Hiromi @Ronnie Scott's

As I mentioned in my previous post, I went to Ronnie Scott's to see Hiromi last Friday night, yei!!!!

Before going to Ronnie Scott's, I and my boyfriend were supposed to go to Byron to eat burger in Soho. Unfortunately due to out of order of their boiler, we couldn't eat there on that day. (Why so many boiler problems in Britain??) Instead of Byron, we went to honest burger. Honest burger is very popular burger shop in Brixton, and they opend soho branch recently. To be honest, I prefer Byron, but, it's nice to try!
... I will definitely write about 'Best burgers in London!'

looks much nicer in real!

Ronnie Scott's

Not allowed to take a photo

The left photo is inside of Ronnie Scott's. But, actually you are NOT allowed to take pictures! When I took a photo, the waitress was really scary, so I thought she was joking!

Normally, I put the photo as big as possible, but this time, I sizedowned... I'm scared!

So, Hiromi's gig...
Ah, Hiromi is a Jazz pianist. You can check her here

OH MY GOD, it's amazing!!

When you are listening at Jazz bars, there are times that you feel you HAVE to crap your hands for musicians' skill. But, about Hiromi, she's just amazing every single seconds! Also, she really make flow, so you sometimes miss to crap your hands.

If you search 'Hiromi' in youtube, there are a lot of videos of her gigs.
(Yes, you have to check her gigs. I don't like studio recording sounds.)

Hiromi, the Jazz pianist

I asked her to take a photo of her, but I don't think she wanted to do (sorry, Hiromi-san). You know, you can feel those feelings from the people.

I've read her interview once, and it said she cared about gigs, but she didn't really care about MC or after gig since she believed it was ok for her as long as she could deliberate her thankness to the customers.

Anyway, thank you Hiromi-san allowed me to take a picture of you!


If you want to see her gig, check Ronnie Scott's. She plays there at least once a year.

Jazz @London

I love Jazz ;)
I'm not the expert one, but I love Jazz. I don't like the classic Jazz, but I do like more funky style. I think it's because it's Acid Jazz boom when I was young!

However, I'm not a big fan of Jazz bar. It's too posh! Even very funky Jazz gig, you cannot dance. People just close eyes and moving their head... that's it. (I want to daaaaance!!)

Anyway, here are my recommended Jazz bars. All are very famous ones, so I'm sure you've been to or you've heard. I'm lazy to explore small Jazz bar...!

Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club

Ronnie Scott's is probably the most famous jazz bar in London. Quite famous musician plays this place. If musicians are pretty popular and your seats are not table reservation, I recommend you to queue earlier. Once, I had to stand whole the gig because all the seats were taken. Standing was not bad, but it's small venue, so I was really obstabcle for staffs serving drinks to customers...

Yes, they serve drink and food, which are quite nice. Not cheap, but not expensive.

Very lovely venue, so it suits for dates ;) or company's Xmas venue. It locates in the right middle of Soho (easy access).

The 606 Club

I went to this place only once, but this is absolutely my favourite place! It's a bit hidden place... you feel very special ('Oh yeah, I know London jazz scene!' ;p

Because of licence issue, you have to order food. I don't remember how much it is, but I only ordered the cake, so it must be expensive (or I wasn't hungry...!)

The tables are really close to the musician. The whole experience is really special!

*** It seems the place was moved to new place! Oh no!! Sorry, I don't know how it is now... 

Vortex Jazz Club

I thought Vortex was very famous jazz bar, but it's not crowded at all.. When my friend asked me go there, I was 'Oh my god! I'm going to Vortex! I should queue!!)', but it was no queue. Plus, all the staffs were volunteers.

The ground floor is restaurant and bar. It seems very lovely. It is located in Dalston.

Dalston is used to be very dodgy area, but now it's very cool place. But, still better to be careful if it's late venue.
If you live in the West side, it's bit difficult to go there.


There are other places such as Jazz cafe in Covent garden and Jazz @ Pizz Express.
I will write them in the future.
The reason why I put down Jazz is I go to Ronnie Scott's today! yei!!

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Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club 
The nearest tube station is Totteham Court Road and Leicester Square
47 Frith Street Frith Street  London, W1D 4HT

The 606 Club
The nearest tube station is Fullham broadway
90 Lots Road London SW10 0QD
They moved to above address from Ealing.

Vortex Jazz Club
The nearest station is Dalston Kingsland and Dalston Junction (overground)
1 Gillett Square, London N16 8AZ
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Floatation therapy

I went to City Relaxation Centre to experience the floatation therapy on last Sunday.

One of my best friends gave me the voucher of this therapy for my birthday (She's sooooo sweet!)

What is Floatation Therapy?

Floatation therapy is a method of rest. Basically, you float in very high salt water. Imagine people floating on the dead sea. It's like that... sorry I am not good at explaining... better to read the wikipedia page.

The staff in City Relaxation Centre explained to me that you would experience the gravity zero World. It help to refresh and relax both physically and mentally, and it even cures the blood circulation.

Ta da! Here is the tank!

I was in the tank... pretty scary!

Tips for floatation therapy

You'll get the explanation before starting, such as 'Don't touch your eyes' thing, but here are my tips for the therapy.

• Don't do if you have any scars!
  I had my fingers cut. It's really hurt! ... I was very stupid! How couldn't I notice it?
• Don't forget the ear plug!
  The staff forgot giving me the ear plugs. I was annoyed the water came into my ears during the whole session... yep, I was stupid!
• Don't do if you are chrostophobic!
  Pretty small tank...

The person I've met in the lounge, he sounded that he had a great experience. He thought it was only 5 minutes, but it's already 1 hour passed.

I? ... no, rather I felt I wouldn't do that again. I don't know because of the small tank or no ear plugs, but I was sick after the session... I felt I got carsick. But, this may be the whole point of this cause this is the gravity zero World...!?

The venue, City Relaxation Centr, is ok. The staff is very friendly guy, so I don't want to say bad about that place. However, you can see the place is owned by a 'MAN' (sorry no offence). Not really 'Relaxation place' atmosphere. But, again the staff is lovely.

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City Relaxation Centre
The nearest station is South Quay (DLR). 2 minutes walk. A bit difficult to find a place. Better to check the google map before you go.
23 Skylines Village, London E14 9TS
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