Copenhagen-wining and dining with a millionaire's son

It is damn ex in Copenhagen (for me), but seems to be ok for my colleague, M, whose dad is worth £6m. Haha.. I was so shocked to hear him said that, "my dad probably worth £6m, or maybe more. He is damn rich!!!".

Talk about culture shock! No, he said all this while he was perfectly sober. And this has been repeated many times in the office etc ...It seems perfectly acceptable to talk about these stuff???

I only managed to cover parts of Stroget on my first day. As I was walking in Nyhaven, the wind got stronger and it was really chilly. I was so glad that I was wearing boots!!!COLD!! I did not manage to spend as much time Nyhaven as I wanted, but could make the conclusion that it is postcard perfect with its multi coloured buildings along a river, populated with swans. However, I had the perfect luck to go in low tide, and saw the pollution. Gross. Well, the Danes tell us that it is much better these days. You are allowed to not only fish there, but to eat the fiesh as well.

I got to miss the botanical gardens and the famous Tivoli as well. What a shame!!! My hotel was just next to Tivoli!!

Talking about hotel, I luv the hotel- bed is soooo comfortable!!! Single bed, but it is really long- 2m, and I could stretch my arms and legs anyway I want. The flooring was pine wood. Really cool designs. Clean lines. Hate those frilly flowery stuff. Maybe it is the wine, but I slept so well!

One the first night, we were suuposed to meet again 7 ish for dinner. But now I really learn about predinner cocktail/pre-dinner drink. Well, the " drink" at the hotel bar extended till 9pm! That was when we started to look for dinner. Bad idea. All the nice looking restaurants are full!! Finally found a nice place at Stroget. I actually ate both appetizer and a full main meal of roast pork. The roast pork was surprisingly yummy, and the skin was so crispy, that I ate them all. :D

On the second night, we ate in a nearby restaurant. Ordered a bottle of wine. As the waiter was a new kid on the block, he sent the dinner to teh wrong table. Poor guy. We got a complimentary bottle of wine, and I wonder if the other table got complimentary wrong food as well!!! I got to try all my best to look like I was drinking (I was actually sipping, my wine level did not move.. hehe). The two of them actually could finish almost 1 full bottle each!!!

And this is where I learn a new trick. Make the good use of a bottle of wine!!!!!

These Brits!!!!

M was obviously sober.. but pretended a bit "high", and started asking my boss if he is the one who will take over her place and be the director when she retires! He got the boss to "jokingly" say that he is the one to take over!!!

Hahaa.. I watch the whole thing with a smile... and played along, joking about how to address him when he is the boss. Eu have told me about these stuff, thank goodness, or else I would have really be very very shocked. At least I knew what was going on. Talk about being smooth operator. I think the Americans still got lots to learn from the Brits. It is sort of clear now that this job goes no where, but meanwhile I should learn more of these smooth operation from the millionaire's son.


The bills came up to more than a thousand Kroners for each meal. I sure had great dinners there.

Copenhagen, a quick 2.5 hours tour

Just came back from a 4 day trip in Copenhagen... but dont envy me yet.

I have
seen nothing much...
done nothing much...
bought NOTHING at all...

I thought I would have almost a whole afternoon to roam around on Saturday, but I ended up having effectively 2.5 hours. Blame it partly on my lack of preparation, and the sudden cold wind that blew. It did not help that that it turns dark around 5:30.

But being a fast walker, I covered MOST of the town in 2.5 hours :)

My 1st stop was a roadside stall selling hotdogs. I was damn hungry, it was 2pm + and the weather quite cold, I bought myself a something that look like a sausage roll for 21 Kroner near Tivoli gardens. Yummy!!!

I was ill prepared, so my 2nd stop was the tourist information center-cool, free computers to access tourist info!!-- and maps to get an orientation of the place.

Seen parts of Stroget, the famed pedestrian shopping street, and Nyhaven in dusk. It was a cobbled narrow street, with a mix of designer stores and those stores selling a mumbo jumbo of things targeted at tourists. I began to get "waylaid" by those window displays, and got worried about parting a thousand or two kroners if I really fall madly in love with those shoes (I think Danes make great shoes and bags!!), or worse still, one of those designer household stuff. Danish design is not famed for nothing!!

After walking for about 100-200m (maybe more??), down the street, I noticed a crowd on a side street. Hmmm.. Crowd=something interesting or trouble. Both sounds "interesting!" to me . Hahaa.


And surprise!!! I got what I was looking for "accidentally". I had been cursing myself for not bringing a map to find .

So, imagine my happiness when I realised.. it was ...This place!!!!

La Glace

That lace was packed with people, and I really felt like a kid in a candy store. I had been standing in the counter for about 10 minutes before realizing that you need to get a queue number for a machine, and wait till you get called before appearing at the counter. No wonder people gave me funny looks! Aw.... My only consolation was I was not alone. Many people were like that too, so excited with those cakes on the display that they did not notice the machine for the queue number. It did not help that the instructions was written in Danish!

Shortlisted the above two cakes....

And settled for the "Sports Cake" (Sportskage)

The Applesinkage... well, you might have guess it-- Apple cake.

WRONG!!! It is actually orange cake!!! That looked terribly yummy too. But as I was alone, I could only choose one, and settled for the more "famous" cake. these are the times I miss my sister and my sister gang terribly. If I got the gals with me, we would have bought 1 piece of everything!!

the cake was packed nicely in paper box and and paper bag which I planned to bring back. However, these got totally messed up by the strong wind while I was attempting to eat the cake in a courtyard of some impressive looking building. What a shame, my lack of preparation means I dont know what it was. Possibly a museum???

Back to the cake. I learned that to the Danes, creams dont necessarily have to play a layering or decorative purpose in a cake. It can make up the cake almost entirely by itself!!!!! That was a most sinful cake, and damn difficult to eat. I could not finish it to last drops, as it keep dropping of the paper which was holding it, and I had bits of cream on the corners of my mouth, cheeks, hair and also coat. At first, I was busy wiping myself, but I soon gave up when I realise that the wind would keep blowing flapping bits of the paper which held the cake onto my face/coat, so I might as well "concentrate" on finishing the task on hand.

This is all that I could "bring back"- A photo of the paper bag.

I got to stop at the cake.. as it is 1 am in the morning, and I am damn sleepy.
Continue about finishing bottles of wine, drinking beer in a pub (I am a BADDDDD gal.... haha), and ogling good looking people whizzing pass in bicycles

ciao!!!


By the way... it is getting very very cold in london.

I got to walk to work in a 2C!!! Thank goodness I invested in a coat and tights!!!