Nha Hang Ngon, Saigon

Ngon restaurant is our default restaurant when craving for Vietnamese food.  Housed in a colonial-style building with big windows,  the food is good,  the price is right, and the place does not feel cramped, though most times its bustling with locals and tourists.

We also like to bring guests here;  their appreciation of Vietnamese food is deepened by the experience.



Che (sweets) on earthen bowls

The restaurant boasts of variety, with different food purveyors from appetizers to main course, drinks and dessert.  The vendors used to be street vendors,  those who excelled in the local dishes they prepare,  gathered into one location.  Brilliant concept, eh?

This restaurant is much blogged and written about,  nothing new for me to add. 

Cha Gio (fried spring rolls)

Go around first and see the purveyors preparing the dishes. Dining in the courtyard and the upper floor is recommended.  The big windows and airy ambience make the dining experience more pleasant.




Bun Bo Hue noodles

Quan An Angon at 160 Pasteur St.

Stratford upon Avon

This place is as beautiful as it sounds.  A quaint town along the Avon river,  made famous as the birthplace of William Shakespeare, the famous English playwright and poet.

As the bus made its way around town,  my heart started racing - it was so pretty, so post-card perfect!  Our tour group only had a couple of hours there, so I didn't join my colleagues in their fish-and-chips lunch;  instead I walked around town.



The Petter Rabbit Shop



The Nutcracker Christmas Shop

The shops, oh la la!  Christmas is my favorite time of the year.  Was sooo delighted with The Nutcracker Christmas shop -- Christmas songs playing,  colourful Yuletide trinkets all over all year round.   

The Peter Rabbit shop.

The shops with candies and  chocolate truffles...
I bought my lunch-to-go - a cinnamon pastry and hot chocolate - at the Food for Love;  the place hadn't found true love as the food was downright lousy.

We visited Shakespeare's home. (The photos I took inside the house weren't that nice.  Darn!)  In the courtyard,  again picture-perfect with blooms in the garden, a couple would go into a soliloquy, acting out part of his plays.  Delightfully entertaining!  Mario would have loved this.



I sooo enjoyed Stratford upon Avon,  and I wish we had more time to explore the place.  Hopefully, there will be a next time.



Here are a few more photos :

Me :)

Lotsa goodies inside

The Food of Love