Team Jolie
Leaving the Dorchester and heading to Zaika restaurant. Everyone including her security was in business attire and she was joined by her senior assistant, Holly Goline, which hints that they were attending a formal meeting and Goline was there to help with scheduling and logistics.
Blood and Honey will be starting its promotional tour soon but they wouldn't be dressed so formally for Graham King and his team who must be close friends of theirs by now, so this is probably for something else.
Holly was last seen with her in L.A. as she wrapped up Blood and Honey. It was Angelina's other assistant who has been staying with her and accompanying her in her travels from Malta to Scotland to the Hague.
What could be important enough to require Holly to fly in from L.A.? Could this be a new movie project? It may have something to do with the book she is carrying but as far as I can tell, it looks like an older book about a bearded man wearing an Arab headdress, possibly a historical figure. She did not display the title of the book to the paparazzis as she has done in the past for books she was supporting, but she was not making any great attempt to hide it either. Which means if the meeting is about a new movie, the book is just research material and not the main subject. So does the main subject have with something to do with the Middle East? Africa? The figure looks far too contemporary to have anything to do with Cleopatra, so is it Gertrude Bell? Beryl Markham and West with the Night?
World War Z finishes shooting in Scotland this weekend. They have a Toronto stop for Moneyball's TIFF premiere and then Angelina's schedule is free until she has to do publicity for Blood and Honey in November or December. If the meeting was about a new film adaptation, that project is likely still some distance away and will not be her next project. But what and when will her next project be?
Zaika, Located at the heart of Kensington in a prominent position opposite Hyde Park.
The name Zaika translates quite literally as sophisticated flavours and this is the ethos behind the innovative menu. With an emphasis on refined yet creative Indian cuisine, the menu incorporates both traditional classic favourites and original new dishes that apply eastern flavours with a western twist.
Acclaimed favourites include Indian Home Smoked Salmon, Lamb Rogan Josh and Chocolate Silk, a dish that has been greatly imitated by other establishments across the Capital.
Located at the heart of Kensington in a prominent position opposite Hyde Park, the grand building that Zaika occupies was formerly a bank and has retained many original architectural features including the carved high ceilings and double height windows. The sumptuous interior lends itself to the rich vibrancy of India during the colonial era incorporating a palette of rich colours; ruby, green gold, crimson and purple.
The main restaurant seats 82 and is available for private entertaining by appointment whilst the Bedouin style cocktail bar can host private drinks parties for up to 25 guests.
