0 Anthro spells Desire.

What a day! My day officially started after lunch (leftover Whole Foods salad) with the sojourn down to Southbank. I wanted to check out the Xmas fair and World Press Photo Exhibition. Incidentally, this weekend was also the Tea & Coffee market fair. The air was thick from the aroma of coffee beans. Too bad I'm not drawn to coffee or tea, but for those who are, I guess it was heaven for them. The World Press Photo Exhibition (free at Southbank Centre) was an eye-opener - a tragic one. It showcases news photos by photojournalists and most of the photos had to do with either one of the following: war, death, natural disaster, man-made disaster, poverty or crime. Very typical themes. The xmas fair, held along the river walkway, was thronging with people. I was kind of disappointed though. If not for the christmassy decorations and outlook of the stalls, you could have mistaken it for another typical street market; most stalls were hawking regular items and not christmas-related goods.

Southbank Christmas fair from the Hungerford Bridge. *First time crossing this bridge too!*

By luck, the sun had decided to set beautifully that day, albeit at 3.30 pm only. Days are getting shorter and gloomier.

And then it was off to Anthropologie! Last night I made a list of "to-dos" and "to-sees" before I leave London. With just three weeks left (!) I had better make the most out of Time. One of the "to-do" on my list is to get bowl/plate from Anthropologie. Expensive store with parisan chic stuff, but wares are their endearing! Since there's no Anthropologie in Singapore, I had better not dither on whether to buy/not to buy.

Regent street with christmas deco, on the way to Anthropologie.

By the time I got out of the store, it was dark already. I had spent an hour inside as I couldn't decide between all the intricately designed bowls and plates. Moreover I fell in love with this comical owl jar (the head being the lid) which I thought would be a perfect oatmeal bowl. The price? 32 freaking pounds = 64 dollars. My hands reluctantly put the owl back onto the shelf. Still, I'm more than happy with my two purchases - a white scalloped soup bowl from the Fleur de Lys collection and a turquoise plate with a chameleon and flowers inked on. I loved the turquoise and shape of the plate but loathed the chameleon. I mean, who would want to eat from a plate with a chameleon on it? But the pull of the former was too strong, and eventually I thought it was a rather quirky plate, and thus relented (and am happy now :D)

Back out into the dark cold. Surprisingly, the christmas lights & deco here isn't half as exciting as those in Singapore.

I stopped by Whole Foods (Soho branch), got a can of Suma pea soup, thought of having dinner at Hummus Bros, but decided not to. Back to Dover it was, where I made a simple, quick (the kitchen was occupied :( )but absolutely delicious dinner taken from the ever-so-useful 500 recipes Mediterranean cookbook - warm fish soup on a bed of toasted (garlic) bread. My version consisted of: frozen cod, chopped savoy cabbage and Warburton's seeded bread, toasted, remaining 1/2 of the roasted orange pointed pepper, and a sun-dried tomato and garlic clove. Essentially you pour the fish soup over the toasted bread, which becomes soggy and mushy but that's the beauty of it!