Dim Sum for one... Hurts the wallet

I had the hankering for dim sum so I went to the restaurant for dim sum today.

Boy, is dim sum for one not economical!

I had eight dishes and the bill came to $27.50!

I had:

1) Beef ribs with black pepper;
2) Fried taro pastry;
3) Spring rolls;
4) Shui Mai;
5) Shark fin dumpling; (the steamed ones where there is little to no shark fin)
6) Taro cake;
7) Little pork buns (Siu Long Bao);
8) Fried Pork pastry.

For that price, I could have gone for all you can eat sushi at dinner...

Lesson to learn: Don't go to Dim sum for one. I will no longer be doing that again. When I ordered, I was already ordering conservatively. I really picked and chose the ones that I really really wanted. I have been told that the fun part of dim sum is to go and not order conservatively!

One good thing about Toronto is that my meal there would have cost $15 - $20. Max!