London Still Rocks!

Yesterday, another trip to Limerick .. and before my flight, I thought I'd visit China-Ki again on the way out. Decided to try something different this time, for variety - so I went for the a la carte, had fillet chicken spring rolls to start, and fillet beef szechaun for main. The rolls were nicely done, smothered in sweet chili sauce, and pre-sliced - I did find the coating a bit tough though, it's thicker than on the cheaper rolls. The szechuan - I wasn't mad about. I've had tastier - this simply tasted hot, rather than actually tasty. The fillet beef was, I guess, a bit more tender than the regular beef - but not up to the standard of An Teach China , which always had melt-in-the-mouth fillet beef. I doubt I'll have these again - still, it's nice to change it up. Service was excellent, as always, and the ice cream for dessert (again) was delicious. With catching the flight, it ran too late last night to blog . Because of the more convenient time, I flew Aer...

I'm in Ireland for the bank holiday weekend - and again, no films to speak of that I can watch while I'm here. Just as well really, as my mother has just gone into   hospital   - think I'll be a bit busy. After today's visit - and with nobody but the cat waiting for me at home - I decided, for the first time, in a long time (in Ireland), to eat out. The last restaurant on my route back is China-Ki - and when I was passing, at 3.45pm, the OPEN sign was lit. However.. the door was locked! I checked online, and apparently they open at 4. I decided to try elsewhere - there's another Chinese in Corbally, whose signage says it's the Lotus, but which is listed on Google Maps as Golden State  (the website continues the dual identity, with a URL that references the Lotus, but a title referring to the Golden State).. I headed up there, and wouldn't you know, they only open at 4 too! Checking the time, I realised that China-Ki would be open by the time I got back th...