Walk through London & London Eye

Dinner @ Sketch - the lecture room

Dear Fighter,

what can he say??? What a dissapointment. The party of 5 spent £1.000 on dinner with wine @ the lecture room.

Ambience:
nice, very nice actually, nothing for everyday, but the unique combiantion of art, antiques, sparkling stones and 2nd hand furniture is an experience. the antique silver cutlery is amazing. The china used is nice, a lot of Thomas by Rosenthal. However, nothing special.

Winelist:
Extensive, very good selection, expensive (as expected), generally it is what one may expect. However, the wine water made two (out of 5) bad choices, especially the amazing madeira did not fit the dessert.

Service:
Hostess: beautiful model, nice to look at, but useless as hostess
Aperitif in Bar: it took 20 minutes for 2 champagne, 1 cosmo and 2 mochitos
Maitre d': tour through he building, well mannered, very good
Service: not smooth enough, not secure enough
Sommelier: 2 bad choice out of 5 (not good)

Food:
overpowering flavours, too many ingredients stuffed into one dish, always a blend of strong flavours, no single flavour may be singled out. pigeon meat was very good, though.

All in all a big disappointment, does not deserve the star!

Keep Fightin'

Jochen

Flight on London Eye

Take the following recommendations:

• book online (to fight the queue)
• pick a nice day (better view)
• do it once (no need to do it more often)

Keep Fightin'

Jochen

Dinner @ Roka

Dear Fighter,

he's been there many times. Best Restaurant in London (Price / Value). Staff very professional, read about unfriendliness but never experienced it.

As he had many, many good experiences, this is a warning. This time he was particularly unimpressed by the speed in which the (btw: excellent) food arrived. Drinks (not even water) had arrived when already 4 dishes had been served. All dishes (about 9) were served in 20 minutes. There was no time to enjoy.

The fact that there was a leak in the roof (they were downstairs in the lounge) and it was raining on his guests, just added to the aggrevation. And thinking about it: Considering the rain, they were not even offered a free drink....

He will keep watching....

Keep Fightin'

Jochen

Dinner @ Brian Turner Mayfair

Dear Fighter,

he enjoyed a very good dinner at Brian Turner Mayfair. He was promised true english food with a twist but got international cuisine with an english twist.

Staff is excellent, very attentive and professional.

Ambience is good, relaxed and understated.

Winelist: Surprise, good wines at reasonable prices.

Food:

• Starter: Scallops - taste of scallops was overpowered by sauce
• Main: Slow Cooked Pork Filet - meat was superb, rest was good but not impressive
• Dessert: was good, but he forgot what it was, explains everything

All in all, good dinner, he would go there twice but not more often.

Keep Fightin'

Jochen

Dinner & Stay @ The Zetter London

Dear Fighter,

he had the pleasure of staying and dining at The Zetter Hotel in London.
hip small hotel, converted warehouse, nifty details, nice design, friendly staff, bit gay

Location:

• excellent, close to tube
• central
• good nightlife

Rooms:
room booked was a deluxe corner room

• not too small, not too big
• nifty features, such as red light
• excellent shower
• ZERO closet space
• compfy beds

Lounge:

• very small, but perfect place to start a good night out

Restaurant:

• experimental mediterrenean, good but not excellent, don't expect too much
• staff needs time to warm up and get friendly

Breakfast:

• bit overpriced, nothing special

Keep Fightin'

Jochen

Woldingham Golf Club

Dear Fighter,

this sunday, he went to Woldingham Golf Club in search for some distraction and a better score. Distraction was a success, even a small tan got thrown into the equation. But the score? Yes, he finally scored again a +22. Considering his last attempts, that was actually not bad. You have to know, he is listed as a +18 player but has not reached that score since about 10 years.

The course was in a very good condition, but rather boring! No water! Some nice tee shots, and lots of slope! Left to right and right to left. His achilles tendon still hurts. Play it once and enjoy your score!

Keep Fightin'

Jochen

searching @ China White

Dear Fighter,

who said that a charity may not be good for you. He had the pleasure of being invited to a charity party @ China White. Not only was he able to have money donated in his name for poor children, he also got to experience a club that is supposed to be very difficult to get in. The result? lower medium to medium rich men, trying to seduce english and not so english wannbe celebs and "speckbeeren" (look it up at leo: speck beeere --> see 1) while paying £8.00 for a G & T.

He has to say: the club is 100% overrated, it might have been good 3 - 5 years ago, but now, it is just a place to seperate you from your hard earned £.

All in all, all the wisdom that was to be found:

• £ 8.00 for a drink
• a good kebab place on the way home --> too drunk to remember, was near knightsbridge just off the A4
• china white is overrated --> how will he get into Boujis

Keep fightin'

Jochen

1: slightly overweight english (sort of english) girl that wears both: a top too short and a skirt too short; variations include: too tight jeans, cut off leggins and huge cleavage; generally all of the above

Welcome to the Fight for Wisdom

Dear Reader,

this is the first post of this users first blog. He is unsure about the purpose and wheather or not he will be able to continously post. Please ignore all errors, be it spelling, grammar or logic. As previously indicated, he is on a constant struggle.

What does he intent to do at this blog. RANDOM THOUGHTS! Business, Game Theory, Videos, Books, Life, Women --> in short, all that helps or prevents him from reaching pure and indisputed WISDOM.

To start of, he would like to think about this: ?

Then read this: The Game

Keep Fightin'

Jochen