Hiya! I think some of you may think i bang on way too much about the weather. But please, it's mid-april, and we got 28 degrees weather yesterday!!! Heyyylooooo!!! Thank god I actually had the sense to move my butt and get out. Actually to be more precise, i didn't really have a choice. The footy was on. Yes, you heard me. My beloved is an ardent fan of AFL rules, and especially his team St Kilda (more affectionately known as the Saints, Sainters said with vigor!). I truly believe his love of the game is greater than the one he has for me. But honestly, if i ran a close second, i'm doing pretty good!!
Anyway, we ventured out around midday for a bit of yum cha, and because it was lunchtime and the most popular time when people crawl out of their drunken state, we were devoid the choice of sitting in the main restaurant and instead had to sit in the next door restaurant, which i knew were only let to them every weekend to supplement the seating spaces. And I was PISSED off!! That meant they needed to drag the carts ladened with hot yummy food 10 metres OUTSIDE the restaurant into Siberia-land (us), and we weren't necessarily going to get the entire selection. Arrggghhhhh!!!
Despite this, we sat down. David had his chicken feet, so he was all pleased and happy sitting at his corner spitting chicken bones into his bowl. Note: two things i need to have at yum cha - "har gau" and "tau fu fah". In the first 5 minutes, a young girl came strolling in with a whole cart of steaming racks. She presented "siew mai" to the next table, and i thought "YES! Maybe this is so bad afterall", because I know that 'siew mai' always came alongside 'har gau'. Anyway, I was looking expectantly at her... and she STROLLED off!!! I mean, SHE STROLLED off! Without looking at me, without offerring me MY 'har gau'!!! I looked at David and mid-spit of chicken bones, i exclaimed to him that I was never coming back to eat her if we had to sit where we sat today!! He did the smart thing and agreed.
The end of this lunch fiasco was that the 'har gau' was finally presented to me when i've already had the chives, seafood, scallop, mixed seafood, scallop/tofu dumplings. Along with 'char siew bao' and various other things. I looked at the girl offering me, heard my stomach protest that it couldn't possibly fit another dumpling, and declined. Story of my life.
Luckily, the Saints went on to beat the Melbourne Demons by 47 points. Now that's payback!
We had a lovely afternoon afterall, and all because 22 boys ran about the field kicking a ball. Will wonders never cease!!!
p/s: The St Kilda Football Club (SKFC) has been tipped likely premiers of 2005. They have not won a premiership since 1966.
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