The magical time of Christmas

So much has happened over the weekend as it's coming up to Christmas!

Went to my aunts house for a Christmas/birthday dinner and was so spoiled with yummy food.
We started with a trio of salmon: smoked, cured and salmon mousse with oysters on the side. The oysters wre huge, nothing like the ones we get in Sydney!

Then we followed that up with 2 huge plates of crab on noodles. Crab! Yum! It was cooked in black bean sauce over egg-like JLO friendly noodles. spicy but oh so good.. I guess it's not often we have crab with noodles, it's usually lobster! (which reminds me we should have that soon)

My birthday cake was green tea inspired purchased at Lanka in Hamstead. It's awesome; light and yummy. Overall a ridiculously full night, I had to lie down after dinner as I couldn't move! :) yay for the magical time of the year

Burger & Lobster

We've been to this restaurant more than a couple of times now, and the love affair is still going strong!

It all started closer to the beginning of this year, when PMan decided that we should try out this place in Mayfair that only serves lobsters and burgers (surprise surprise). No reservations were allowed and you had to turn up, put your name down and wait for a table. There were 7 of us, so we knew we had a long wait ahead of us! Pman got there at 5pm to put his name down - and JLO and I turned up about half an hour later to meet him at the pub.
Any guesses for what time we got a table? 
10pm. TEN. By the time 9pm came we were at our wits end, but it was either waste the 4 hours or wait for the additional one..

Needless to say we did enjoy it, otherwise we wouldn't still be giving them our hard earned money. Since then they have opened a branch in Soho, which is the one we frequent most often (apparently you can book a table if you have more than 6 people). Turn up at 6 and you shouldn't have a problem getting a table (except fri and sat nights). The menu is fairly straightforward: burger, lobster or a lobster roll. All served with salad and fries, which are pretty awesome as they are skinny! Everything is £20, and you can upsize your lobster if you wish.. But seriously, a normal one is enough even for a lobster lover like me. I go through all the parts, probably why I'm always the last to finish. Am pretty excited that they are opening a third branch soon!

How does this compare to the lobsters in Sydney? Well the ones I've had in Sydney have been at the fish market and I remember it being pretty dry, but the ones I've had at Chinese restaurants have been awesome. How I miss lobster noodles! We've been trying the different lobster noodles here in London, and I think we like the one at Pearl Liang the best. With JLO's allergies, we have to get vermicelli instead of egg noodles and they do it really yum!

While I love Burger and Lobster, it can't compare to the seafood in Aus and the yummy seafood restaurant we go to in Malaysia.. Makes me miss home!

the Burger & lobster bibs
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nom  nom nom nom grilled lobster with fries, salad and garlic lemon butter!
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