Day 4, June 1 - Lots of food...and "dim sum"

After our busy previous day, we started this day a bit late. We walked down to Denmark Street, which is down central London. It is known for its guitar stores, so it was cool to see all the different guitars in the window. Then we made our way to Soho, where we went to Chinatown. This Chinatown is one of the largest ones.  I've been to the one in New York City, and it doesn't even compare. 

                            

We ate lunch at a restaurant there called Dumplings Legend. The service wasn't all that great, but the food was delicious. We had dim sum, which is a type of Chinese food that is prepared in small bite-sized portions served in small steamer baskets. Some of the things we had were Pork Xiao Long Bao, Crystal Prawn Dumplings, Minced Pork and Crab Roe Siu Mai, Seafood Congee, and Pan-fried Beancure Skin Stuffed with Shrimp. Once we headed out, we came across and ice cream and gelato shop called Amorino.  I had an ice cream cone with two flavors, and they make it look like a flower. I didn't want to ruin it it was so pretty. We then walked to Leicester Square (pronounced Lester) which had a tkts booth and lots of restaurants. About a 5 minute walk lead us down to Traflagar Square, which was beautiful. Then we headed down to check out Big Ben and headed to the Thames River (pronounced tems). 

                              

We crossed the river by one of the pedestrian bridges and walked down the river along the Southbank. It was quite a walk, so we made a pit stop to Founders Arms and got some beverages. I got a drink called Pims, which was some alcohol with lemonade and an assortment of fruits. Delicious. We continued onward to Southbend and walked past Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. We then called it a day and had some dinner back at the flat. We've done so much already but I feel like we're still missing so much too! Thank goodness we'll be here for a while!