Saturday, January 02, 2010

Going To The Cafes

I've never embraced breakfast and brunch with more enthusiasm than in London and New York City. NYC has bagels and fantastic pizzas. BAGELS. London has many many exciting food for me. Oh, the cafe culture so rocks.

I love how easy it is to grab a sandwich or salad for lunch here. In Singapore, I don't have many lunch options since I'm stuck in the office office or at work lunches. When I do get lunch on my own, the choices are often oily carb-laden items that don't appeal. (Except Big D's anchovy pasta of course. I eat that ALL THE TIME whenever I can.) Well, there's Subway, Starbucks and CoffeeBean, of which all serve shite sandwiches and NO NICE EGGS. And yes, bad greens. UGGGH. Why do we not have a sandwich culture in the little red dot? Looks like it's back to homecooked lunches soon.

In London, every morning, I bounce out of bed happy and hungry. There's this skip in my step as I walk to Lantana Cafe or Monmouth Coffee, slip inside to inhale all the coffee aroma and decide on what I want to eat for the morning.

I'm missing London's fabulous coffee and its cafes.

3 comments:

Jo said...

did I read the word BAGEL!??? Yes to Bagels!!

My husband is very fortunate. He has home-made sandwiches for lunch, almost everyday of the working week! I sometimes wonder too.. if there is a market for it, knowing how into "junk" food the typical Malaysian is.

Jo said...

oh by the way, that's a very nice profile shot. :)

imp said...

jomel: YEA! Bagels! Prob homemade meals are the way to go. Too much oily food outside makes me a little ill.