Date Night

I hope everyone had a good Anzac day and took a minute or two to really consider the reason why we had this mid week holiday and all the sacrifices that our soldiers took.

We spent the day sleeping in, eating chocolate for breakfast and watching the footy. As an Essendon supporter, that 1 point loss cut deep, especially after rubbing it in The Husbands face in the last 2 minutes of the game.

We decided to go out for Date Night and catch a movie.

I got dressed, put my Abominable Snowman vest on and presented myself to The Husband who gave me the side eye and said “Surely you are not leaving the house in that? Not with me anyway..” but I persisted and I am pretty sure it grew on him.

I’ve heard all these whispers about Hutong Dumpling Bar having the best dumplings in town so we rocked up without a reservation, waited 5 minutes and were seated upstairs.

I had a moment of panic when I discovered that they only had 2 pages of dumplings (and they call themselves a Dumpling Bar…) and no plain prawn dumplings. Seriously, no plain dumplings?! At this stage The Husband was saying “Well, you chose this place!!” after I had a lengthy complaining session.

The service may not have been with a smile but it was very efficient.

My umbrella was taken and hung out of the way, our drinks were ordered and brought to us instantly, as well as being topped up constantly, and our pork dumplings were placed on the table within 5 minutes of ordering them.

One thing that I felt was weird was that they did not have Soy Sauce on the tables, and had that crap vinegar stuff in a pourer so you don’t know that it is vinegar until it is too late and you have doused your food in it. Once I asked for the soy sauce it was brought out in a little bowl for me instantly. Cant help but think that is weird. 

Boiled Pork Dumplings

$13.20 for 12 pieces 

I felt like the casing on the pork dumplings was a bit too thick, but they tasted good none the less.

Singapore Noodles

$12.80  

These noodles were delicious, there were plenty of prawns in there and they actually tasted light and not too greasy.

There was no way that I could finish this so most of it went to waste unfortunately. Worth ordering though, that is for sure. 

Squid in Salt and Pepper

$8.80

This was delicious!

I did notice that The Husband was peeling off the batter and just eating the squid, but that may have been for health purposes as I thought that it tasted great, not too heavy either. 

Prawn & Minced Pork Dumplings

$8.80 for 4 pieces

Listen, they may not have had just plain prawn dumplings, but these pork and prawn dumplings nearly made up for that fact.

I am basically salivating right now, even as I type this.

They were the business.

Pretty expensive for only 4 dumplings, but worth it. Next time I will order 8. 

There used to be a handsome fellow in this photo so you will just have to use your imagination.

I put a tonne of Coconut Oil in my hair as my scalp is driving me nuts and then I couldn’t wash it out properly so only had one option.

Douse with hairspray and slick back. 

After devouring our dinner quick enough to give a bear indigestion we schlepped it to Melbourne Central to catch the showing of The Lucky One and after waiting in line for 15 minutes were told that the session had been cancelled, despite the website still showing that it was playing.

I’m not going to lie, I was pretty annoyed. The Husband was happy though as he didn’t want to watch it in the first place and planning on having a nap during the session.

I didn’t want to watch anything else so we left and headed for some comfort food at Harajuku Crepes instead.

  

Nutella and Banana, what else?!

Get in my belly.

The Husband took this photo on his Blackberry and whilst he was sending it to me, he sent me some other photos he has taken of me without me knowing, usually sleeping with my mouth wide open, what a creep. 

Sephora by OPI – Cover Me in Petals 

Outfit Details:

ASOS A|Line Fur Gilet

Zara Classic Jeans

Target Cardigan worn underneath the gilet

Random boots that I bought in China Town 4 years ago for something ridiculous like $50

I can always count on my Instagram-ers to complete a sing along! 

Anyway, I'm totally loving the gilet. Thoughts? Do I look like a baby Ape?

What did you do yesterday?