Home-made pizza

One our to-do list fulfilled!
Hubs and I successfully made our Hawaiian Supreme pizza. We 'cheated' by using the ready-made pizza base (too lazy to make from scratch).

For toppings, we used pineapples, mushrooms, beef sausages, french ham, capsicum, cheddar and mozzarella cheese.

Before putting the pizza into the oven

Ready to eat:)

There is still room for improvement, like putting more cheese, etc. But overall, the pizza tasted yummy!

Makan-makan at 5 Utara, Thai Restaurant

We went up to Jitra for dinner yesterday. Haven't been there for quite some time and wanted to get some spicy fix. Got the directions to this shop via Garmin.

It was a simple dinner. We didn't order crabs, lala and such because there were only 2 of us.

Anyway, this is how the shop look like from the front (sorry it was blur cos cars were moving and we had to park opposite the road to snap this).

Front look

The mixed vegetables were very good, fresh and crunchy. Worth to try:)

Mix vegetables (RM 8.00)

The Phat Phet Chicken tasted so-so. Will not order this again!

Phat Phet Chicken (RM 6.00)

The seafood tomyam (fish and squid) was yummy; but not spicy and sour enough (for my standard..haha)

Seafood tomyam (RM 13.00)

Here's the address and contact:

Overall, we might come back here again someday (with more people) so that we can try their other dishes. 

Covent Garden.....

For all those who love shopping and food, please make Covent Garden part of your itinerary.
I'm glad I did, but regret not spending more time there. If only I had more time, then I would be able to buy more stuff at the here. I only managed to get 2 dresses from H&M..I want more!!!

It was a lovely sunny day (I heard it was raining the past few days in London) and the young, the old are all out to enjoy the weather. Covent Garden is really a great place, bustling with people, street performers and just so much to see.

Ring Ring Ring the telephone...

 If you love hand-made goods, you must pay a visit to the Apple Market at Covent Garden.

I thought of my sister when I saw this stall:)

Hand-made bags

Flags commemorating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Year

We saw so many people at this stall and wondered what were they  having for lunch

Paella!

 We wanted to try it but there were too many people, insufficient seats, and we were didn't want to sit and eat by the road. I must go and try this if I visit Covent Garden someday. Anyway, if you do not know what paella is, read here.

We ended up eating at Masters Diner. Big food portion for a reasonable price.

Fish & Chips

Spaghetti Bolognese

 Went back to St Paul's Church at Covent Garden. This church is also known as the Actor's church because of its long association with the theatre community.  We had the opportunity to listen to some very talented musicians while they were practising.

The interior

Pipe organ

Musicians  

I could stay the whole day to listen them, but we had to rush back to collect our luggage from the hotel and then take the tube to Heathrow for our flight back to Malaysia.

London Borough Market (25th May 2012)

This was the last day of our Europe trip and we had so little time before our flight back to Malaysia. There were so many places I wanted to visit in London; the London Eye, the British Museum, Tate Modern, Hyde Park, to name a few, but we had so limited time. In the end, we chose to visit the Borough Market and Covent Garden (my next post).

On the way to Borough market, we passed this beautiful cathedral.

Southwark Cathedral

What a fine day to just sit outside and relax:)

Finally we arrived at Borough Market around 10am. Purposely kept our stomachs empty so that we can grab something here.

I want all, can?

Fresh Fish

Fruit stall

 Had only 1/2 of this pork pie (shared with hubby), and it kept me super full until lunch. Initially, we wanted to try out  Fish! kitchen, but my stomach couldn't take any more food after gobbling 1/2 of the pork pie.

Pork/Meat Pies

Juices and  smoothies

Wheatgrass

Ostrich meat anyone?

Stall selling different kinds of spices

I spy with my eye...Malaysia Rendang Curry

Interesting plates

Cheese glorious cheese!

Pastries

 We only spent around 45 minutes here, as many stalls were just setting up.

Big Ben and Westminster Abbey at night..

We arrived quite late at night on the 24th May 2012, and stayed at Tune Hotel Westminster. Again, this was the cheapest place to stay, and nearest to the Big Ben and the London Eye. 

I won't say much in this post, just to show you some pictures hubby took of the Big Ben at night.

First time in London...

I shall continue on my London trip today...

We were in London for a short while on the 13th May, and then back to London again on the 24th-25th May 2012 before flying back to Malaysia. The very short stop-over in London on the 13th was because we needed to catch the early morning flight from Gatwick to Santorini.

This was my first trip to London. Thanks to Air Asia X, we got the cheap flight (not zero fare, but still cheap) from Kuala Lumpur-London and back for 2 for RM39++ (including taxes, surcharges, seats, meals, luggage, insurance). We were supposed to land at Gatwick, but few months before the trip, Air Asia X suspended their flights to London. We were given a choice either to get a refund, select another destination or to wait for the alternative airline. To cut the long story short, we were upgraded to MAS for FREE! Wheeeee:) The downside was, we were landing at Heathrow instead of Gatwick. So, we had to find a way to get from Heathrow Airport to Gatwick Airport. We took the tube from Heathrow to Earls Court.

M&S Food...I love this place!

Yummy sandwich:) Can I have more, please?

After arriving at Earls Court station, we took a walk to the bus stop to wait for the EasyBus. The weather was good, rather cold for me (comparing with Malaysia).

Around West Brompton

Clean road

Saw a group of Chelsea supporters gathering together for a drink on that Sunday evening

After the 13 hours flight

 Since we would only be in London for a night, we booked the Yotel at Gatwick Airport itself. I think that was the cheapest we could find, considering that this hotel is just inside Gatwick, so convenient! But mind you, the room is very very small! More on the Yotel here.

The room has purple lighting, and we had to climb up onto the bed. The bathroom is just opposite the bed, and you can see through it, which may not be one's liking especially if they are not sharing the room with their spouse. The good thing is, you can have free coffee and hot chocolate anytime you want. Unfortunately, I did not manage to get the cup of hot chocolate since we checked in about 9pm and all I wanted to do was SLEEP.

The bed facing the bathroom

The bed...adequate for two and comfy!

The next morning, we checked out at 4am to check in for our flight to Santorini.