We had a Sydney bloggers yumcha today, forcibly drawing back the curtains from the anonymous stage of cyberspace.
In attendance was pinkcocoa, ShinChan, BHR, R, R's sibling, Casey, and of course yours truly. The rollcall was modest, but the appetites--happily--more than compensated.
We had yumcha at perennial favourite, East Ocean, whereupon a frenzy of urgent finger pointing and vigorous head nodding quickly resulted in a groaning table of delectable delights.
There were dumplings with prawns (har gow), dumplings with garlic chives (gao choy gow) and dumplings with snow pea sprouts (dao miu gow).
We had sticky rice, bean curd parcels, beef siu mai, Chinese broccoli (gai lan), long prawn noodles (har cheung fun), fried rice noodles (jin cheung fun) and pepper beef.
There was tripe. There was chicken feet. And then there were desserts.
Coconut jelly, almond jelly, mango pudding, mango pancakes... *sigh*
It was hard work but we had commitment.
We had integrity.
We had emergency stomachs.
Pinkcocoa took on the onerous task of photographing each dish. Check out her post here.
All in all it was great fun in the midst of like-minded company. The tastebuds are always heightened in the company of foodies and it was fantastic to finally meet the people behind the blogsites.
And it seems like we're not the only city to turn URLs to IRLs. Seattle bloggers also met for the first time last week.
Sydney bloggers doing what they do best!
But there were no shark fin dim sum :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for a wonderful time.
But there were no shark fin dim sum :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for a wonderful time.
But there were no shark fin dim sum :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for a wonderful time.
Looks like I missed out on a yummy spread but what happened to the pai kquat(no idea how to spell it)Yum Cha cannot be completed without the scrummy pork rib bits in the delicious garlicky black bean sauce. Oh the goodness!
ReplyDeletehiya AG
ReplyDeleteit was great meeting you and the lot! We should definitely plan another get-together again. This time maybe in a more quiet atmosphere! My poor hardly-audible ears were bad at yumcha. I could hardly catch the conversation but I did enjoy watching you guys talk!
R: I just received info on sharkfin dumpling. Apparently the sharkfin dumpling is shaped to look like the sharkfin. There is actually no sharkfin in there!
btw, post is up!
ReplyDeleteHey! Great to know that food bloggers all over the world are getting together and putting faces with blogs! How funny that these meetings happened so close together!
ReplyDeleteWe're working on another meeting for next month - this time for cocktails! And we hope to invite others in our area.
Sounds like you guys had a great time - now we just need to work on a world conference so we can all meet each other! :-)
Brenda
Yess another eat-fest would be good. ;-) I can't wait. hehe!
ReplyDeleteSo you actually had that EoMEoTE for breakkie that morning? No wonder you didnt eat much during yumcha! Hope to see you in full eating action next time!
Hey..AG,
ReplyDeleteThat's so nice.. :) to be meeting up.. with ppl who love food as oneself.. :)
Ahhh.. where's the pics of the bloggers..???
Hi AG,
ReplyDeleteWow! I love dim sum. Mmmmmmmmm! I haven't had it in a while. I actually was going to have dim sum in Singapore, but I think we went somewhere else instead.
I'm glad you had fun with the Aussie bloggers. I had fun with the gals in S'pore. I forgot my camera, so no posts.
hahaha!! AG, what a great pic of the last one. I just enjoyed this post so much. It was nice to have a bloggers gathering, wasn't it? ;)
ReplyDeleteI am a Sydney blogger too. Tell me when you are organising a Sydney blogger dining out again!!!
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