6 March 2010
White City Shopping Mall
After the museum I decided to head west, to the biggest shopping centre in London which is of course a Westfield, yes the Australian company run by the ruthless Hungarian Jew Frank Lowy also bribes other world government leaders to be able to knock down houses to build malls (he also owned the basement shopping mall in the world trade centre).
On the way back to the station I finally found a coffee, and I felt much better immediately, which is mildly concerning.
The journey over went via Tottenham Court Road, which is where all the dodgy electronics shops are, so I exited the tube to have a look, but none of the shops were dodgy enough to even be mildly interesting, I will have to save my Panafonics/Fony/Hamsung shopping until I get to Hong Kong.
The mall is located in Shepards Bush and it is by far the nicest mall I have ever seen, very upmarket, with a huge selection of indoor and outdoor restaurants with a big cinema complex at the top (showing nothing of interest because apparently Alice in Wonderland is more boring than Lord of the Rings).
I had a great salad for lunch from 'Tossed' where all the workers wore t-shirts saying 'Im a Tosser', I wanted one of these t-shirts, where can I buy one?
The best thing about this mall is its about a 40 minute walk from my hotel, through upmarket Kensington, and open late during the week, so I shall probably go back after work for dinner and walk home after, if I am not too cold.
Heres the inside of a tube train, they are quite small, but come every couple of minutes.
The outside of the mall, along here are the outdoor restaurants, including the meat and wine co. which also exists in Darling Harbour and Crown Casino.
Random mall shots, Galleria in Hatfield is jealous.
OK, no more mall shots.
Here is my lunch, a very nice salad, it had chicken on mixed leaves with cranberries, apple, grapes and cashews (sounds a bit weird but was really nice).
On the walk home, I spotted a Lancia, remember when Lancia made cars people liked? This is what they make now.
For my dinner I had a chicken and mushroom meal with roast vegetables from Waitrose, the real bowl I purchased to eat my microwave meals out of is the best idea I ever had, which says a lot about the quality of my ideas.
In the evening I walked around the west end and Soho, through chinatown and back along oxford street etc. - it was damn cold and there were over 9000 million people.