After a few too many drinks after the Boat race- I have a certain friend to blame for that :)- I woke up a little shabby on Easter Sunday!
However this was soon fixed by a lovely aubergine stew (I cooked from Jamie Oliver's cook book), a glass of Moet and some of my flatmates AMAZING sticky toffee pudding with ice cream- YUM.
I am almost a year older now and so I needed a cat nap before my big night out- Ministry of Sound Hed Kandi night!
I have loved Hed Kandi since I was 17 and had been to one of their nights at a Sydney nightclub (a certain blonde friend of mine might remember us getting into the DJ box and dancing on top of the speakers. I think we got in because a) we were cute + 18 and b) because I was wearing the tinniest hot pants in the world- sorry Kylie!)
Anyway I talked my dear workmate/friend into coming with me for a big night out on the long weekend. We started with some champagne and vodka at her place before getting the bus to Elephant and Castle (for the Aussie's out there this is not a nice area to be wandering around in at night).
It took us 15 mins of walking around and speaking to interesting strangers before actually finding the club but this just helped build our excitement.
After chatting to some handsome German men (or were they French?) on the queue we entered the Tokyo themed Hed Kandi venue. The Ministry of Sound is much smaller than I imagined (probably the size of the Empire in Sydney) and there are roughly 4 separate rooms.
After ordering drinks (not as expensive as I thought it would be) we wandered around and settled on the loudest room in the venue- however it was the most packed and had the best music.
As it was the Tokyo album world tour the rooms were themed with oriental paper lanterns and half way through the evening they had Geishas come out and dance on the speakers, they looked fantastic. Of course with most club nights these days they followed this act with a saxophone player who played over the music- I really really hate this. Why feel the need to ruin a perfectly good dance song with this additional sound? I love this instrument but within the confines of a jazz band not with my dance music!
We danced and danced from 11pm-4am to every classic Hed Kandi song I can think of. I have not had such a good night in a long long time- having recently spilt from my boyfriend it was the ultimate therapy.
It took an hour to get home on night buses but it was worth it and the night totally exceeded my expectations.
Any night out or venue you are desperate to go to?
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