Throughout October the London Restaurant Festival and London Film Festival are taking place. Additionally, American Express are sponsoring both. Tom discovered this and decided we must go. After speaking with our friends Dave and Lucia it was settled, a date night was soon arranged.
For the meal we choose to go to Shaka Zulu in Camden. This South African restaurant looked incredible in the pictures.
Ornately decorated and with live entertainment, this was surely to be an excitingly different experience. On the night Tom and I arrived about half an hour late; rushing as usual meant we missed our train. Strike one of the evening. We were greeted at the restaurant by Dave and Lucia who were patiently waiting. I really enjoyed being out with them, we had a good time chatting throughout the meal. The décor of the restaurant impressed me. Animals were carved into portions of the walls, bases of the chairs were made from figures of Zulu warriors and the table tops and upholstery were all of African patterns. It was so large there was even an escalator, I'm not sure I've seen that in a restaurant before. It's a bit disappointing the live entertainment never appeared. Strike number two was the food. I did not impress any of us. We rated it merely mediocre. All of our dishes were a bit common and bland, a huge contrast to the image portrayed by the venue.
Moving on, it was time for the film.
Onto the tube we jumped, heading towards Leicester Square. The film of the evening, The Temptation of St. Troy. This film was sold out for a few nights of the festival, and had an intriguing description. Arriving about ten min late due to a bit of a mix up on the tube, unfortunately it had already started by the time we found our seats. It didn't really matter though. We soon realised this film lacked a plot and just didn't make sense. Strike three. If we hadn't paid so much for our tickets we would have been out of there. A recent eastern European film, it was in black and white with subtitles. It was divided into six chapters that did not transition well. The ending was of the main character in heaven (I think) eating the body of the girl he had relations with. Weird! Awful! Obviously it was a very artistic film, that was supposed to be deep and full of allusion. I didn't get, none of us did. But, on the way back we did discuss it for ages, which doesn't happen with most films.
Overall I enjoyed going out in London even if it wasn't a perfect night, well more of a shambles really. But, it is one I will remember.
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