Best things to see, do and eat in London: Expert expat travel tips

After 16 years in London, Perth-born Laura Baker says she's still not used to the long, cold winters, though the city's summer vibe makes up for them. She is the director of communications at London's landmark Shangri-La Hotel, At The Shard.

SEE

The White Cube Gallery on Bermondsey Street is owned by art dealer Jay Joplin, and was the first to host one-person shows for many of the Young British Artists including Tracey Emin. The street is also home to the Fashion and Textile Museum, cool café Fuckoffee, casual bars and three of my favourite restaurants – Casse-Croûte (French), Pizarro (Spanish) and Flour & Grape (Italian). This is by far my favourite street in London and keeps me entertained for hours, whitecube.com, ftmlondon.org, darksidecoffee.co.uk, cassecroute.co.uk, josepizarro.com, flourandgrape.com

DO

On a craft-beer crawl along the Bermondsey Beer Mile, you can find nine micro-breweries, a gin distillery and a cidery under and around the Bermondsey Street railway arches. They're all within walking distance from each other and, as working breweries, the friendly owners are regularly on-site and found chatting with customers and serving drinks. I'm a huge fan of Hiver Brewery, which specialises in honey beers. Founder Hannah sources raw honey from independent British beekeepers and her Honey Blonde beer is pure perfection, bermondsey-beer-mile.co.uk, hiverbeers.com

EAT

Maltby Street Market is the little sister to well-known Borough Market. My favourite place is tapas bar Bar Tozino on Ropewalk, which is the main drag, lined with food stalls and little bars and restaurants. With legs of ham dangling from the ceiling and thick Spanish accents heard all around, Tozino is a slice of Spain in London. The Spanish tomato bread with jamón serrano is the best in the city, maltby.st, tozino.co.uk

DRINK