中華街 chinatown

Chinatown, located at 27 Gerrard Street, London has plenty of chinese goodies and food.

If you love chinese food such as dumpling noodle soup, duck rice, char siew pao (bbq pork bun)

here is the place to go ! Perhaps its a tad too expensive, try making chinese dishes at home !

There are a few chinese supermarket here which are all stocked with all kinds of oriental ingredients,

spices, herbs and vegetables. If u are a poor student craving for noodle soup, get instant noodles or

cup noodles from these supermarket, it only cost 90p at most for a pack. Add an egg and some vegetable

with the noodles and voila ! you get yourself a cheap easy 'decent' meal. (not v.healthy, though) 

Not really a fan of chinese food ? Well, there is hanging ducks to see !

Guang hwa book shop

For chinese books and chinese culture, visit Guang Hwa Bookshop !
7 Newport Place, Leicester Square

Jen Cafe

Dumpling making performance at Jen cafe ! Everytime i walk past this
cafe a lady will be there making dumplings that looks so delicious !
If you crave for some chinese, try this cafe and let me know if it's good !

textures

Any Amount of Books

Another bookshop with a long history along 62 Charing Cross Road !
Any amount of Books is a secondhand bookshop with a range of affordable
old musky smelling book which i love ! http://www.anyamountofbooks.com/

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dear friends,
my stupid landlord decided not to pay my internet/ phone bills or he just forgot !
so i am writting from starbucks now ... and i did more rubbings !

Got this from Prince Charles Cinema Building. Prince Charles Cinema is a

repertory cinema located in Leicerter Place. It shows a rotationg program of

cult, arthouse and classic films. I would like to go for the screening of my

favourite movie - Forrest Gump on 13th July. Prince Charles Cinema is also

rumoured to have a ghost that haunts the upper levels of the cinema !!!

Check it out if you dare ! :/ http://www.princecharlescinema.com/



London Film School

The London Film School is a private film school in Covent Garden, London. The LFS was founded in 1956 by Bob Dunbar as The London School of Film Technique. It is recognised as one of the best graduate film schools in the world and as a leading private film school in the UK.

website: http://www.lfs.org.uk/ 

typography

walked past London Graphic Center and saw this typography on the building.

COS

COS is one of my favourite shop in london. COS clothes are always in modern clean line style made with good quality fabric and comes with reasonable price tag !  If they are a tad high for your budget wait for their sales period, prices goes down by 50% at least !
browse their website now !  http://www.cosstores.com/gb/site/home__start.nhtml





Super Superficial

If you love tee shirts with quirky prints, Super Superficial is the place to go !
It has really cute tee shirts/ pullovers and tote bags ! You can sent them your
artwork too and see if they like it , your art work might be in their next collection !

website : http://supersuperficial.com/v2/index.php
location : 17 Fouberts Place, London W1F 7QD
opening hours : Monday - Saturday 11am to 7pm
                       Sunday 12pm to 5pm

copyright free

need images go to The Dover Bookshop at 18 Earlham Street, London WC2H 9LG !

 

Quinto & Francis Edwards Booksellers

If you collect old books, Quinto & Francis Edwards Booksollers is the place to go ! they sells secondhand and antiquarian books on all subects. Francis Edwards Booksellers opened in 1855 on Maryleborn High Street in London before it move to its current location at Charing Cross road in the 1980s, joining forces with Quinto Bookshop. Go spend a lovely saturday there !

location: 72 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0BB

author

Author shoes sells pretty shoes from heels to sandles.
Love their 'william morrisy' wall paper

surprize

While exploring Covent Garden, the balloons caught on the branches made me smile :)

looking for something special ?















N2 fashion accessories are dedicated to adventurous fashionistas. When entering N2 shop, one feels like they stepped into a fairytale land. N2 collections are fresh, original and quirky.

Location: 73-74 Monmouth Street
                  Covent Garden London WC2H9DJ
Website: http://www.n2-lesnereides.com/en/index.php



shopping time !

Tired of shopping in musky vintage shops ? Visit Mint Vintage ~ they present the highest
quality, fashionable vintage clothings for men and ladies including an extensive, unrivalled
collection of accessories !

Slurge on something this summer at MINT VINTAGE

location: 20 Earlham Street Covent Garden London WC2H9LN        

website: http://mintvintage.co.uk/index.php

my magma ~

Magma is a concept shop filled with amazing weird stuffs, posters & print,
homeware, art books and many more ! while browsing through magma's
website, i listed out a few books and products that is worth checking out below~

The Geometry of Pasta

The cover of the book looks like a picture
book of different pasta, it is however a recipe book
for how to marry the right pasta shape with the perfect sauce
by famous chef Jacob Kenedy.

Pulled : A catalog of screen printing by Mike Perry

This is one book that I will like to have my hands on !
Mike Perry's book has a collection of prints and an idea bank.
It introduces more than forty talented screen printers, including Maya Hayuk, Cody Hudson and many others. Pulled is definitely
for all Surface Design Students !

Check out amazing prints by Mike Perry below !
http://www.mikeperrystudio.com/

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Elephant Magazine

Elephant Magazine has a massive range of topics, from cultures, countries, gender, politics, styles and art forms (ranging from water colouring to woodcut engraving and book designing).
Something to read over Sunday coffee maybe ?

Moleskine presents a limited edition notebook collection
commermorating one of the most well-known pop-culture
icon of the 20th century: Pac-Man.
Grab one now from Magma ~












Do visit Magma at : 8 or 16 Earlham Street Covent Garden London WC2H 9RY
                                     http://www.mymagma.com/

wow retro

Another retro clothing shop I stumbled upon while on my way to LGC.
Wow retro stock in both retro and modern second hand clothing, boots,
shoes and accessories for men and women. The clothes are nicely
organise according to the era they are from. Nice friendly staff !

Be sure to go treasure hunt there if you love your vintage !

MUJI

Cute van spotted outside Covent Garden's MUJI !

The Strand Gallery

The Strand Gallery focus on photography reflecting popular culture,
emcompassing rock&roll and fashion. It is also available as a venue
for holding events. The gallery occupies two floor with a basement area
for a more exculsive occasion !

Location: 32 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6BP
Opening Hours: Monday-Saturday 11am-7pm, Sunday 11am-6pm
Website: http://www.proud.co.uk/