Sweet tooth

Tonight we headed out to Wonton Bar on Russell Street, Melbourne City for an array of Chinese dumplings and yummy barbeque pork buns (these ones actually had non-fatty meat in it). We ordered only 4 different types of dumplings for a total of $30 which surprisingly filled us up. It was nice to eat some freshly cooked dumplings for a change as we often eat frozen pre-packaged dumplings from the Asian grocers.

The culinary highlight of the night, however, was the ice cream we had at Passionflower (168 Bourke Street, Melbourne). Olivier had red bean and green tea ice cream. I had green tea and taro ice cream which took me back to my days in Taiwan when I first tasted taro ice cream (which seemed to be more common than vanilla ice cream). The decor is modern and funky and the waitresses look like cute Japanese anime characters.

Passionflower has the usual ice cream flavours that you would find in any ice cream parlour but what sets them aside is their wide range of Eastern flavours including black sesame, durian, lychee, sticky rice etc. The ice cream is a bit more expensive if you "dine in" at $6 a scoop so if you are not after one of their fancy desserts and just want ice cream on the go, it is probably best to just grab the ice cream and take it away.

I will definitely be taking my sister here next time she comes to visit. I think she will really appreciate this place. :)

Their menu is worth checking out. See: http://www.passionflower.com.au/