Food: Halalainos'

Pizza and Milkshake with the Red Topi crew et al. Celebrating Eid Al-Adha and New Years Eve. The evening started off with the boys and girls seperated, later on however, the groups split and realigned into groups of friendships. As I always say tho, it's not where you eat - but who you're with that matters!

I guess Halalainos' is a spoof of the infamous Tinsel Town, with a variety of Milkshake flavours including the likes of Snickers, Twix and Oreo as well as some fruity flavours such as Peach and Pineapple, or the more traditional, Strawberry.

Walking in, first impressions are of a classy Pizzeria. Upstairs, you're invited by huge leather couches, dimmed lighting and louder music - perfect to kick back, chit chat, and take in a puff or two of the Arabian Penninsulas' gift to London - Shisha. As the starters came rolling in, I couldn't but imagine myself back in the days of college, sitting in the common room whilst watching the likes of MTV Base. A kind of bar-esc atmosphere without alcohol. Not exactly my cup of chai, so not sure if I'll be visiting again any time soon.

Good value for money, at £10 per head you get a milkshake and a large pizza which is clearly way too big for one person. Not to mention the magic word 'HALAL', and the service was good too.

Beware however, a Calzone is a stuffed pizza - as oppossed to topped. Still, it tastes the same although a little undercooked, so I spent the evening removing the dough, and eating what would have been the topping.

Overall the great night, a nice close to 2006.