Yum Cha or Dim Sum?

The Husband and I went to this restaurant on what was maybe our third or fourth date, long before it became the Yum Cha café and I made a dirty joke about my deep fried banana which resulted in him thinking I was a creeper and we nearly didn’t have another date.  He has probably realised that I really am a creep by now.

Needless to say, we did have another date and the poor sucker hasn’t been able to get rid of me since.

Our second date was a disaster too. I called a friend whilst he was in the bathroom to fill her in on how the date was going and used a code name for him, and unbeknownst to me he had walked up behind me and heard the end of the conversation, resulting in him thinking I had been on TWO dates that night. 

We decided to head back and try out the Yum Cha (or is it Dim Sum?), but it was only with me twisting his arm. 

Yum Cha cafe is at 193 Exhibition Street, Melbourne - corner of Exhibition and Little Bourke.

Right opposite my favourite place, China Bar.

Every thing is very red in here, including the front door.  It was a theatre night and no booking needed.

I really have no idea what all of these are, but some of them were definitely ginger prawn dumplings, beef bun, and the rest most likely contained some form of prawn also. 

I had no reflux after these too, what a win. Not like the shifty place near my work where if you find a hair in your dumpling they say 'eh, it happens'.

Every time I order a mocktail from, where else but the mock tail section of the menu, The Husband double checks with them that there is no alcohol in it. It's like he thinks I am boozing up on the down low.

I really must just hate the taste of alcohol because I am loving all of these mocktails.

Calamari with spicy salt.

I found these to be really rubbery, a let down after the amazing dumplings unfortunately.

You win some, you lose some. 

I don’t know why, but I was kind of surprised when the bill was $130. 

I suppose because you are eating such little meals in rapid succession, you don’t expect it to add up so quickly when there are only two of you and you are in and out in 45 minutes.  The dumplings were definitely worth it though. 

You also don't get told how much things are, they just wheel them around, you pick and they write a code on your bill. 

I know this sounds silly considering I would normally think that $130 was normal but at Asian yum cha I just expect a bargain. Same with eBay - I just expect a bargain!

I'm wearing:

Target Skirt

Portmans vest/top thing

Random belt

Sandler wedges (I know, I really need to buy more shoes!!) 

OPI Black Onyx on nails

Some form of Essie red polish on toes

My ghetto booty was the topic of conversation yesterday, I think I have always had a booty but pregnancy has really added to it! Go me. 

I'm not weighing myself so couldn't tell you how much weight I have gained,  but I think majority of it went to my bum.