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Showing posts with label uk. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Harrods

I am thoroughly impressed with Harrod's.  I can't possibly think of anything equivalent here in the US of A.  The closest analogy would be like a Saks 5th times a thousand.

Harrod's

My favorite was their food halls.  My enthusiasm was dampened when I found out 
that there were no tables for the food to go market.


I took this pic a few moments before they closed.  Impressive, indeed.


This is a menu for a casual restaurant in the hall.  I want to give you an idea of how 
much stuff is, Fish and Chips with Cod is 27 GBP which is about $34 USD for FISH AND CHIPS!!




Cool Meat Locker!



Here's the prices for the meat.  So, say you want 1 pound of US Prime Rib.  There are 454 Grams/1 Pound and its "Per 100 Grams and assuming they can get you a 454 Grams, it comes out to 80 GBP which comes out to $101 USD.  May I repeat, one Pound, 12 OZ of US Prime Rib is $100.

As you walk through the entire store, you keep on telling yourself or outloud, WTF!


Among other things, they have art!  More specifically, I saw an Andy Worhol
This one was for sale.  

Here are some Chihuly
$45k


Here is another one.

Like Dominos?  Here is a gold set.


Here's a old school fridge with the artwork by Dolce and Gabanna


That's 16GBP which is currently $20 USD for ONE coconut from all the way in Thailand.  That's 5,800 miles from London.  From LA to Thailand its 8,100 miles, and at Asian markets you can get a dozen for $10.  Go figure. 


Some cookies!



Jabugo Iberico Jamon.  The whole damn leg of a pig from Spain.



London!

Hey everybodeeeee!  I know, it's been a while.  I promise to make it up with this post and the one after!  So I just got back from my trip and I have quite a  bit of stuff to share with y'all!

So when I got off the plane, at Heathrow, I saw this ice cream dispenser and I knew that London was going to be super cool.

Yes, they have this at Heathrow.  Why don't we have this in LA?

One the way to the hotel, we passed by the Queen's house.  Yup Buckingham Palace.
Nice!



Here is the view from my hotel.  Nice.  Another rainy day...




Big Ben at night



Big Ben in the day.



London Eye.



On the London Eye!



Up HIGH!

You can see the Shard and the train station from here.



Here is the Shard.  It's one of the tallest buildings in Europe.



Tower Bridge.