London - December 2006

Another short stay in London for a getaway from Sheffield last December before Christmas.

My must-have lunch again in the noodle stall mentioned in my previous post. Same dishes ordered just that this time round, lots of vinegar in the sweetcorn soup.



A lot of people swear by this restaurant as serving the best roast duck in London and if you are a frequent visitor to London, then perhaps by now you should already know which restaurant I am talking about. Despite the ridiculously long waiting time, with or without booking, it is hard to miss the hustle and bustle of this place.

People come from everywhere just to try its roast duck and this is also the place that won my mum over and as quoted from her one of the best roast duck she's tried. Although I have not personally tried it before, perfect scores from basically everyone who's been here cannot be wrong ya?

For those visiting London, give this a try and I am sure you will not be disappointed. It's located in Bayswater and once you are there, just keep a lookout for 'Four Seasons' restaurant or just go towards where there is a long queue forming along the street.

Fish maw soup



Sweetcorn with crabmeat soup



Salt and pepper squid



Kai lan with cuttlefish cake



Seafood bee hoon



The highlight of the night - the house speciality roast duck (half)




All of the abovementioned dishes are only for 2 pax and as most of you are aware, I do not eat meat meaning my fellow diner actually finish half the roast duck by himself and still craving for more after the meal despite him not being a big eater most of the time.

The hotel chosen for this trip is Hilton Olympia London.

In short, this is way below the normal expectations I would expect from a Hilton branch. The location despite being next to a tube station is out of the way and the room is plastered with gloomy wallpaper with dull dirty green bedsheets to match. Further, the lock in the room couldn't work and it took the maintenance people 2-3 hours before they got back to us. Talk about service.



Crossing my fingers that my next stay in Hilton in a few more weeks will not bring disrepute to the name again...