We'll be staying at "The Dean Street Townhouse a 39 bedroom hotel and all-day dining room, located in the thick of buzzing Soho, in central London. The dining room is open for breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, and dinner. The four-storey Georgian townhouse, once home to the Gargoyle Club, is rich in both its historic past and its Georgian architecture."
Phone:+44 20 7434 1775
Prices:$$$
Hours: Tuesday 7:00 am – 12:00 am
Reservations: toptable.co.uk
We'll head over for a beer at "The Water Poet a multi-tasking gem of a pub that boasts a large main bar, comfortable dining room, huge walled garden with barn, basement bar with cinema system, additional private dining room and separate pool parlour with two tables."
Address: 9-11 Folgate St, London E1 6BX, United Kingdom
Phone:+44 20 7426 0495
Prices:$$$$
Hours: Tuesday 11:00 am – 11:00 pm
And after some site seeing we'll need some dinner at "The Shampan, a canvas boat found in rural parts of Bangladesh and in many ways encapsulates the unique cultural heritage that Bangladeshis have brought to Britain."
Address: 79 Brick Ln, London E1 6QL, United Kingdom
Phone:+44 20 7375 0475
Hours: Tuesday 12:00 pm – 2:00 am
On Sunday we'll head north to Islington and have Sunday lunch (a British tradition) at:"Trullo restaurant opened in June 2010, and offers a simple, seasonally focused, Italian inspired menu that changes daily. Fresh hand-made pasta and our charcoal grill are the counterpoints of the menu at Trullo, the pasta rolled minutes before service, and the fish and meat cooked over burning coals."
Address: 300-302 St Paul's Rd, London N1 2LH, United Kingdom
Phone:+44 20 7226 2733
Prices:$$$$
Hours: Tuesday 12:30–2:45 pm, 6:00–10:15 pm
And an afternoon stroll in Kensington Park. "Kensington Palace, the Italian Gardens, Albert Memorial, Peter Pan Statue and the Serpentine Gallery are all located within its 242 acres. Planted with formal avenues of magnificent trees and ornamental flower beds, the gardens are also home to the popular Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Playground.
The next morning we'll hail a black cab to Bar Italia for an amazing cup of coffee.
We'll do some shopping in Nightsbridge at YMC, The Kooples, Cutler and Gross Vintage, and Penhaligon's in Soho. "Penhaligon's is an English perfume house. It was founded in the late 1860s by William Henry Penhaligon, a Cornish barber who moved to London and who became Court Barber and Perfumer to Queen Victoria."
Address: 125 Regent Street London W1B 4HT
Of course, we have to see the sights via the London Eye River Cruise.
"Take a London Eye River Cruise and see London from a different perspective. Enjoy a unique 40 minute circular sightseeing cruise on the River Thames with fascinating live commentary that brings the city to life, presented by specialist guides."
Address: Riverside Bldg, County Hall, Westminster Bridge Rd, London SE1 7PB, United Kingdom
Phone:+44 871 781 3000
We'll take a double decker to Notting Hill and mosey around the Portobello Road Market. It is the world’s largest antiques market with over 1,000 dealers selling every kind of antique and collectible. Visitors flock from all over the world to discover one of London’s best loved landmarks which contains the most extensive selection of antiques in Britain
After a long day of shopping we'll need a drink. Stopping in at "The Bar With No Name" - 69 Colebrook Rowe and try these off the wall cocktails: Terrori, St. Jame's Gate, The Barbershop Fizz, Apisco Sour, and Avignon.
"Tony Conigliaro is widely acknowledged as one of the UK’s pioneering drinks creators, and is continually working to break the boundaries surrounding drinking experiences. Having worked as a bartender for many years in places such as Isola and Shochu Lounge in London, Tony began to pay attention to the work of the chefs and incorporated new methods into his cocktail repertoire, resulting in some ground-breaking cocktail menus."
Address: 69 Colebrooke Row, London N1 8AA, United Kingdom
Phone:+44 7540 528593
Prices:$$$$
Reservations: toptable.co.uk
Before departing for the states we'll stop for breakfast at The Shed. "The Shed features a fantastic daily-changing menu of Sussex produce sourced from their family farm and other local suppliers. Small plates of Oliver’s flair cookery star on the menu – sticky spatchcock quail, mouthfuls of mackerel sashimi, rabbit ravioli…the list goes on. Focus on using the whole animal (nose to tail cooking) so that nothing is wasted is essential to The Shed kitchen."
Address: 122 Palace Gardens Terrace, London W8 4RT, United Kingdom
Phone: +44 0207 229 4024
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