after the much needed nap, we walked around portobello street, shops in mayfair (love love loved the smythson shop - what great designs, nice leather, and minimal brand/logo'ing going on), and topped off the afternoon with the fanciest (and tastiest) fish & chips ever at the dorchester hotel, thanks to a great recommendation from my gf, liz! :)
we were lucky to be seated near the bar and piano player, who entertained us with contemporary pop and some traditional holiday tunes. and although out bar portions of fish & chips appeared meager upon arrival, kevin and I were both completely stuffed after we consumed te delicious wasabi peas, salted mixed but medley, and our respective f&c's.
what to do next? well, since it was boxing day aka the most maniacal day of shopping of the year in england (i hope), we decided when in rome ... let's just say although kev has been desperately trying to separate out which of +35 jackets to keep and donate, he added another one to the collection today (which honestly looks pretty similar to a couple other ones he already has). LOL. i almost joined him, but fought back the urge to spontaneously shop and came home with just a tweezer and a personlized jar of nutella.
we hiked out west to brick lane / shoreditch afterwards for an entertaining night of indian comedy and curry at T+L's number one rated indian spot in london: nazrul. the decor was cheesy and the waiters were a bit too jovial, but the food was flavorful and the mango lassi was sweet and filling. we had the "chicken tiki masala blast", a house specialty, which was much lighter than the butter double-cooked tiki masala.
kevin fell asleep on the couch when we got back and snored! ah ha - im not the only one.
ps. also got a cute hat from barbour today. it's so warm and hardy, i love!!
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