Went up to London yesterday. Meeting at some ungodly hour on the platform, Jack, two of our friends, John and Simran, and myself got blearily eyed onto a train to Victoria, spending most of the journey half asleep, we’d planned to go to a university fayre at UCL. Apparently all the London unis were gathered together, most giving talks and shiz trying to sell us their courses. Great. What was a slightly more pressing matter was what to do with our growling stomachs an hour and a half later when we got off..hmm there could only be one answer; MccyD breakfasts all round.
cliche shot, at camden
Wasn’t long til we could escape the life-sucking aura of the place (it did seem full of those nerdy types, who you just know are going to get straight A’s and hate vehemently without even speaking to) and hit london for real. Wooah.
jack attemping an irish waterfall
Spent the rest of the afternoon lounging in a Lebanese cafe in Camden Town, smoking a shisha and sipping mint tea. Plain lush. Ever tried a shisha pipe? I hadn’t, it was my first and I can tell you know, will most definitely not be my last!It had a strange sort of smooth consistency, not like a normal cigg, and (being grape flavour) tasted fruity and sickly sweet. Mmmmm. Yummeh!
john and me, shisha-ing
Lush day, ended with a trip to Covent Garden, by this time we were once again ravenous and stopped off at Oatarian, ever heard of it? It’s a pretentious all-vegetarian fast-food restaurant. Delicious, but oh so expensive. Everything is recycled, carbon neutral, energy efficient, calorie counted, blah blah etc. Still, was kind of funky (oh god, never let me use the word ‘funky’ again! but really it was the only way to describe this place). Plus. And this is a big plus. They sell the most to-die-for sweet potato chiplets. Mmmmmmmmmmmm. Double mmmmmmmmm. All salty and peppery and herby and mouth-wateringly mmmm. You. Have. To. Try. Them.
jack in oatarian
http://www.otarian.com/love-food/menu-uk.html
So yes. All in all a pretty good day? Except for maybe the bit about the nerds…
Much love xox
