and the choice is mine.
Shangri'la - The Shard
Four Seasons, Trinity Square
The Dorchester
and the choice is mine.
Shangri'la - The Shard
Four Seasons, Trinity Square
The Dorchester
The Shangri la is going to be hideously overpriced and it's in the middle of nowhere, except if you want to visit Borough Market.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
The Dorchester is designed for Arabs and is as flash as a rat with a gold tooth. I like China Tang for lunch, but that's about it.
Four Seasons' always strike me as a bit tryhard, you know? Like they're American or something.
I recommend The Beaumont.
Also, is there a more naff name for anything than The Shangri La?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
It's an Asian company b. Be garetul, they could have called it Winlucky Freshtime or somethign equally ridiculous. (That is the real name of a company in Hong Kong I used to trde with.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
What did they sell? Intimate wipes?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Cars, just cars. There was a fashion in Hong Kong for putting random English words together to name your company.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
At around the same time I used to deal with a Malay called Mr Yip. In the Chinese fashion his business card showed his surname followed by his initials. Imagine my struggle when he first handed me a card declaring him to be Mr Yip E I. :hehe:
Asia was fun in the 90s. :-(
You can't even make fun of their names any more. :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Unfortunately The Beaumont does not feature on the list I was provided. Expense of the Shangri La is not my problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
However, I’m told that the barman at Trinity Square knows how to make an Old Fashioned. So I think that is where I shall end up.
If you find a 5 star hotel in London at which the barman does not know how to make an Old Fashioned, I will give you one thousand English pounds.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
Surely an Old Fashioned is just a poor man's Vieux Carré?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C