LONDON
OCTOBER AUTUMN / WINTER LONDON, ENGLAND, GREAT BRITAIN
ROBERTS LONDON
LOCATION: Westminster, London.
LOCATION: Charing Cross Roundabout.
ladies and gentlemen boys and girls welcome to London welcome to Westminster and
what is for a number of reasons the very center of of London
just down here you have St James's and St James's Palace
just through the Admiralty Arch there you have the Mall which leads to
Buckingham Palace just along Whitehall here behind me you have the Palace of
Westminster the house of parliament Westminster Abbey and Big Ben which you
may be able to make out some where on the skyline behind me just down this street
here you have the bank of the River Thames and the London Eye
behind me is Trafalgar Square and we'll be heading up here in a moment
through Leicester Square or past Leicester Square to London's Chinatown
but more about that in a moment the the main reason I say this is the centre of
London is not just because we're surrounded by some of London's most
iconic landmarks if your in another part of the UK and you see a signpost for London
the mileage on that signpost it's counting down to this spot here and there is this
brass plaque here on the floor which marks the spot and right besides this
centuries-old statue of King Charles the first
but anyway enough about where I am let's talk about where I'm going it's October
right now for me and that's what I want to talk about to share with you some of
the events here that I'll be visiting during the month of October and as some
of them don't always happen during the month of October in many ways a look at
autumn and winter here for you and a little of life here in town so first up
the first event I'm going to head to this month is a Chinese festival called
mid-autumn festival and as the UK and London has a big Chinese and Asian
community I'm hoping that Chinatown just up the road here will be decorated for the
festival they usually put lanterns up for Chinese New Year earlier in the year
and now for mid-autumn festival so I'm hoping Chinatown will be decorated the mid-autumn
festivals also known as mooncake festival so hopefully I can get some moon
cake and also visit some of my other favorite spots for food in London's Chinatown
there should be as well the reason the festival is today there should be
the fattest full moon this evening however as you can
probably see it's a very grey and overcast day so whether we can see the moon through
the clouds will be a different story which we'll find out later but anyway first
of all let's head up the street here past Trafalgar square past Leicester Square to
Chinatown and on the way I'll talk you through some of the other events that
will be happening this month some of which I hope to visit and then we can talk a
little bit more about mid-autumn festival AKA mooncake festival and London's Chinatown
so during October there are so many things to see and so many things to do
here in London some of my favourites are a visit to China Town and the mid-autumn
festival there are also amazing cultural events
in Trafalgar Square Africa on the square and the Diwali celebrations are held
there the British Film Institute London Film Festival is a chance to see the
latest film releases and the museums at night event allows you to explore art
and history after dark and of course the many Halloween themed events are just a
few of the things to see and do right here in London
okay welcome to the edge of London's Chinatown Leicester Square tube station
one of the entrances to Leicester Square tube station is right behind me
and
Chinatown has been decorated for mid-autumn festival check out the lanterns
Chinatown always looks and more importantly smells was amazing
but during Chinese New Year's and during this time of year for mid-autumn
festival with the lanterns up it looks phenomenal and you'll have to take my word for it
the food all smells incredible the first thing I'm going to do is get one of the
moon cakes which are incredibly filling and I'm not going to dive straight in
to eat the moon cakes I'll
get something at some of my other favorite spots and I'll get the mooncake
first while the bakeries are open or some of the bakeries are still open
then I might checkout Jen Cafe
or Baozi Inn at this end of China town get some of their dumplings or Bao there is
a bakery there the bakery I normally go to because I normally come here quite late at
night is the kowloon bakery at the other end however I think right now I'm
gonna pop into first of all the Golden Gate bakery which closes a lot earlier
than the Kowloon and as I'm normally here quite late at night I don't often make it
so the cakes are equally delicious in all the bakeries
I don't actually have a favorite as such but I normally end up at which
ever one is open when I get here but I want to try the ones from the Golden Gate the Golden Gate
but yeah check out the main street of Chinatown decorated for this years mid-autumn
festival
it looks great the Sun is setting
you can see it looks great behind me as well the Sun is setting and it's going
to look even more phenomenal this street always looks fantastic illuminated in
the evening after dark the Kowloon bakery is just down here on the Main Street
Bakery I want to see if I can get the moon cakes from I think I prefer Lotus to red
bean so I'll see if they've got some lotus paste moon cake here Golden Gate
okay success mooncakes from the golden gate cake shop behind me now before I went in I
was thinking I'll just get one Louis paste cake because full-sized moon
cakes are quite expensive the Golden gate this year had mini moon cakes so I've got
one of each Lotus paste and red bean to try this year they are incredibly filling as well
so mini moon cakes are winners so if you're after moon cakes I would definitely
recommend the Golden Gate cake shop especially if you want to try them if
you've never had them before because you get one of each and figure out which one is your
favourite without spending a fortune five pounds eighty for four moon cakes which is brilliant
let me show you the other cake shop that I go to most frequently because its open quite
late the kowloon and they do phenomenal cream
cakes they look amazing
I'am starting to get hungry but I don't want to dive into the mooncake straightaway
because its incredibly filling want to eat something savoury first from the other
end of Chinatown there is it also a buffet here one side of Kowloon is a
buffet restaurant and the other is a cake shop
I'm sure they'll have mooncakes today
okay I definitely recommend the Kowloon too its my normal spot late at night
as I've said I'm going to take another look around find somewhere to get some food
then I'll show you some of Chinatown once the sun is set and it will look very
atmospheric it looks phenomenal after dark
okay as I was saying I'm glad I got mini moon cakes from the bakery for one pound
forty and one pound fifty each for the little cakes full-sized boxed ones one they're far too
much for me to eat and they cost I think the full-sized one in the
Baker's costs eight or nine pounds full-sized box ones range from 13 to 25
and I literally actually what a bite not a whole cake so yeah the Golden Gate is the place for
small portions and small mini cakes
okay one of my favourite spots is Jen cap here its pretty simple inexpensive Chinese style
cafe one at end of Chinatown and for a lot of the day woman sit in the window here
and make Beijing dumplings - which you can then have either steamed or fried
with a little sauce to dip them in they're delicious I think that's one of the first things I'm going to get
this evening on my trip to China town
so welcome to Jen Cafe in front of us in the window you can see the chef's hand
making the Beijing dumplings that Jen Cafe is most renowned for the little
dumplings are available filled with either pork or a vegetarian filling and
they're available either steamed like this or fried like this I'm going to
pour out a little soy sauce to dip them in they are a pretty filling relatively
inexpensive and delicious snack so if you're in Chinatown I would definitely
recommend a trip to Jen Cafe to try their Beijing dumplings they're also
available in a soup so as wonton soup
okay that was Jen Cafe the Beijing dumplings are amazing definitely
recommend them and you can watch them being made before you eat them here in the
window during the day most days next up I think I'm gonna head next door to Jen cafe
here to Baozi Inn and get one of their steamed buns the bao the takeaways here also
got a restaurant where you can eat in here the foods amazing but I'm just gonna get
a snack steamed bun take away
okay I changed my mind at the last minute and instead of the bao the steamed bun
I went for the sandwich version so from Baozi Inn the soft fluffy steamed bun
exterior pork in the middle slow-cooked pork and cucumber and salad lets try it
that's amazing bun soft and fluffy like soft clouds
the pork's amazing slow cooked pork beautifully spiced and then
nice contrast with the crispy crunchy salad
definitely recommend Baozi Inn right I'm gonna finish this and carry on having a look
around and I think I might get something to drink to wash down my mooncakes
okay I'm gonna get some Taiwanese bubble tea to help wash down the moon cakes
I'm gonna get the bubble tea tonight from here char time
okay bubble tea from
Char Time here in London's Chinatown I've got Char times milk tea
with pearls and extra toppings of aloe vera aloe vera jelly and coconut jelly
regular sugar no ice is quite cold out and a fat straw so I can suck up the the pearls
that's really good right I'm going to enjoy this go and take a seat somewhere and use this to
help the moon cakes go down
okay I'm back outside the Golden Gate cake shop here in Chinatown where I got the
moon cakes from earlier these are the mini moon cakes
I've got a round one and a square one
one of them has lotus paste inside one of them has red bean paste in
I forget which one is which
that would be the lotus paste really good bubble tea
lets try the red bean
they're really good too
very filling very rich quite well-balanced but I'am glad I found mini mooncakes from the Golden Gate cake shop
otherwise I would be eating a full sized one
okay I'm gonna finish up my mooncakes and my tea and we will go and take another look
around
okay bake the bakery here at the end of Chinatown is super popular for their ice
creams
and their fish shape waffles filled with ice cream and they also have a taiyaki machine
which are Taiwanese little fish shaped custard snacks
like the machine cooks and they are kind of wofully on the outside and then
soft gooey custard on the inside
just ate all the custard out of that one pretty good
patron kilogram
okay guys I hope you enjoyed this visit to London's Chinatown and this visit to
mid-autumn festival AKA moon cake festival I'm going to take another look
around Chinatown maybe get something else to eat and drink and I'll see you
guys at the next event
OK welcome to London's Trafalgar Square and welcome to Africa on the Square
this is an annual event to celebrate African art culture and importantly community
here in London so lets go and take a look at this years event
the food smells phenomenal and I see some of the
acts performing in the square on the way over here and they look amazing
(music)
the smell of food from all these food stalls behind me is phenominal
(music)
okay guys hope you enjoyed this visit to Trafalgar Square and this this years Africa on the
square I'm going to take a look at some more of the
entertainment from up here on the balcony and I'll see you guys at the next event
OK ladies and gentleman welcome to South Kensington
welcome to London's Natural History Museum during October many of London's best
museums hold a late night opening event so you can visit the museums and
see the exhibits in a light you would otherwise get to see the reason I come
to the Natural History Museum is its one of my favourite museums and they hold a
similar event every month of the year except for December late night opening
on the last Friday so you get to see the permanent exhibitions and any temporary
exhibitions in a light you wouldn't otherwise get to see them in so lets pop
in and take a look at the phenomenal main entrance and
what you can see been constructed me here on the lawn is the ice rink that will
be open here in just a few weeks ice rink for winter and it's an amazing
festive thing to do in winter and during the Christmas period
the Natural History Museum first opened to the public in 1881 and from the main
entrance this is where you first walk into the museum Hintze hall and it's also
the gateway to the museums galleries and collections during my childhood and my
earliest memories of visiting the museum a huge dinosaur skeleton filled this
hall however this summer the dinosaur was replaced by this huge blue whale
skeleton which was on display in another part of the museum since the 1930s the
dinosaur looked cool but they are extinct and although it's nice to visit
the past we can't live there whereas the whale is today a conversation starter
and a symbol of the museum's commitment to conservation and using history
understanding and education to shape the future
blue whales were hunted to the point of extinction by mankind and importantly
were one of the first species that humans decide to save on a global scale
so the whale shows children and adults that we have an impact on the world in
which we live and we have a responsibility to shape a future that is
sustainable so now you can walk under this blue whale the largest animal to
have ever lived which looks like it's diving right into the museum both the
hall and the whale illuminated after dark look phenomenal
okay I hope you enjoyed this brief look in the Natural History Museum its a phenomenal place to visit
especially when they're open late they're also some amazing restaurants
and bars and coffee shops just down here by South Kensington station which is where
we're going to head to now so see you guys at the next event
OK welcome back to Trafalgar square October sees the Hindu sikh and Jain festival of
Diwali so as there's a large Hindu Sikh and Jain
community here in London there's a large Diwali festival here in Trafalgar Square
so I'm here to check out this years entertainment maybe sample some of the amazing food
it smells phenomenal and even though its October its a really warm day the weather's amazing
for this years festival
(music)
so the annual Diwali festival here in Trafalgar Square has a huge stage which
is hosting performances of music dance yoga and comedy there was also a street
food market and the smell of all this food cooking is amazing
there are also crafts and community stalls selling crafts and art and I've
seen some amazing looking henna art being done and like many of the
community events here in Trafalgar Square it's free to attend
(music)
OK guys I hope you enjoyed this little look at Diwali celebrations here in Trafalgar Square
I'm going to get some food from one of the food stalls it smells phenomenal and then head back
down to the stage area check out some more of the amazing entertainment
okay welcome to London's Spitalfields Spitalfields market is right beside me
now I can't talk about October here in London without talking about Halloween Its a big
celebration here at the end of the month it's not quite as big as it is in other
countries because it's a little overshadowed by an event here on 5th of
November each year called Guy Fawkes night AKA bonfire night or fireworks
night and Guy Fawkes night involves fireworks and fun fairs and huge
bonfires so it's always outshone Halloween a little which is pumpkins and
fancy dress but I thought we'd end on something Halloween inspired so something a little
spooky now obviously London's an ancient city
so it's got plenty of
grim and gruesome and historic stories from the past so I thought rather than
making this rather dark I'd just come somewhere a little bit spooky
one of London's pubs the ten bells here behind me linked to Jack the Ripper were
just down the road from Whitechapel and previous landlords have claimed it's
haunted and staff and drinkers in the pub have reported a number of unexpected events the pub is
named after the church bells here there has been a pub here since the 1700's next to the church one way or
another so let's pop into the ten bells to get
a drink
so the ten bells pub is a pretty historic and renowned East end London pub
with a dark past however today it's a very welcoming pub
and the perfect place to get a drink if you're in the area the pub is most
famous for its connections with Jack the Ripper now much about Jack the
Ripper remains a mystery but one thing is known and well documented his victims
lived close to this pub and it's believed they drank here at least one had their
last drink in this very pub so it's also highly likely the Ripper would have
visited here and even drank here too the food and cocktail menus also featured a
detailed history of the pub and some of its more renowned and famous connections
from its very long history the bar on street level has amazing Victorian tiled
walls and then upstairs where we're having a drink is another bar which
feels more like a vintage cocktail bar
okay guys thanks for watching I hope you enjoyed this look at London during the
month of October and the autumn winter season so from
the ten bells and London's Spitalfields until next time
Toodles!
The End
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