1. I had Cacao Green frozen yoghurt and a Dark Mocha Soy Frappuccino for lunch on Friday.
2. I stole some of I-Hua’s Cacao Green frozen yoghurt before dinner on Friday night.
3. I had cake for breakfast on Saturday morning.
4. I’m clearly a savoury girl at heart, as this post further proves. (Okay, four things.)
After our breakfast shenanigans with Adrian on Saturday morning, I-Hua, The Boy, and I decided to explore the South Melbourne markets and surrounding area before choosing a place for lunch. We bought flowers and blueberries, second-hand Enid Blyton books, and gloriously aromatic coffee beans that made my room smell like heaven for days.
After sufficient time had passed, we piled back into the car and began driving to an as-yet-unknown lunch destination. Pho was discussed and Asian desserts almost decided upon when I, very nonchalantly and without even a hint of ulterior motive*, enquired as to whether South Yarra and Story in a Cup were nearby.
*Complete lie.
At first I was surprised at how quickly I-Hua jumped on the frozen-yoghurt-for-lunch bandwagon, but then I remembered that she doesn’t love Asian desserts. Everybody wins!
Sidenote Of Excitement: As we walked down the arcade where Story in a Cup resides, I saw a vaguely-familiar face and heard an almighty shriek. Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, Bryan (whom I was supposed to meet for the first time that night at dinner) had chosen a cafe in that very arcade to drink coffee in. Well met, sir, well met.
Story in a Cup is a new self-serve frozen yoghurt cafe in Melbourne where you pay by weight and have access to a myriad toppings to make your soul fly. I-Hua laughed at me because I asked for samples of the pomegranate, chocolate, and French cookies and creme flavours but then served myself the tart original and matcha flavours, but I say life is more exciting when you act like a nincompoop.
Mmm, delicious frozen yoghurt.
Mmm, completely disregarding all the candy options to instead simply choose raspberries as a topping.
Mmm, delicious tangy sweet creamy wonderful Story in a Cup frozen yoghurt.
I-Hua and The Boy shared a cup of coconut mixed with French cookies and creme, though they both spent more time playing on Instagram than eating. Oh, bloggers.
Our hearts happily sated with sweetness, we returned home for a few hours before dinner. And what, pray tell, did we Classic Disney-Loving Angle Babes do with those few hours? Why, we watched Pocahontas, of course.
And realised that it really isn’t as good as the other Classic Disneys. And that the complete and overt lack of quality and effort in the animation, as well as elements of the characterisation and plot, seem really rather… racist. Both to the Native Americans and the English. Yep, more Disney Deconstruction! Also, it was quite irritating to discover that after everything Pocahontas and John Smith went through, she ended up marrying some other John dude. Not impressed, say I. Not impressed.
Still, we did enjoy belting out “Colours of the Wind” and “Just Around The Riverbend”, and surely that’s all that matters.
Question Time: Are you a fan of frozen yoghurt? Anyone want to stand up and defend Pocahontas to me?
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Oh, spoiler alert!! Just kidding, I don’t see myself watching Pocahontas at any time in the near future
You and your Melbourne blogging buddies are going to see me fat(ter) before this year’s out …
Teehee, not a spoiler for Pocahontas at all! Apparently a spoiler for Pocahontas 2 and the real story of Pocahontas, though. Can it be a spoiler if it’s history?! *ponders*
I’ve pondered that myself with historically based movies but have come to the conclusion that it’s okay if I don’t know the whole history of the earth. Learning something new while being entertained can be fun so I try to avoid looking the history up until after I’ve seen a movie (but I do look it up, I don’t trust Hollywood for its historical accuracy).
On the other hand the fact that my BIL didn’t like the way LOTR1 finished because he didn’t know that it was based on a trilogy – that’s just wrong!
OH MY HEAVENS. I’m sorry, I can’t get past your friend not knowing LOTR was a trilogy!
Clearly neither can I, ten years later and I can still remember him getting up from his seat in disgust and proclaiming loudly what a stupid movie it was … to a cinema full of LOTR fans!!
I can’t stop giggling! Oh my gosh, he was definitely putting his life in danger at that moment.
I love these shops!!! And I most certainly I did not take advantage of them enough when I was in teh States
I never tried them once in the States, so you’re beating me!
Serve yourself frozen yoghurt sounds like a good idea. Will have to track this place down.
And then report back so I can relive the experience vicariously!
I love these yogurt places! I had one yesterday – a peanut butter flavor that I swear tasted JUST like PB. Obviously I topped it with chocolate. Ah-mazing.
I think I just cried inside.
Do you have any idea how much I LOVE that you’re finding these froyo places for me here in Melb? I LOVE froyo. Like LOVE.
Also Sth Melb market is one of my fave places here in Melb – the v.expensive Vitamix can be bought just across the road from it. I go and stare at it everytime I’m there.
Also – Pocahontas? Hmmm…not one of my faves. Yes, she was insanely pretty but the plot had much left to be desired. They say that the plot of Avatar was basically a ripoff of Pocahontas as well….just sayin’
Do. It. Get the Vitamix. You know you want to…. and then I won’t feel as guilty about having bought mine and not used it in over a month
You know, I actually didn’t find Pocahontas as pretty this time around. Perhaps, though, that’s because I-Hua and I had just decided that Ariel is one of, if not the most, gorgeous Disney lady.
Dude, Avatar was basically a ripoff of every colonisation story ever told. YAY FROYO FOREVER!
Froyo for lunch, classy! I love how it’s still kind of an asian dessert since you chose the matcha flavor. So right about Pocahontas, it was really all down hill after The Lion King anyway.
Oooh, you’re so right! I’m so cosmopolitan with my froyo. Was The Lion King the last one done by the dynamic Disney duo? Would make sense…
Not sure if I tried frozen yogurt, tried yogurt ice cream but I suppose thats different. Paying by weight seems like an interesting concept, I guess there is the temptation to stick your fingers when no one is watching.
Hmm, seeing as the froyo comes out of a nozzle, I think sticking your finger in would be a very bad idea indeed!
OMG! That dress is DIVINE!!!!!!! You can see my one-track mind is v different from all your other readers
Aw, squish! Thank you!!! Though it could partly be that many of them have commented on it before
Oh, if only I had enough clothes not to wear the same outfit in multiple posts! 
Ahhh. I can see why Melbourne captured your heart and soul. No doubt you have your favourite recipes for raspberry and chocolate frozen yoghurts already. A couple I found are at: http://www.makeicecream.com/recformakfro.html (lots of sugar but).
Anyway, your recipes would be more healthy and scrumptious I’m sure.
Teehee, thanks Mike! Alas, my lack of an ice cream maker stymies any froyo-making endeavours!
Nope, I can’t defend Pocahontas- it really is racist! Granted, I haven’t seen it in about ten years… but yeah, really. I do love the music though
“Just around the riverbend” is pretty much my heart’s anthem right now
Juhhhhst around the river bend!
Pocahontas always bugged me, or maybe it was my mom making snide comments about the lack of realism in the movie, and the sexy native attire, etc.
Of all the gin joints ! One of my favorite phrases:)
Forgot to mention: What a cute widdle sunburn (or slightly red shoulder)!
It’s way below freezing here. Mildly jealous:)
Teehee, I was wondering if anyone would make a comment about the sunburn! I have another photo dedicated to showing it off, too
That totally happened after an hour and a half sitting outside at 9:30am. I am RIDICULOUSLY pale. Sheesh.
I like your mum even more now.
Nah, Pocahontas sucks.
ooooooooh I used to LOVE frozen yoghurt… boo I want some. That looks like a very fun place to visit, mmmm toppings. Is tart just like plain yoghurt? Melbourne has ALL the fun foodie stuff, doh.
Bahaha! Simple and to the point. Love it. Tart is like plain yoghurt but still sweet, so not quite. Wow, that didn’t make sense.
Tart natural flavour will always win for me, despite the initial excitement that can come from other flavours
I liked Pocahontas when I saw it, but I was too young to do any deconstructing. And I recall the songs and scenery as the highlights, which does suggest the plot may have been lacking!
That was pretty much my reaction
The others were a bit too sweet and artificial for me, but I do love the grassiness of matcha so that’s always a winner too 
Ah, Disney is all about the songs anyway.
Love the name of that froyo place! I have been guilty of eating froyo throughout the winter months
It’s just so addictive
I would if I could. Darn Canberra!
OMG self serve frozen yoghurt. That alone is worth the trip to Melbourne. Why oh why are we so frozen yoghurt deprived in Canberra?
Several of my friends who live in the UK have recently had babies so I thought I would find and send them my favourite Australian children’s book as a baby shower present. The book is ” Marmaduke the Possum” and it is gorgeous but on a re-read I did become rather alarmed at the level of racism. Funny isn’t it when you suddenly realise something like that. Must say I haven’t seen Pocahontas and your review isn’t inspiring me. Bring on classic Disney I say.
I don’t know, but someone has to fix this for us, STAT! Will you?
Hmm, I’d classify Pocahontas as classic Disney, but not a good one
I can’t believe I’ve never heard of your favourite Aussie children’s book! And you’ve reminded me that I never got around to my post about my favourite picture books…
Story in a cup frozen yoghurt sounds excellent – imagine what kids would choose – oh wait that is just like what Hannah would choose
We have just been eating ice cream at home so I felt quite in synch with your post. By the way what is tart natural flavour – does it taste of tart?
I am not in synch with movies and wondered if you saw poncahontas in the cinema until you said you were belting out the songs – never seen it myself but am sure it is less comfortable to watch as an adult
You know, I think I can actually defend myself here! I think kids would be far more likely to choose the chocolate and coconut flavours and load up on gummy bears, Reese’s peanut butter cups, and chocolate chips from the toppings bar. My choices were positively Grown-Up! So there.
The tart flavour is far more tangy than the others, but it’s still sweet, so not like frozen plain yoghurt
Oh gosh, Pocahontas was the mid-90s, I think, so definitely not in the cinemas! That wouldn’t stop me from singing though 
oh tart as in tangy – I thought maybe there were pastry notes in it!!! D’oh! And though you didn’t go for the gaudy extras you did go for frozen yoghurt for a meal – case closed!
Oooh, this is like how no one else is allowed to insult your own family… I’m all determined to prove I’m not a child, now that you’re the one saying I am!
Waiting just around the riverbend!!!!! Just around the riverbend!!! Poca-demort is scary Angle Babe. I don’t like her at all. How does she breath????
BAHAHA! Oh my gosh, you took that comment of mine to the BEST PLACE. Pocademort! I bet she hid her horcruxes around the riverbend.
That was certainly an almighty coincidence indeed, but for the record, i did NOT shriek.
Definitely not. *taps nose*
Very frosty over here so the idea of frozen yoghurt is just too… chilly.
Nah, I can’t defend Pocahontas for you. My kids disregarded that film totally and ran around calling each other Running Nose and Skinned Knee and Farting Bear if I remember…
That’s when you turn the heater on. Global warming be damned!
Bahaha! Though that makes me think of the Running Bear song…
haha years ago I got into lots of trouble at a Melbourne place once that had sandwiches by the weight. I ended up with a really expensive sandwich. Thankfully the woman felt sorry for me and let me have a discount. Ahh what I would do with those toppings!
*laughs* I totally ended up with far more yoghurt than I meant to, because I couldn’t work out how to turn the nozzle off at first. The guy didn’t offer me a discount, though! I need to work on my feminine wiles
You should’ve seen the look my face made when you mentioned buying Enid Blyton books. No really, you should’ve, because I couldn’t see it, could I? It was happening on my face! But I felt everything – cheeks, eyebrows, forehead, eyelids – move upwards very fast. And I’m sure it was funny (try it!)
Am indeed pro-fro-yo! This place sounds AMAZING. AMAAAAZING.
Pro-fro-yo, pro-mo-ro, what a day for you and your abbrevs!
Teehee, I giggled at those abbrevs on your blog too! Laura’s practically Australian with all of this word-shortening
Uh-oh! I lose cred, I lose cred! I-Hua bought the Enid Blyton; I never read them as a kid. My childhood was predominately about Australian children’s fiction – The Silvery Brumby series, Seven Little Australians and its sequels, Tomorrow When the War Began and its offshoots, and then the more standard options like Little Women and all of *its* sequels, and then BSC and SVH.
I think my mum purposely kept me away from Enid Blyton.
Please love me anyway! Please love me!
Wish I was there to hear you and I-Hua deconstructing Disney … but, you know, hakuna matata, I’m glad you had a good time and look forward to more Disney, oops Melbourne posts.
Anytime you want dad to hook up the video player so we can do some deconstructing ourselves, you just let me know
Smacks back of hand against forehead: I knew this day would finally come, Hannah!
…. I don’t like frozen yoghurt.
….. or Pocahontas.
Can you forgive me?
I can most certainly forgive the Pocahontas, as I’m right there with you, and the frozen yoghurt is a good thing for our friendship. We need to know we can overcome such adversity, and you know what?
I think we just did.
*heel click*
Yes. I am a frozen yougust nut(case). Hey, at least it’s healthy, right?
I’m more interested in the fact that it’s delicious
i love froyo! if only i could still eat all that sugar still. you so lucky eating delicious sugar treats for meals and wearing pretty summer dresses even in january! its freezing in nj now. brrrr….
Well, it is summer over here, so the dresses make sense!
I’ll be complaining once I’m in winter again and you’re toasty warm, never you fear.
These types of serve yourself yogurt places have popped everywhere in my city. Love them!!!!
So envious! I still got none. Nada. Boo.
I love frozen yoghurt too, and have only been to a few of these places (they don’t exist out here in the country). I remain to be convinced of the edible nature of green tea, but totally agree with the raspberry selection. Never seen Pocahontas blessedly, and will not race at it. What Blytons did you buy?
They don’t exist in Canberra, either, so it ain’t just the country! Or maybe we’re “the country” too. Many seem to think so…
Eeep, the Blytons were I-Hua’s! I never read them as a kid; I was all about Aussie fiction like The Silver Brumby and Seven little Australians
Dear Hannah,
Looks like it’s all fun and frolic with I-Hua around Melbourne. I read all of Enid Blyton’s Secret Seven and Famous Five when I was a kid. Truly captivating not to mention keeping me out of mischief.
Definitely not a frozen yoghurt fan nor have I watched Pocahontas.
Alas, I’ve never read any Enid Blyton! The purchase was I-Hua’s
I read more Aussie fiction than English as a kid. Ah, you’re not missing out with Pocahontas, I assure you. And without a sweet tooth, you’re probably fine without the froyo too 
Ha I remember you leaving a jealous comment on my blog when I posted about this place.
P.S. I never got to try the pomegranate flavour, how was that?
Teehee, I can be a whiny sod sometimes, can’t I?
I liked the pomegranate flavour, but (and bear with me here, because I’m going to sound crazy) it tasted too much like normal supermarket yoghurt to me
Nice little spot! Glad you enjoyed Melbourne… I miss it
I love frozen yogurt!! And I love Pocahontas. It is amazing how much more you notice about the Disney movies as you age that you would’ve never picked up on as a kiddo.
But thankfully, the songs are still as amazing
I love frozen yogurt but don’t have them that often. I know I am weird! I mean I should en-cash this time in my life where my doctor gives me a free pass to consume all i can eat ice creams and fro-yos right!
Absolutely! And then keep eating just as much when the baby is in the world, because we women need our calcium
Froyo, yes. Pocahontas, no.
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