WANDERLUST:
London (2001)
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Citrus
112 Piccadilly
| Hotel restaurant with fixed-price menu (10-15 pounds). Fresh mozzarella and tomatoes melted on foccacia appetizer, lamb with turnip potato mash and curried lamb stuffed inside greens, orange blossom creme brulee with a crackling sugar crust. Drinks extra.
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Eastern Eye - Balti House
63a Brick Lane, Aldgate
| Kingfisher beer, nan (green yogurt, lime spice, sweet & sour sauce and chopped onions with cilantro), sizzling tandoori chicken, tomato/chicken curry and rich coconut curry chicken.
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| Fortnum & Masons
| Gourmet grocery store of the Queen. Beautifully frosted Easter cakes in the shape of eggs, clotted cream, Perrier Jouet, prepackaged sandwiches and energy drinks, make-up, cosmetics and hats on second floor.
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| Page Bar
| Westminster pub with Star Trek memorabilia in the window; X-Men on the TV. Just around the corner from where I was staying.
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| Tower of London
| £11 admission. Greeted by Beefeater in dark blue and gold uniform who had a dark sense of humor (especially with kids). Tour runs about 30-40 minutes, culminating in the chapel with 300 unmarked graves beneath. Creepy. Lunch at food court: scone (minorly awful) with clotted cream & black currant jam, salmon & dill sandwich and Earl Grey tea. Crown Jewels with moving stairway.
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