I Accidentally Dressed As My Cocktail! London Xmas Drinks!

It was time for the coaster friends Xmas event! The event was actually in November, but I’m posting this in December so let’s pretend it was actually in December. With the Kings Cross line shut, we headed to Liverpool Street. After meeting Jordan, it was time for the annual visit to Winter Wonderland (Hyde Park).

The only coaster we needed was Scenic Railway (757)!

Plus one and done! We were in and out, how efficient!

The officially meet time was 1pm, so we had time for a walk and some pubs beforehand. City Of Quebec was nearby and we headed there. Plastic glasses only for some reason. I wasn’t ready for a Guinness, so had a Madri:

We decided to walk closer to the official meet point and found The Coach Makers Arms along the way. What a lovely pub!

I had Double Diamond, a pale, from Allsopp’s. Easily beer of the day and one of the best pales I’ve ever had!

Our official meet was at The Fitzrovia, a pretty bog standard Greene King pub.

The Guinness was decent but none of the food was good.

That turkey was drier than the Sahara. All meals were pretty bad. But the company was great!

We headed to a cocktail bar:

These might be a chain, I don’t know and can’t be arsed to google it.

The bar staff were incredibly friendly. I wasn’t really sure what to have and they asked me if I liked coffee? How did the they know!? Coffee being a legal requirement of anyone working in the ICU! They made me something off menu, which had white chocolate tequila and other things in it!

It was happy hour, so 2-1 cocktail at only £12! Which doesn’t sound too bad and they were easily the best cocktails I’ve ever had/ can remember having!

I did fancy a beer next. Selection was limited, but I managed to find a beer tick:

That bottle of Sol cost me £6.40, so I went back to cocktails. I decided to have something that is the opposite of what I normally like!

Look I’m matching my drinks!

These were also really nice! Very lychee and refreshing. At this point our table reservation had ended, a random man was being sick outside and people wanted more food. We headed down Oxford Street to Market Halls, which has lots of street food options. I opted for some Filipino chicken, it was delicious! Lowenbrau was on tap and drinking well!

We had time for one more pub, The Phoenix. It had an interesting beer selection, which I meant I got to have a Budvar Dark!

Before I finished on a Guinness:

Beermoose is number 1, according to Jordan!

A great day in London was had and I survived my latest assassination attempt:

Thanks for reading!

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