If you want to take in a literary stay, take a look some options in London for a meditative and literary experience.
STAY: The Sandersons in London has a clean fresh look with all-white rooms. Going up in their midnight blue walled elevator starts the mood off before you hit the quiet tranquil rooms begging you to take in a long hot shower or read that novel you’ve been meaning to finish . The hotel is located on 50 Berner’s Street.
EAT: Sanderson’s Suka Restaurant offers Malaysian-style sharing plates like lemongrass sea bass in chili lime broth and pan-roasted duck with sweet ginger and black peppered foie gras sauce. They have a “conversation menu” that takes table banter far beyond England’s weather.
On Liverpool Road, head to the Angelic where you can order the Wigmore cheese, mushroom and onion pie with tomato chutney and Savoy cabbage.
BOOKS: Check out Nick Hornby-owned Ministry of Stories on Hoxton Street. They have a monthly Book Slam, which brings together writers like Zadie Smith and Monica Ali with musicians and poets at either the Tabernacle, in Notting Hill or the Grand in Clapham. The School of Life sends book lovers into the countryside where you can take in weekend reading retreats in Kent, Suffolk and Norfolk counties.
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