{"id":10001,"date":"2016-03-21T11:35:17","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T11:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefoodconnoisseur.co.uk\/?p=10001"},"modified":"2016-03-24T09:06:04","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T09:06:04","slug":"queen-of-hoxton-quirky-n-fun-mindfulfold-origami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefoodconnoisseur.co.uk\/bars\/queen-of-hoxton-quirky-n-fun-mindfulfold-origami\/","title":{"rendered":"The Queen of Hoxton – Quirky ‘n fun Mindfulfold origami"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"once_upon_a_wigman_treehouse\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Queen of Hoxton is on<\/a>e of those places where you never know what to expect on a night out. A hidden gem in the midst of the city between Liverpool Street and Old Street located in a small quiet corner.\u00a0Ping pong tables set up upon arrival on a bar area, it’s after climbing 5\/6 flights of stairs you find a\u00a0mysterious\u00a0hideout. A winter wonderland rooftop bar\u00a0called Once Upon a WigWam<\/a>\u00a0inspired by the\u00a0Grimm\u00a0Brother’s fairy tales.<\/p>\n

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A tree-house in the middle, open\u00a0wood fires\u00a0to toast some\u00a0marshmallows and get\u00a0cozy\u00a0with another person.<\/p>\n

\"the_queen_of_hoxton\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A big story book with \u00a0a spread of handwritten tales, a gingerbread house. The rooftop bar in the middle of the city is quite something. Even in the outdoors, you be kept warm, now the reason I can here was for a class of\u00a0origami.\u00a0Mindful Origami<\/a>\u00a0is by Samuel Tsang, I’ve been meaning to attend one of his\u00a0Origami\u00a0classes for a while.\u00a0He\u00a0happened to be at the\u00a0Pan\u00a0de\u00a0Vie<\/a>\u00a0event I went to the week before\u00a0and I kept in touch.<\/p>\n

\"the_golden_apple\"<\/a><\/p>\n

With the Mindful Origami ticket a drink at the bar is included, handed a shiny reflective gold playing card off to the bar I went. They had a mixture of selections at the bar, and even hot cocktails. To keep myself warm I opted for The Golden Apple, a warm mug of hot gingerbread and apple toddy.<\/p>\n

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\"IMG_2236-1\"<\/a> \"IMG_2235-1\"<\/a> \"samuel_tsang_origami\"<\/a> \"mindful_origami_tulip\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Samuel started the workshop with a presentation of origami and how much it can be worth, selling your creations on\u00a0Etsy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Our very first thing we created was a simple folded envelope, Samuel is very\u00a0thorough\u00a0with his method I noticed for the very time how my technique improved folding the crease dead straight.<\/p>\n

Next, was a beautiful 3D tulip and lastly a crane. We all enjoyed the evening drinking cocktails and making origami.\u00a0Samuel\u00a0is a great teacher he is releasing a book on Origami in April. Click below to order.<\/p>\n