VIAJANTE

As you know from my post here, El Bulli was knocked off the no.1 spot for The World's Best 50 by S. Pellegrino. Another thing they lost out on was Nuno Mendes. Nuno is an ex chef from El Bulli, bred from Portuguese background, whom started his own culinary masterpieces here in London recently. To date, he's delivered Bacchus, The Loft (which is a neat Chef Gallery concept for 15 people weekly in Nuno's own Loft - close to our place in fact), and most recently, Viajante. After rave reviews from my gf on The Loft, we were anxious to try Viajante and because he's in such high demand, the first dinner booking available wasn't until mid-late June. The anticipation for the dinner reservation killed us, so we decided to try lunch figuring that at worst, it would act like a teaser for the next one (it also serves the 6 courses akin to dinner, however the dinner menu also has a choice of 9 or 12). It was fantastic. He somehow knew my secret love for beets and decided to make one dish with a variety of beet textures, needless to say my mouth was happy (insert twss joke here please).

We decided to keep our dinner booking for mid-June.

After lunch and a sufficient 6 wine pairings later, we took a few shots outside the resto/hotel, the old Bethnal Town Hall. Happy and slightly inebriated (the good kind).

I'm wearing: Balmain strong shoulder blazer (suspect it is fake, bought in SH and a fifth of the price - sorry I take that back, KNOW it is fake), Asos Silk trousers, Jonais ankle boots, the purse you know all about from SH, Two scarves intertwined together from Woo posted here, Prada over the elbow lambskin gloves (which if you follow me on Twitter you know Mass found these in a cab a few weeks ago.)

Mass is wearing: Armani jacket, Italian scarf from Superman in Fabriano, DuChamp pocket square, and Nico DiDonna shirt

Happy Monday!

Ciao :)

these shoes were made for walking

From L-R: Ugg Slippers, French Sole flats, Cesare Paciotti Pink heels, DVF Opal wedges, Marc Jacob patent leather ankle boots, Elizabeth and James cut-out wedges, Cesare Paciotti blue brogues, Miu Miu thick heeled pumps, Jonais black ankle booties

If you ask my mom or sister how many pairs of shoes I've accumulated over the past years, they'll tell you countless. I don't think it's particularly because I have a huge amount, but more specifically because I don't throw out the old ones (old is such a harsh word). Like any other girl, I wear the shoes of the moment to death, then get a new pair, and sometimes revert back to the 'old' ones. I play favourites, I'm not going to lie.

Since London is going through a 'I know it's spring but you don't deserve the warm temperature yet' phase, these are my shoes of the moment - some spring, some still very winter.

But, above all, my favourite pair of shoes are not the ones that make you feel long legged and sexy, they are my Uggs - I swear I would never buy a pair, however the slippers don't count. Uggs are heaven for your feet when you slip them on after a long day in heels, hence why they made it into the rotation. I don't care if it's 25 degrees outside, I'll be wearing them inside. Love

Have a great weekend everyone.

Ciaooooooooo.