DUMPLINGS + DONUTS

By popular demand, D is for Dumplings + Donuts!

Now that we're in autumn and the weather is getting cooler, what's better than a plate of steaming hot dumplings to start with?

ITINERARY

11.30am - Meet at JUICY BAO in Chinatown.

That's the time it opens, so it's our best opportunity to find a big table to ourselves before the crowd arrives.

I recommend that we order separately: the xiaolongbao (steamed pork dumplings with soup filling) is a popular choice - do watch out for the hot soup squirting if it's your first encounter!

Preview the menu here:
https://restaurantguru.com/Juicy-Bao-Melbourne/menu

After lunch, we'll meander along Lt Bourke and Elizabeth St past St Francis Catholic Church and more restaurants to our second destination, SHORTSTOP COFFEE AND DONUTS.

Around the corner from Shortstop is GUILDFORD LANE, a charming laneway some of us explored on a previous outing. It's one of my favourite hidden laneways in the CBD - less touristy than AC/DC but no less loved. You'll see what I mean.

1pm - SHORTSTOP COFFEE AND DONUTS

Get your caffeine fix and enjoy choosing from the range of fancy flavours:
https://www.short-stop.com.au/product-category/melbourne/

The event ends at 1.30pm.

P.S. There is an organizer fee of $10 per person for this event.
Feel free to pay in cash on the day or PayID me at 0403 413 056 (Serena Low).

GETTING THERE
The closest train station to Chinatown is Melbourne Central.