As my friend is just like the rest of our gang, madly in love with London, I decided to get her a London Themed cake for her birthday. I called Crumbs and spoke to lovely Arwa Al Turkait for the arrangement, and this is the result

12 Cup Cakes with four different flavours of Toffee, Red Velvet, Chocolate, and Vanilla. I requested that the 8 themed cup cakes carry the following (from top left corner):

• London black taxi cab
• London underground sign
• Selfridges shopping bag
• UK flag
• Harrods shopping bag
• Umbrella with rain (there was some clear glaze drops all over the cake)
• London red bus
• Big Ben

We just loved it! When I took it over to my friend’s house she was so impressed that she did not allow any of us to touch it for like half an hour!

This is not for us to eat! You can just look at it and take pictures!

She kept saying …

We were laughing so hard as she really had trouble eating the cup cakes and messing up the design! We ended up sharing four cup cakes to try all the flavours. The only two london themed ones we tried were the Umbrella and Selfridges shopping bag, of course after removing the little art pieces and placing them on other cup cakes! My favourite were the red velvet and vanilla.

It was a blast. Crumbs did a wonderful job.

You may contact Crumbs on 2263-6614. More contact information are available on Crumbs official website here

You may also visit Crumbs Facebook Page here. They have wonderful pictures of their work.

My friend and I decided to have a quick lunch break from work in a near by coffee shop. I suggested that we hit Galleria 2000 as it has a quite atmosphere and has some places that I feel are “undiscovered”.

Finding Hang Out Lounge was a complete coincidence. The place was different from other coffee palces that we go to here in Kuwait. It felt very cozy and the interior design had a very personal touch to it. It seemed to me like if the owner wanted the place to look exactly like what it is now.

One wall was completely covered with all different types of coffee table books for you to browse through while enjoying your drink or meal. Another section had a chess table surrounded by low stools for the players. TV screens could be viewed from any angle in the place. There was also a semi private area for people who want to be away from the crowd. There was a lady sitting there with her laptop.

We played with this version of the X O game. There was a group next to us playing cards.

I don’t know how to really describe the atmosphere. It was the opposite of pretentious. I just did not feel like I was in Kuwait. You feel very free sitting there.

Hang Out Lounge is located on the Mezzanine floor in Galeria 2000.