English here)


排隊等位子這種情況好像在國外來說只會出現在日本料理和中國料理餐廳，這次我們去了在倫敦的 Soho 區的日本料理店，這是間日本人都會推薦的烏龍麵店，在超冷天和餐廳大廝殺的 Soho 區，這外面... 


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[ 珍珠奶茶文化在倫敦發揚光大啊 ] 

This is not a chemical laboratory; this is a different kind of bubble tea shop in London. Bubble Tea (or Pearl Milk Tea) originated from Taiwan some decades ago and became very popular worldwide. This bubble tea cafe/shop was actually...  (continue in English here)

前陣子上了許多台灣新聞版面的倫敦珍珠奶茶店，我終於去了，之前看他們的網站就覺得這個行銷概念還滿有趣的，而且他們做的珍珠奶茶是真的還不錯啦，比起一些...


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[ 超誇張的巴洛克餐廳 ]  

On a quiet Sunday, we passed by this restaurant and actually bothered to write down the name to google the... restaurant. From the outside, there's just something about the building that seems unable to retain... (continue in English here)


在倫敦 Notting Hill 區的一條安靜的小路上，有著這麼一間瘋狂的餐廳，白天外面看起來還滿典雅的，但二樓牆上有點 "破牆而出" 的雕像其實才是餐廳裡面的調調。記得有次到布拉格的一間教堂，一進去就被裡面飛天走地的神像和裝飾鎮住，這間餐廳裡面的裝潢和氣氛就是類似那樣的...


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[ 倫敦鬧區也有金碧輝煌 ]  

There are all kinds of festivals in London. But the one that I would be interested in is the restaurant or dine out festival. When I went down the list a while ago, it was definitely quite a long list. The restaurant festival here works pretty much like Dine Out Vancouver where you can order a special set menu at a fixed price. We went to one of those over 100 years old...(continue in English here)


這間在 Piccadilly 的百年餐廳的入口是個很能隔絕閒雜人等的任意門，穿過那旋轉門，一看過去就是這樣的金碧輝煌的氣派。如果不是因為有倫敦餐廳節的特價餐，我可能應該不會來這邊吃吧。這邊曾是許多政要人士出入的地方 (我是說很久以前啦), 現在的話...


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[ 都市中的鄉村風 ] 

Have been unbelievably busy lately ever since the beginning of October. But somehow managed to do some things that are not related to the degree pursued. *phew~* Went for a short day trip to Birmingham the other weekend. Didn't... (continue in English here)


伯明罕是英國第二大城，不過它比較屬於工業城市，所以沒有太多美麗的建築或壯麗的歷史故事，不過幾年前我也在那城市待了半年，所以也看到了這個有工業威尼斯之稱的都市比較不同的一面。這次回去..


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