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London is home to all the world’s best theatre productions including long running musicals such as The Phantom Of The Opera to contemporary productions. It is also home to master musical composer Andrew Lloyd Webber who not only created The Phantom Of The Opera but West End hits such as Cats, Evita and Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat to name a few.

Seeing a theatre production in the West End is a definite must do if you’re visiting or even if you’re a Londoner, catching a show is a great way to spend an evening. I highly recommend seeing “We Will Rock You” which is a musical made up entirely of Queen songs. It is definitely the best musical I’ve seen so far and even if you’re not a Queen fan I guarantee you’ll love it!

Theatre tickets can be bought directly from the box offices in the theatres or over the internet. Tickets tend to be cheaper if you can make it to a matinee performance or go on a weekday evening (except for Friday). There is a good discount ticket booth in the Clocktower Building in the middle of Leicester Square called “TKTS” where you can get half-price tickets on the day of performance for musicals, plays, opera and dance. There are also a lot of theatre breaks London websites that offer weekend breaks in London inclusive of theatre tickets to your chosen show. A good website for theatre breaks in London is TheatreBreaks.co.uk. The website allows you to easily book your hotel, train or flight and your theatre tickets all for a discounted price. They also offer city breaks in London with attractions included in the package as well as pre-theatre meal deals. With Valentines coming up it may be an idea to take your loved one away for a romantic getaway or staycation in London!

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The elegant Second Floor of Fortnum and Mason which is devoted to exclusive products, from handbags to cosmetics, jewellery, and exquisite hats is relaunching tonight, even more beautiful than before. To celebrate the relaunch, Fortnum ’s are having a “Some Enchanted Evening” event tonight at 6pm where you can watch demonstrations, talk to the experts, try products and get a free makeover, manicure and massage - all whilst sipping on complimentary champagne! It promises to be a marvellous evening, absolutely filled with all things dear to a girl’s heart!

Tickets are £15 and each guest will be given a luxurious goody bag packed with samples from all the featured suppliers, and many more. Reservations for the event can be made by ringing 0845 602 5694.

Below are some of the highlights of the evening:

The Body Beautiful
• Guerlain will feature their glamorous Hollywood Beauty Box. The Guerlain make- up artists will give you a makeover like no other, leaving you looking and feeling like an A list celebrity.
• Dior’s master make-up artist is flying in from Paris for the evening. This is a unique opportunity to learn the beauty secrets from one of the world’s leading beauty experts.
• Our very own Fortnum’s therapists will be offering complimentary mini treatments, including, manicures and reflexology treatments.
• Aromatherapy Associates will be on hand to ease away any stress with treatments in their massage chairs.
• Maddi Alexander will be on hand to discuss her gorgeous range of candles, room fragrances and body scrubs, and her therapist will offer relaxing hand massages, using her exclusive products.
• Cochine, the exciting new beauty range, featuring the essence of the Far East, will be available for consultations.
• Fortnum & Mason’s own hand-made soaps will be demonstrated, with their creators on hand to explain the painstaking technique used in their creation.
• Ushvani will introduce their superb range of toiletries, and offer hand massages using their organic and ethically-sourced products.
• Grossmiths, the venerable perfumier, will talk about the history of perfume, and demonstrate their historic fragrances.
• Champagne, please, Mr Christian! The Clive Christian perfume bar is the place to find your favourite fizz.

Dressing Up • Azagury, the exclusive designer, will be present, in the shape of elegant models displaying his latest haute couture collection.
• Fortnum’s own milliner, Adrian Philip Howard, will demonstrate the art of hat-making, using antique and vintage blocks. There will be an opportunity to review his latest collection, and talk to him about your own requirements.
• The Lulu Guinness Handbag expert will be on hand to discuss the art and qualities of the perfect handbag.
• Servane Gaxotte, the woman behind the best-selling range of jewellery, flies in from France to talk about how she began her unique business from her kitchen table, and the inspiration behind each season’s new designs.

The Home Beautiful • English Fine Porcelain will demonstrate their exquisite, hand-painted china.
• Country Silk: the creators of our new range of silk cushions, each hand-painted, will talk about the inspiration behind the range.

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I absolutely love Thai food and one of my favourite Thai dishes is a noodle dish called Pad Thai so I’m going to share my Vegetarian Pad Thai recipe with you all. This recipe can also be made with prawns, chicken or whatever you want to put in it too.

Ingredients (Serves 4):

250g/9oz rice stick noodles
4 tbsp groundnut oil
4 garlic cloves, finely  chopped
2 tbsp brown sugar
4 tbsp fish sauce
2 tbsp tomato ketchup
1 tbsp lime juice
100g / 3 1/2oz beansprouts
75g string beans
4 spring onions, chopped
1 small courgette, chopped
125g / 4 1/2oz deep fried tofu, chopped into 5mm / 1/4inch pieces

Instructions:

1. Soak the rice noodles in hot water for about 15 minutes, drain thoroughly and put to one side.
2. Heat the oil in a wok and fry the garlic over a high heat for 30 seconds. Add the tofu, courgette and string beans and stir-fry for 3 minutes.
3. Add the sugar, fish sauce, ketchup and lime juice and stir-fry for a further 30 seconds.
4. Stir in the noodles, then add the beansprouts and spring onions and stir-fry for a further 30 seconds to cook lightly.
5. Turn out onto a serving dish and serve immediately.

If you’re interested in Thai cookery, Channel 4’s “The F-Word” finalist Angela Malik has a cooking school in London which specialises in Thai and Asian cookery classes. Also for today only Groupon have an offer for a 2 1/2 hour cooking class at the Angela Malik cooking school in London to learn either Thai, Indian, Dim Sum or Vietnamese cookery for only £39 (usually £85). For more details on this offer as well as other Groupon offers you can visit the Groupon website HERE.

For more information on Groupon see my post HERE

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On Board Karaoke is a Japanese karaoke venue in Earls Court and although it is small it is a great place to hang out with friends or hire for parties. It has 3 rooms starting at just £12 rental per hour and also has a small bar in the reception area where food and drinks can be ordered. The concept of this venue is that the rooms are supposed to be like being on board a ship or train, however it is very much like the typical Japanese karaoke boxes that you would find in the high-rise karaoke buildings in Japan. On Board Karaoke is Japanese owned which adds to it’s authenticity and has a selection of over 70,000 Japanese songs as well as English, Chinese, Korean and Filipino songs. The staff are friendly and always nearby to help although it may be a little too near for some since they can hear every single song that you belt out! The staff certainly looked amused at the reception area after my rendition of Celine Dion’s Beauty & The Beast lol….

On Board Karaoke Room No. 2

You can find On Board Karaoke on 8 Kenway Road, with the nearest tube station being Earls Court. It is in the basement of Orjowan Express (a Lebanese bakery) so just enter the bakery and you will see a staircase immediately on the left which goes down to On Board Karaoke. For more information check out their website HERE

On Board Karaoke Is Below Orjowan Express Lebanese Bakery

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