London, Part 1

I’m writing this on a train to Glasgow, using the National Express train line’s free wifi and experiencing the amazing English countryside. It’s the 21st century, eh?

London was amazing. Highlights:

Indian Food Tour

One of our goals (and by our, I mostly mean my; but C is all to willing to support my habit) was to eat as much Indian food as possible while in England. Our method for finding Indian food was delightfully unscientific–we just went where our noses took us.

*Sagar. SImple and elegant inside, with good saag paneer and aloo zeela (potatos and cumin seeds). Good, but didn’t knock my socks off. 7/10 samosas.

*Rasa. Housed in a ridiculously pink building, and known for seafood, it had an interesting mango/banana yogurt curry we tried and an extraordinary eggplant dish. We got tricksied into paying about 15 dollars for papadam and assorted pickles, which were delicious but suboptimal considering the relationship between the dollar and the pound. 8/10 samosas.

*Vegetarian Paradise. With a name like this, it was difficult for us to pass it up. Stumbled upon this one while we were looking for our train station before we left. A dosa masala, saag paneer, dal, chana masala, and garlic naan later we left incredibly satisfied. 9/10 samosas.

Pub Stumble

We didn’t just eat. We frequented a pub or two…like the Rising Sun in central London:

Sightseeing

Hyde Park (where we saw a fire and brimstone preacher at Speaker’s Corner), the British Museum, Big Ben, Parliament, the London Eye, Millenium Bridge, Tate Modern, St. Paul’s Cathedral, and a few other bits and pieces of London.