Everyone knows how important local shops, restaurants, pubs, buses, trains and tube stations are to where you live. The key question when flat hunting is – “how far away are local amenities?” and – “can I walk to them?”.
In order to speed up hunting for a London Flat to rent it’s important to do your research online before you start the time consuming process of booking and attending viewings. Use Google and Google Streetview to look at the property, the street it is in, and how far it is to local amenities.
Fortunately there is a new facility to enable you to automate the process, and I’ve embedded it in this blog, so you can give it a spin.
Here is the amenity report for Pimlico Flats, as you can see we are just about in the top 10% of all locations for walkable amenities. You can put any address into the panel above to compare other locations to us. I am confident that you will find that Pimlico Flats is a better place to rent a Flat than 90% of all other locations in London.
A Happy New Year to you Chinese style from Pimlico Flats! Today Thursday 3 February is the Spring Festival – known in the west as the Chinese New Year, a traditional Chinese holiday celebrated by Taoists, Buddhists and Confucians, and this coming year is the year of the Rabbit.
London will be celebrating Chinese New Year on Sunday 6 February 2011 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. at Trafalgar Square with traditional Chinese Dragon ceremonies, and 2 Chinese song and dance troupes, and 12:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m at Shaftsbury Avenue with Hong Kong Hip Hop – download details of both venues.
Last year 250,000 people attended these free celebrations, and in addition to the main two events there will be a number of stalls, entertainments and a Kung Fu Panda Zone. Chinese New Year is the biggest festival of the year, in the days leading up to the Chinese New Year, people clean their houses, repay debts, buy new clothes and have their hair cut. A celebratory meal is held on the eve of the new year, with many traditional dishes served, to see in the new year fireworks and firecrackers are let off and Lion Dances pass through the streets to bring good luck to the households and businesses they visit. The drums, gongs and cymbals that accompany the Lion Dance are used to scare away evil and bad luck.
If you are looking for a Chinese Restaurant to help you celebrate I cannot give a personal recommendation, but I notice that when Fluid London compiled their list of London’s Top 10 Best Chinese Restaurants two of the ten were from the Pimlico SW1 area.
Sloane Square – Hailed as possibly the best Chinese restaurant in the world and established almost 30 years ago, Hunan has quite a following. It is famous for not having a menu. The chef is so talented that he’ll cook tapas style Chinese dishes to suit your preferences. Chef Peng has developed his own style and although the food has a strong Taiwanese influence, there are many dishes from the Hunan province. The crispy frog legs with fermented bamboo shoots & chilli are particularly intriguing.
Memories of China (Bar / Restaurant)
67/69 Ebury Street, Belgravia, London, SW1W 0NZ
Cuisine: Chinese
Belgravia – Ken Lo’s Chinese restaurant is somewhat of an institution in the world of Chinese food. Established more than 30 years ago, Memories of China is a crowd pleaser delivering continually high standards in an intimate setting. Executive chef, Kam Po But, offers an excellent selection of Chinese favourites as well as more outlandish options. The classy clientele and high prices reflect the restaurant’s location in the heart of Belgravia, the quality food and first-rate service.
Hope you had a great time at the New Year celebrations! It was a colourful and exciting day. You may be interested in some of our pictures including some of the delicious food that was available! Pictures of London’s Chinese New Year
Please have a look, Happy New Year!
Chinese New year is a chance for me to see the traditions of china which is always very inspiring to me and I really like these celebrations and enjoyed well and learn a lot about them. I like the all about Chinese traditions , colours and symbols.
I can never pass free without writing about it, so I wasn’t going to pass up a restaurant which provides food for free without any comment. For the first time ever there is such a thing as a free lunch, however this time …….. it’s for dogs! Yep – a restaurant serving dog food – only in Pimlico. A restaurant serving free food – only in Pimlico.
Restaurant for Dogs
Lily’s Kitchen Dog’s Diner, 30 Pimilco Road, SW1 is open from yesterday for 6 weeks to promote the company’s dog food – however only 6 dogs may enter at any time. The blossoming pet food company produces fresh food, adding therapeutic herbs, vegetables and fruits. With the help of two homeopathic vets, the company developed canned and dried food, biscuits and treats, and also makes a variety of cat foods. All the meat used is free range or naturally reared; many ingredients organic. “We shouldn’t view dog food as just a commodity buy – it’s not like washing powder,”.
Hope you had a great time at the New Year celebrations! It was a colourful and exciting day. You may be interested in some of our pictures including some of the delicious food that was available!
Pictures of London’s Chinese New Year
Please have a look, Happy New Year!
Angela – thank you for the photos, well worth following the link!
Chinese New year is a chance for me to see the traditions of china which is always very inspiring to me and I really like these celebrations and enjoyed well and learn a lot about them. I like the all about Chinese traditions , colours and symbols.