The Weekend

I’ve had a pretty good weekend so far. I went out with a couple of people from work when we finished on Wednesday night, which was a good time. Afterwards I went in search of some sort of snack, I had a real craving for fish and chips or a kebab, and figured I could find one somewhere around Leicester square. That venture came up empty and so I thought there must be something around Piccadilly. Again, nothing. Finally my steps lead me around the theater district into SOHO. That is a place I never want to be past dark again. As bad as that place is during the day, it is so much worse at night. Creepy I think sums it up best.
Up until Saturday things have been pretty eventful. I did go out and pick up an international calling SIM card for my phone in case I need that. I only had to pay for the minutes on it, so it was pretty cheap. Little bit more shopping and that’s about it. Saturday was fun though. I’ve been working on the top bar at the Chandos for the last couple of days. Its pretty much identical to the one downstairs only its less busy and we do hot drinks there. I actually find it somewhat boring after working downstairs where it can get pretty hectic. There are a lot of tables and couches for people to sit on so they don’t really crowd in all the much. It’s a nice break, but I think I’d rather work at the bottom bar more. The days and nights go a lot faster. That, and screwing around with the coffees is really annoying.
I had a really interesting lunch on Saturday. I was talking to one of the girls who works up there, Caelly, who is Russell’s girlfriend. We were talking about different foods from our respective countries and she invited me along to a South African bar that afternoon with her and Russell to watch some rugby and try some of the stuff she had described. The bar was actually pretty cool, it was more or less a long tunnel underground. There was also a little dry goods kind of shop on the first floor. They bought some, I guess you would call it jerky, called baltin. Its spelled something like that. Its really similar to jerky, but its cut a lot thinner and they left it more chewy than I’m used to. For the meal we had a South African sausage that was amazing. The sausage itself was pretty much a bratwurst, but with more spices in it. It came in a crusty roll with fruit chutney on the top. It was so good. Definitely need to check that out some more.