London Film Museum and Italian Food

In December my friend and I celebrated our birthdays by visiting the London Film Museum and eating Italian food afterwards!

The London Film Museum is a hidden gem in South Bank, found in the County Hall building. I myself can't remember how I found out about it but once I did I was literally buzzing to visit (particularly as I am a massive Star Wars fan and was very excited to see the Star Wars section!)

We bought our tickets at the entrance, £13.50 each and definitely worth the price!



The dinosaur featured in Night at the Museum 2

Thunderbirds are Go

Costume from Batman Begins

Superman Newspaper Props - I love the original Superman films (1-3) with Christopher Reeves 

We really enjoyed the Myths & Legends exhibition! The original 1981 Clash of the Titans film is one of my favourite films. I remember watching it and being terrified of Medusa. She is still pretty scary as a movie prop! (See below)

Medusa....don't look directly at her

Facehuggers from Alien

Props from the Alien films

I'll be back.....Terminator 2

I love Star Trek and I got very excited when I saw this Klingon Bridge Chair featured in the Star Trek movies. I took photo after photo, from all angles...

I have loved the Simpsons since as long as I can remember. I used to come home after school and just watch episodes, one after the other.

I saw the Borrower's movie in school and so was very excited when I saw these giant versions of everyday products and objects (I felt a bit like a borrower myself). The film was also playing on a mini screen so I caught a couple of minutes of it when I was sat on the Simpsons chair.

We went to the museum on a Saturday and surprisingly it wasn't very full but this worked to our advantage. We got to spend as much time as we wanted in each section.

One thing I was disappointed with was that the Harry Potter section had gone! I had heard that there was a room with Harry Potter props and costumes and was very excited to see this, but when I checked it wasn't there anymore! Still, despite this, I would definitely recommend a visit to the London Film Museum!

After spending a good couple of hours exploring the museum we had worked up an appetite and decided to go for Italian food. We stayed in Waterloo and had an Italian Dinner at Azzuro Restaurant.

Starter
Bruschetta topped with crumbled goats cheese, tomatoes and balsamic vinegar
£5.95

The one time I tried goat's cheese it literally tasted like feet to me but I have to say this starter was delicious!! I could easily have eaten 2 helpings! In fact I actually don't think that there was enough goat's cheese on the bruschetta! I did find that the bruschetta was a little bit overcooked but this didn't matter as the tomatoes and goat's cheese were so tasty I quickly forgot about this.

Pizza - Danielle
Pizza with roasted peppers, goat's cheese, balsamic caramelised red onions and rocket
£9.95

Pizza - Margherita
£7.95

I found the main wasn't as tasty as the starter...I had liked the goat's cheese so much in the starter that I went for Pizza Danielle (my friend had the Margherita Pizza). However, I found that the pizza had too much goat's cheese in it which overpowered the other flavour's, making the pizza very sweet. The caramelised onions didn't help either...so in hindsight I probably won't be getting this pizza again.

Atmosphere                       7/10

Service                                7/10

Food                                    8/10

Chocolatesushi Rating    7/10

Blog Post written by Nabs

Bubble Tea in Wandsworth

I crave Bubble Tea all the time but in the past I've only had bubble tea when I've been in Central London and have been able to make a visit to the Bubbleology store in Soho. I have seen a lot of new Bubble Tea places that have opened in Chinatown but nowhere that I know of in South London, until recently! 

A new bubble tea stand 'Bubble Tino' has opened in Southside Shopping Centre in Wandsworth! They offer a range of bubble teas from the classic Original Milk Tea (my favourite) to a variety of fruit teas and green teas.

The seating area



The range of teas offered!!

The teas come in two sizes: Small (£2.50) and Regular (£2.99)

Original milk tea!!!

Strawberry Delight Fruit Tea-Smoothie

So far, as well as the original milk tea, I've tried a milky Mango Tea with popping mango bubbles and a fruit tea-smoothie (Strawberry Delight flavour) with popping strawberry bubbles, both of which were delicious! I sometimes find that the milky teas can be on the heavy side so I loved the fruit-tea smoothie, which was juicy and refreshing.

They offer free samples which is a perfect way to sample the different teas before making a decision on which one to buy. Last time I went, I was offered a sample of the Jasmine Green Tea with Passion Fruit which I loved!! I am definitely going to be getting a regular sized cup of this next time I go to Southside as it tasted amazing (I am not exaggerating here). It was refreshing and fruity and very light as well so it won't be too filling.

Adding the chewy tapioca pearls or the popping bubbles to the tea is 50p extra but definitely worth it as they are not only an essential ingredient in the tea but look so beautiful. The popping bubbles literally pop in the mouth, releasing fruity juices.

Atmosphere                       9/10

Service                               10/10

Food                                   10/10

Chocolatesushi Rating    9/10

Blog Post written by Nabs