Shopping, Snogging and Snacking

Since I find it impossible to bring myself to go to bed before 1 or 2 in the morning, I'm going to write this post to further postpone bedtime, even though I love sleep and have class in the morning tomorrow. This is a pretty random post of the past weekend so I will keep it short.

I find myself eating pasta basically every other day in London, just because it's relatively cheap and easy to make. Waitrose and Tesco (the two closest supermarkets to my dorm) have these meatballs that Lynn and I discovered, which are pre-made and pretty darn good. So we decided to buy some spaghetti and make spaghetti and meatballs:

not bad, huh? plus some spinach on the side

On Friday, I had nothing better to do and Kathryn wanted to go shopping so I went along for the ride. After going to Zara, H&M and a few other stores, we made our final stop: SNOG! Snog is a frozen yogurt chain that's pretty similar to our Pinkberry or Red Mango. It has the same light, tart, tangy zing to it and they had original, green tea, spiced apple and chocolate flavors. They also had a variety of toppings, but they also had some new ones that the shops in the US don't have, such as red bean, pine seeds, and watermelon. I tried the original frozen yogurt with raspberries, mochi and red bean, and it was pretty good. Not to mention that the size was pretty big, so I think I had my frozen yogurt fix for a good while. Snogging also means kissing here in Britain, so they definitely play on that word in their advertising and slogans.

very cute shop, and we noticed that the yogurt machines and stuff are all in the back, which is different from the way it is in the US

the super cool lights on the ceiling that change colors--seriously mesmerizing

my guilt-free snog :)

We also passed through the Chinatown here, which is a little small but had tons of restaurants that looked pretty good. Kathryn and I also found a small Chinese bakery there and we went a little overboard with the Asian snacks, like pineapple buns and those coffee swirly rolls with cream along the swirls. We've been pretty deprived of Asian food lately, besides our take-out dinners from Hare & Tortoise, an Asian chain restaurant, so this stop at Chinatown was much needed.

arch in Chinatown

On Saturday, we headed back to the small market in Brunswick Centre for lunch. This time we came prepared to eat, and I tried the massive hotdogs as well as an egg tart, dumplings, and some home-made churros.

churros! they're served with chocolate sauce for dipping but we decided that they're best without the chocolate dip

massive sausage - Charine and I split because the sausage was so long

We decided to stop at Waitrose for some groceries after wandering through the stalls in the market and unfortunately, Charine's baguette decided to break in half and fall to the ground. The last picture is of Charine after Kathryn and I couldn't stop laughing for five minutes and the baguette finally fell. Such a tragic moment.

Anyway, that was my weekend for the most part. I didn't do much other than relax now that midterms are over. I just have a marketing presentation to do tomorrow and I'll be done for a while! Yay!