Eating in London

The restaurant design, modern yet warm, welcoming and inviting, the photographs on the walls, the waiters that listen carefully and patiently as you try to order a bottle of water in obviously awful English and don't mind your kids taking off their shoes, you can't but feel empowered when you eat at Wagamama, and that's what I love about this place. Even if it's popular. We had gyoza and negima yakitori for side dishes, a wagamama ramen (see picture) and a yaki soba for main meals. The restaurant also has a kid menu available to children aged 10 and under.

The next day we had lunch at Italian restaurant Da Mario (15 Gloucester Road Kensington) also known as Princess Diana's local pizzeria. Mario says "inspired by the many visits of this humble and caring mother of the future king of England, I was delighted and thrilled to create Pizza Diana". Pizza Diana was conceived with four different cheeses, roasted sweet peppers and oyster mushrooms. A friend of ours told us the seafood was excellent so we ordered one Spagetthi Seafood and one Pizza Seafood (see picture). It was absolutely divine. Da Mario also has pasta and mini cheese and tomato pizzas for kids.

For our last dinner, we wanted to try a Korean restaurant and went to Ran which is located in Soho (58-59 Great Marlborough Street).

Ah the familiar language, smells and meals! The kids had "jabchae" (beef with glass noodles) and "mandoo" (gyoza) and we had "chadolbaegi" (Korean grill -see picture- with filet mignon and beef short ribs) and "naengmyun" (spicy chilled noodles). The Korean grill was excellent, but I thought the spicy chilled noodles were a little dull and tasteless.

I can't wait to go back!