Duck & Waffle

Newsflash! I'm back in London, and ready to make the most of my city for the short week that I'm here. This treat has been a long time coming. Ever since my sister first mentioned 'Duck and Waffle' to me, it's been on my 'To Do' list to zoom up onto the 40th floor of the restaurant and eat breakfast in the clouds.

Je suis de retour à Londres, prête à profiter du maximum de ma ville pendant la courte semaine que je suis ici. J'attendais depuis longtemps cette gâterie...depuis que ma soeur a mentionné pour la première fois le restaurant "Duck & Waffle" (Le Canard et Le Gaufre) c'était sur ma liste "À faire" de monter jusqu'au 40ième étage pour manger parmi les nuages. 

Doesn't London look great?

Menu: we chose the belgian waffle with caramelised banana, homemade nutella, vanilla icecream and peanut crunch for £8.50, and the homemade granola for £5.50 to share (coming to a grand total of £7.80 each!)

Le Menu: on a choisi le gaufre avec de la banane caramélisée, du nutella 'fait à la maison', de la glace vanille, et du croquant aux cacahuètes [£8.50], et le granola fait à la maison [£5.50] à partager entre nous deux - ça fait £7.80 par personne !

 Waiting eagerly for the food.. 

 Ready to tuck in...

 The view was incredible! Below left: pretending to move the cars and buses that drove by.

 

Amazing views make for great talking point, the food was yummy and the service was impeccable. Get yourselves along for a treat, especially to see London from above - it's a lot cheaper than going up The Shard! I was one happy bunny - thanks to my sister for a great suggestion and to Duck and Waffle for a great breakfast :)

La panorama fait un sujet de conversation géniale, la nourriture était délicieuse et le service était impeccable. Allez-y pour une gâterie, surtout pour voir Londres d'une vue plongeante - c'est beaucoup moins cher qu'un billet pour monter The Shard (le bâtiment le plus haut en Europe qui se trouve à London Bridge). J'était super contente - merci à ma soeur pour une recommandation excellent et à Duck and Waffle pour un petit-déjeuner géniale !

 À Bientôt !

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Paris from my Phone

 À Bientôt !

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A Tale of Two Cities

Psst! A little birdie told me that London was recently voted the best city to live in the world...and Durham University was voted best university for student 'Quality of Life'. So I'm pretty spoilt there then, although goodness knows how people come up with these statistics! 

Though London won the heavy-weight prize, poor Paris didn't get all dolled up for nothing, and won the accolade of 'Best City to Visit' with her beautiful sights, fashionable reputation and great food. I fully agree- it's a lot less sprawling than London with cheaper public transport, a better 'Velib' system than Boris' well-meaning bikes and I can vouch that it is perfectly possible to walk for 30 minutes and get to quite a few meaningful places.

Nonetheless, it was interesting to see my two cities pitched against each other in Time Out's info-graphic, even if you have to take into account that Paris is just much smaller! When I have time, I might draw up a little comparison of my own. Nothing like a bit of healthy competition & debate!

If you didn't the full survey floating around the internet, then here it is!

All credit to: 

http://now-here-this.timeout.com/2013/08/13/london-vs-paris-infographic-the-urban-head-to-head/

I love London, but as I feel more at home here I have to say that Paris is nipping at my hometown's heels. As far as I'm concerned, it's all still to play for in this tale of two cities.

À Bientôt !

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