breakfast at central perk in piccadilly. yes apparently it IS a franchise of the central perk in Friends.
after breakfast: walked aimlessly around chinatown and took an obligatory picture in front of the chinese arch. (i'm pretty sure i have at least 10 pictures of myself in front of the arch - on 10 different occasions)
then we got bored so i decided it was time to go drink my pearl milk tea. and forced everyone else to drink too.
got bored further...so we had an early lunch. happy amrita with glorious chinese food.
then it was time for (window) shopping! seriously, there really isn't much to do in manchester. amrita had already seen old trafford and adrian couldn't be bothered about man utd or anything which involves breaking a sweat, museums here are shit especially when you've been to the best museums in the world, nothing particularly worth sightseeing ESPECIALLY in this sort of weather (or even when the weather is nice, for that matter), ladidadidadida... so what else to do than shop?
manchester town hall. randomly.
walked, (window) shopped, got some free stuff from the body shop... and it was tea-time! so we went to cafe rouge over at the printworks. and since people always ask why i hardly put up pictures of teongrhen and i on my blog, here's one. you can quit bugging me now. :)
trio de creme brulee.
chocolate & banana crepes, and tarte tatin with ice-cream.
... then we went back home and had maggi mee for dinner. and that was our CNY eve.
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1st day of CNY: went for tapas! at this place in preston called Pond. see i told you, very unconventional indeed. but absolutely no regrets and money well-spent.
massywassy joined us too!
giant pitcher of sangria.
we had: Chilli, garlic & herb mushrooms;
Ciabatta with garlic oil and balsamic vinegar;
Papas’ aji (bravas) - oven roasted potatoes finished in spicy tomato sauce;
Luv a duck - duck breast strips finished in a light fresh plum sauce;
Chorizo with port, red wine, herbs and garlic;
Aji de gallina - hot and spicy fruit, veg and chicken stew with chillies;
Abi obe - chicken cooked with African spices, tomatoes, mushrooms and onion...
haloumi and serrano ham...
mango & sundried tomato homemade bread...
spanish pancake with caramelised plums and berries...
... and toffee & pecan cheesecake.
all uber delicious!
everybody happy happy. a few hours later: everybody sad sad. cos adrian and amrita had to go home :(
fast forward to the 2nd last day of CNY (yesterday): potluck dinner at fleur, jane june and wilfed's house. finally some proper CNY spirit!
NOW it feels a bit like CNY.
also looks and tastes like CNY. yeesang made by jane june.
teehee so exciting!
LOU SANG!
tong yuen for dessert. can't get any better than this.
superpig! everybody looks funny.
