82.50??!!

sundays are our date-day because during the week, he work late a few days or i'll be too tired to go out at night. plus i have to get up really early because i have two 9 am classes, one 8 am class, and one 8 am placement. so mondays are the only day that i get to sleep in. but i've realized that because i get up so early the rest of the week, i can't sleep longer than 8 am. no matter how tired i am, i just can't fall back asleep after 8.

yesterday we were deciding on lunch and once again we had too many choices. in the end we decided on yum cha. usually we would eat at Taipan which is in Doncaster or some other places in the suburb. but because we don't have the car so this time we decided to try the one in Chinatown. what a mistake!

we managed to snag the last and unreserved table for two because we didn't make a reservation and weekends are their busiest days. we were so hungry that we ordered whatever we felt like having. when it was time to pay the bill, we got the shock of our lives! we thought that it wasn't our bill and the cashier made a mistake. but nope, it was our bill. hence, the title for this post

it was $82.50! $82.50! 
i still can't believe that the bill for 2 people came up to $82.50! 

unbelievable! we were in shock! the only time we had an expensive meal was during our 1st year wedding anniversary. and that was only because it was a special occasion so we were willing to indulge ourselves a little bit.

we were wondering why didn't they allow those people who didn't make any reservations get a table since there were a few empty ones. clearly those that made reservations were late or had a change of mind. but they refused to let the walk-ins get a table. now we know why. it's because they charge so crazily expensive that they could afford to let costumers walk away. 

never again will we go back to that dim sum place. never! never ever!

that's the sticky part of trying new places isn't it? sometimes we get to find a place that we'll definitely return again or in this case....never return again!

but thank God. He has provided us with an extra bit of cash for us to learn from our mistakes. for now, we'll stick to eating at places that we know are cheaper. 


p.s: once again, i'm procrastinating from doing my assignments :p and now it's time to eat lunch :)