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To live in a city is getting to know it in the most personal level... discover those places unknown to most, those streets which hide tresures invisible to everyone else... my London.

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  • Wonderful patisserie... China Town on Nov 22, 2009 in cakes CENTRAL Chinese

    A few years ago, following this shop´s opening to the public, the whole street elevated their level somehow.The tatty old frontages begun to pick up and match the much nicer appearance of the new comer, and suddenly it was no longer that obvious who...

  • yumchaa on Nov 22, 2009 in cakes north tea

    I love the Camden Lock for many reasons, but one of the main ones is that it is a great framework of opportunities for people who can, to do.Yumchaa is a typical success story. I remember watching a program in which they explained the origin of the b...

  • Sushi of Shiori on Nov 11, 2009 in Japanese list of places to go

    I have not tried this Japanese restaurant yet, it has just been recommended to me by a foodie colleague of mine, but it sounds a bit like one of my favourites in town(or maybe favourite... ) Mai Food in Earls court.A very small place with only spaces...

  • The Japan centre on Oct 19, 2009 in shopping food shopping Japanese

    Last year, the Japan centre restaurant took over the whole ground floor of what used to be the Japan centre building. At the time, the shopping area became a separated entity at the ground floor adjacent to the restaurant rather than upstairs or down...

  • Dim sum at the Express holiday inn, North Greewhich on Oct 11, 2009

    You cannot believe that you are going to find a nice restaurant at the ground floor of a Holiday inn express... you cant really... And one day your friends suggest it... after they have tried it (to believe it themselves). It is Sunday and you like...

  • Rhodes bakery, Greenwich on Oct 11, 2009

    This was a very nice discovery at a very bad time ;-) ... Last weekend, and after eating as much dim sum as i could possibly think off, our friends took us to this gorgeous little place in Greewich...Cofee was very nice and i almost cried when i had...

  • Millenium village's children area on Oct 11, 2009

    London sometimes feels like a city for young people, where there is little place for children or the elderly ... but in some places, the tougher requirements for provision of child play areas impossed by the authorities are resulting in some bizarre,...