Daily Archives: July 14, 2011

The Hangover Part II

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Whilst I enjoyed the Hangover I wasn’t as huge of a fan of it as many other people. And it seems I’m on the opposite side of opinions again because I absolutely loved the Hangover II where many people are just saying its okay. Sure, there are no surprises in this second outing (its set in Thailand rather than Las Vegas), but for some reason I just found there were more laugh out loud moments than in the first. It does seem a bit darker and much raunchier (cue lady boy and sex-obsessed gay monkey jokes here) but it just really struck my funny bone.

The gang are re-united as Stu is set to marry his Thai love. He is insistent he will not be having a bachelor party this time around and agrees to what he thinks are a few quiet drinks on the beach. Roll to the next scene and the gang wake up in a filthy hotel room to once again de ja vu their first morning in Vegas. None can re-collect what happened and worse they seem to have lost Stu’s fiance’s little brother.

Okay – nothing original in this one: a monkey instead of a tiger, a lady boy instead of a pro etc. etc. but somehow, to me at least, it was just a lot funnier. I think it all comes down to the fact that everyone and everything was so much more over the top – Mr Chow in particular ups the wattage, and they threw this monk into the story-line too.

I think I’m even feeling inspired enough to go and watch the first one again!

On a side note, just as the movie was starting we got evacuated! We were eventually let back in but I swear the cinema was so much fuller than it was before we got kicked out. Talk about people taking advantage!

M&M World

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An M&M world opened up in Leicester Square I think about a month or so ago and boy is it popular with the tourists! I could well understand the fascination having visited the outpost in Timesquare New York about a billion times though many people wonder what on earth people find fascinating in the store. I personally just love seeing all the merchandise – and there is a lot of it! From an M&M selling perspective disappointingly the store only sells plain M&Ms and peanut M&Ms and as impressive as the wall of M&M dispensers is (in every colour imaginable) at the end of the day you could get the same M&Ms in a supermarket. I’m hoping that they bring in the ones I really want like the mint crispy M&Ms that I can get in Oz, or the coconut ones I’ve seen in other countries.

There are lots of photo opportunities in the store, another reason many tourists love the place including a Beatles Pedestrian Crossing on the bottom floor, long queues on that one. There is also an M&M lab where you can see M&Ms being formed or packed. But the thing I like is the Period Table of M&Ms.

Rehana thought her matching M&M was the Clumsy Yellow guy …

… whereas I was, rather appropriately with my green nail polish, Flirty. 😉

Savannah Jerk

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I’ve always overlooked Savannah Jerk in Soho thinking it was a fast food type of venue (apparently it used to be Mr Jerk) but I was pleasantly surprised to find it was actually alright and definitely a step up from the McDonalds and even Nando Chickens of the world (although admittedly prices are on average £5 higher than Nando’s). And it is extremely popular! Admittedly it can cater for about 25 people at most and we were lucky that when we came in a couple were just finishing up so we slipped right in, otherwise we might have been in for a longer wait.

Thank goodness the venue doesn’t go over the top with its decoration (thereby entering the cheesy and tacky land) and though the walls are brightly coloured it kind of suited the atmosphere. Staff at Savannah Jerk are incredibly relaxed and friendly (and dare I say very Caribbean) – so relaxed that they’re happy for you to duck next door to grab fried dumplings and bring it back (because they only do boiled dumplings.)

They don’t let you stumble onto average dishes on the menu either – when I was contemplating the Pineapple Jerk Chicken my waitress was quick to recommend that I don’t get that dish as she knew I’d be disappointed! The menu has a range of chicken, meat and seafood dishes and a good range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktail-y beverages. To be honest everything I saw on the tables around me looked delicious but I decided on the braised oxtail in the end (Rehana took my first option of the brown stewed chicken) with a side of fried dumpling from next door 😉

Portions at Savannah Jerk are giant and extremely filling. Food is delicious. Both Rehana and I gave our respective dishes the tick of approval. The oxtail was tender and juicy and just the right level of seasoning. Special mention on the lovely plantain. Mmmm. The wait-staff absolutely loved Rehana and kept us talking at the bar way after we’d finished paying for our meals. I suspect they felt they’d met a kindred spirit.