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.In London, we were out of steam. With everything there is to see and do in London, we spent the most time in its little Chinatown, eating. At home we eat Japanese sushi or order deliveries of Chinese food regularly. Hannah’s favorite recipe when she cooks for the family is tom kha gai. It’s no wonder, then that the walk through china town on our first day and the discovery of the streetside cha siu baau stand selling wonderful, fresh pork and chicken steamed buns was followed by children begging to return there every day.
We’d found a great Indian food restaurant in our Paris neighborhood, but the Chinese food take out we’d found was fairly bland. So, our London days found us in search of dim sum, rather than famous buildings and bridges. The pouring rain helped seal the fate of the sightseeing.
The girls have had their fill for a while of architecture. After weeks of visiting castles in the Loire Valley, cathedrals and arches in Paris, and guild houses in Brussels, they’d had enough. Their enthusiasm for Buckingham Palace and Big Ben was right up there with washing dishes. So, although most “must see” lists include the London Bridge and Tower, Houses of Parliament, and Winchester Cathedral, ours was made up of Trafalgar Square, St. James Park, and Gerrard Street (aka Chinatown.)
After many streetside cha siu baau and one mediocre meal at a restaurant on Gerrard, we found Chuen Cheng Ku, and chose our favorite dim sums from the trolley at our table. Our own highlight of London.
