Hutong Dumpling Bar - PRAHRAN

A few weeks back to celebrate our end of year and hitting our company budget, we took the Friday off work, jumped in a taxi, took our MD's credit card and went to celebrate. #hellyeah

We went to Hutong Dumpling Bar on Commercial road - I love dumplings but I wasn't really prepared for the 7 course gestation that was put in front of me! If you're like me and had no idea what that means, in simple terms - They give you 7 rounds of food and with each course there is a glass of wine to suit the taste of food put in front of you. (Yep I consumed 7 glasses of wine within a 4 hour gap)

We started off with a glass of champagne to celebrate - at this stage I didn't realize the amount of wine that would follow ha! The food started rolling out, there is nothing else like food being brought out to you, plate after plate haha.

I will admit - After about plate 3 I was feeling really full and the wine was starting to take affect thank god we were all sitting down that's all I can say. The food at Hutong is perfection, everything was cooked just perfect and the flavors just burst in your mouth

It was about 4.30pm by the time we had finished our last main before the dessert came out, by this point I felt like I couldn't eat another thing. It was time to leave and one of my colleagues and I both looked at each other dreading the fact that we had to stand up! Nearly 5 hours of more wine than food cannot be good.

We kicked on and went to the Imperial around the corner, I think this was where we went wrong. Shots left right and center.. By about 6.30 I had to call it in I was not in a state to be around my work mates haha but we were all in the same boat, I felt bad for my Managing Director who had to ride his bike home!

As you can see from my blurry photo - I was in fine form.
I high tailed it out of there with our receptionist, we were lucky enough to get a taxi from Chapel St. Ill admit I had the window down all the way home haha.

The boyfriend had no idea what had happened when I walked (stumbled) in the door started looking at him and burst out laughing - Worlds worst drunk.

All in all - Hutong is pretty amazing you should defiantly check it out!
Have you been?
What other dumpling bars would you recommend?

TUESDAY AND BACK WITH A BLOG POST!

June is over. Thank god. I can breathe again! Although.. I'm getting sick so I can barely breathe haha but you know what I mean. I have come across a new hair product that I love. 

Its by DE LORENZO and this is the shiz.

My hairdresser introduced it to me on my last visit. I told her my ends were getting dry - My hair is finally growing again (Woohoo!) but I do find some days the ends aren't as good as they used it be. So she recommended this too me. I think from memory it was only $11. (I could of totally made that up and if It's wrong I apologise!) The smell is amazing and the best part is you only need a pea size on the tip of your fingers and run it from the mid lengths to the ends.

The weekend before last it was my friends birthday we had planned a dinner out in Hardware lane to celebrate her coming of age ha! In typical style I stood looking in my cupboard on Friday morning thinking I have nothing to wear, so at lunch time I headed over to Crown and had a look in Forever New. I actually like forever new but seriously the minute I walked in there ALL I could see was Black, White and a very small fraction of colour. What happened to patterns and bright colours!? 

I brought this White Blazer - For $99 It was probably the best $99 I have ever spent, the material is just amazing and has golden zips on the cuffs, which I don't think you can see. 

We went to Grilld Bar in Hardware Lane. Food Meh. 2 out of 5. Have you been?

Speaking of more food, a few Fridays ago an email popped up on my screen from the boyfriend, god knows what he was doing at work but he sent me the menu for HollyHock as he had found something he wanted to eat ha! So I picked up the phone and made a booking.


I love HollyHock its so relaxed and has such great food.

Everyone loves Macaroons but way too many potatoes!
Now that my work life is a little less crazy I am excited to get back into the kitchen and cook, Is that sad?

We've been heading to most of the bombers games lately and that's generally on a Sunday. Thank-god we've been winning otherwise I wouldn't be happy ha! I posted a photo on my Instagram last week I was going through my makeup and I don't even recall how I came across this one but its Bourjois Foundation and I started using it and its actually really great! But then I went back to using my MAC this morning and realized just how not so great it was haha! But I think for an every day its great and it gave me great coverage.

So I'm back in the blogging space, cant wait to catch up with all your posts. Stay tuned for my 7 course gestation meal (and shots!) to celebrate EOFY at my work. (I was hungover like a mofo!)