Pat Cash's London

Cash has lived in London for the past 20 years and will appear at the AEGON Masters Tennis at the Royal Albert Hall in December.

Q: Where did you last eat out in London?

A: My mate took me out to Nobu on the weekend. I'm a  bit of a vegetarian these days, but I'm not too strict, if I go to Nobu I have to have the Wagyu beef which is something else. I took my girlfriend out to dinner at Maze recently and that was fantastic.

Q: Where do you think serves the best London breakfast?

A: My house, for sure. I'm the self-professed world's greatest omelette maker. I'm not great at venturing out for breakfast, though I occasionally venture out down the road to a little café in Fulham Broadway.

Q: What's your favourite London icon?

A: Well, it has to be Big Ben. Also the Houses of Parliament are pretty tough to top, beautiful architecture there. I'm really into architecture and London has so many beautiful spots. Also I think London's Parks are very underrated, I do like to get a bit of green in the city.

Q: Where do you think is the most romantic place in London?

A: I am not really the romantic type but I love the Long Bar at the Sanderson Hotel.  It's a cool place to meet up and I’ve had some great evenings there.

Q: What's your favourite shop in London?

A: I'm not much of a shopper, but the Quiksilver shop on Regent Street is where I usually go. There's also a great organic shop  near me called Planet Organic, which I go to regularly.

Q: What's your favourite hidden gem in London?

A: There's a Thai restaurant on North End road called The Sugar Hut. It doesn’t look like anything from the outside, just two big doors. Then you go inside and it's like "wow!", really well decked out, it's a good little hideaway. I also love the Mews Of Mayfair. It’s a fusion restaurant with an Australian chef. It has a cute, small, very cool bar which makes excellent apple martinis.

Q: What are your top tips for visitors?

A: When  people come to visit I say hit the London Eye because "bam" you get everything in one go there. And the open top double-decker bus is the quickest way to go around and see London all in one day.

Q: What's the strangest thing you've ever seen in London?

A: It was an Aussie Rules exhibition match. The crowd got completely drunk and ran onto the field. It’s a kind of tradition in Australia. They started playing, in their shoes and everything! They were falling everywhere and got covered in mud, it was like watching something from the Three Stooges.

Q: If you were invisible for the day where would you go?

A: I've always wanted to have a look in 10 Downing Street. It would be interesting to see what it's really like inside and to hear what's going on.

Q: If you could take one piece from a London museum /gallery, what would it be?

A: Definitely the dinosaur from the Natural History Museum… but I don’t have a clue where I’d put it! The Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum, is a very good museum too, but I'm not sure I'd nick anything.

Q: What do you miss most when you're away from London?

A: My kids… but other than that, the rock scene. I love rock music and playing the guitar, I love going to watch gigs here. I've seen Iron Maiden, Def Leppard and Judas Priest play at the Hammersmith Apollo and they were incredible.

Q: What's your idea of a big night out?

A: I like to go to a club called Wellington Club (SW1), just near Hyde Park. It's small but really fun, I've recommended it to a few tennis players over the years and now it’s pretty much a regular for Boris Becker

Q: Where's the best place in London to watch sport?

A: Well, Lord's is great if you want cricket but you know, I've got to say Wimbledon. Centre Court is absolutely fantastic; it's got that atmosphere and tradition, it's really something else. To play on it is one of those dreams come true, a "can’t believe you're there" moment.

Q: Finally, you know you've made it in London when your name becomes Cockney rhyming slang. Do you know what "Pat Cash" means?

A: Yeah, "take a slash"! (laughs) That's been around for years, my mates used to tease me about that all the time.

See Pat Cash play at the AEGON Masters Tennis at the Royal Albert Hall in December 2009.