On the second day of our UK vacation (the first having been spent on a walking tour of as many Strike sites as I could manage) we took a hop-on, hop-off bus tour of London, which was a great way to get our bearings. The only real Strike site on that was Tower Bridge, which, happily, had no despondent bankers contemplating jumping. Having revisited that area later to see the Tower of London, what surprised me was not that Robin and Barclay managed to intervene with SB, but that they managed to elbow their way through all the tourists to get to him.
We also made it to King's Cross for a selfie at Platform 9 3/4.
After morning, afternoon and evening bus rides, we were both pretty hungry and ready for dinner. Having been for pub-style food for lunch, we were ready for something ethnic, and, since China Town was within walking distance, we headed back there. When I checked the Wong Kei menu and saw they had Singapore noodles (something I don't remember ever seeing in a US Chinese restaurant), we decided that was the place to go. 
It was a busy but not overly packed place and one of the few we saw that was cash-only; card-only vendors were much more common. There were both Asian- and non-Asian diners, with a large number appearing student-aged. No sign of Spanner or Lula Landry's hot pink laptop.
Naturally I got the Singapore noodles. It was good, with small rice noodle, pork, mini-shrimp and egg. The closest thing I have had in the US to it was egg foo young, but this was decidedly spicier. Very filling, I can see why Strike likes it.
A great way to end the day, and one of the more economical meals we had in London.
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