breakfast.at.mayfair

just came back from stuttgart. five days, two cities. what a jetset lifestyle. hopefully not every week is like that. the meeting with client went well, the ratio is 1:11 where you are the only female and the rest of the 11 are german men.  they have to do the meeting in english because yours truly couldn't cope with german conversation. it was rather bizarre to be the odd one, woman and asian among the macho men.  at the end of the meeting, the client wanted you to travel with them to california on the week of 24th october. but you gently decline the offer because you are on a long weekend break to celebrate a special event.  united state is tempting especially going to the san francisco area but you just had too many things penciled down on that week that you don't want to miss.  so a missed opportunity but another one will come by again.  
back to the title of this entry, what you want record is the fresh experience that you had with mayfair, an area of london that's very different from the high street. 
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you wanted to have an elaborated brunch, sort of the full english breakfast, but you didn't want to do it at the traditional english pub, you almost wanted to go to alain ducasse at the dorchester for the lunch but that will be too rush to combine with the things that you need to get done in a morning before you head to the airport.

so you decided to get lost in mayfair wandering your way toward the oxford street.  you chanced into this lively neighborhood cafe at the start of your journey.

 you decided to give it a try, it looks airily, cozy and relax with the floor length window and the sort of clients that walk in and out....

 you ordered your cappuccino, you changed your mind and opt for a egg royale sandwich as your breakfast, so that you have room later in the afternoon for something else and sitting at one of the long table with a few other guests and read an article in the news about "crunch time as firms seeking for female directors". you asked yourself if you are ambitious to be one and you know the answer is probably no if you have to sacrifice your work and life balance. you are the work hard, play hard, eat hard and pray hard type. you are happy at where you are now.

moving on you start to notice the different architectural style in mayfair, traditional mixed with contemporary. it's a very lively neighborhood, classy but not overshadow by materialism.  some sort of soho/greenwich of manhattan.

 just strolling slowing is already a joy to experience the quietness of mayfair, and the smells of italian coffee, the aroma of full english breakfast and the passerby in their chicattire is an experience.

 there is not a sight of boredom but the excitement of rediscover london in a different way.

 and you get into the details of the doors, walls, pillars all with their unique character

 london now also has the rental bike system like paris and many other european cities only there is not really any cycling path for bicycle riders...

 you walked in to a park belongs to a building or rather a church, green and peaceful, only some mums with stroller, occasionally men in suit walking passed with a cuppa at hand.

it's when you approach oxford street and seeing the traffic at the cross junction, you know your serenity and tranquility of mayfair is over.

so there may be no brunch at alain duccase or breakfast at tiffany, just a simple breakfast at a simple cafe in mayfair made a great morning walk.

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happy friday ^^!