Wednesday, January 2, 2013

My Birthday Lunch at Gaddi's - The Peninsula Hong Kong

My sparkly birthday lunch date with SC at Gaddi's.
Birthday Lunch 2012 at Gaddi's The Peninsula Hong Kong
I love the croissant. I ate three of them :D

Birthday Lunch 2012 at Gaddi's The Peninsula Hong Kong
I ordered the Ladies' Leisure Lunch, it comes with a non-alcoholic Bellini, which is great for me (I hate champagne based cocktails T_T). I love it!

Birthday Lunch 2012 at Gaddi's The Peninsula Hong Kong
SC's set lunch comes with a glass of wine, and it's very very delicious (this means a lot coming from someone who dislikes wine). And he insisted that I took this shot ^_^'
I'm glad I did. I love my 40mm f/2.8 pancake lens! Affordable, super light, super cute, sharp, with killer bokeh! (No, Canon didn't pay me to suddenly plug this ad in the middle of my blog post. I just love it THAT much).

Birthday Lunch 2012 at Gaddi's The Peninsula Hong Kong
My appetizer, smoked eggplant caviar with sliced marinated duck liver. It looks pretty, but I didn't really enjoy the mushy eggplant.

Birthday Lunch 2012 at Gaddi's The Peninsula Hong Kong
SC's appetizer's so pretty! It's sea bream tartar with whipped lemon cream and herring roe. Very light and refreshing. Love it.

Birthday Lunch 2012 at Gaddi's The Peninsula Hong Kong
My soup, shellfish consomme with lobster dumpling. Light, fragrant, tasty. It's nice.

Birthday Lunch 2012 at Gaddi's The Peninsula Hong Kong
My main, pan fried Australian beef filet with colorful carrots. Love it. Perfectly cooked meat. I adore.

Birthday Lunch 2012 at Gaddi's The Peninsula Hong Kong
SC had the beef cheek bourguignon with winter vegetables. It's lovely but it felt way to heavy for lunch. We should've picked something lighter.

Birthday Lunch 2012 at Gaddi's The Peninsula Hong Kong
SC's dessert, winter fruit compote with milk chocolate sphere and mandarin sherbet. Love the tart fruits & chocolate combo.

Birthday Lunch 2012 at Gaddi's The Peninsula Hong Kong
My dessert's a surprise. The Gaddi's sweet taste surprise (the name's a bit weird eh?). I am not a big fan of this dessert platter...not decadent enough to celebrate the depressing event of getting older. My bad. I shouldn't have ordered something I don't know, like... a surprise. Argh, I knew I wasn't a "ladies lunch" material.

Here's the obligatory couple photo.
Birthday lunch at Gaddi's the Peninsula Hong Kong
More photos will be uploaded to my FB page.
Outfit posts here: SC's or mine.

And he had to do this while waiting for our food... he's so proud of it, he made me record a video T_T


Gaddi's
1/F The Peninsula Hong Kong
19-21 Salinsbury Road
Tsim Sha Tsui
Tel: +852 2696 6763


Ladies' Leisure Lunch costs HK$358 + 10%
Lunch Set costs HK$458 + 10%

5 comments:

Gene said...

Happy Birthday! Except for the steak and boeuf bourguignon, it looks like a high tea. Everything looks fantastic! Great photos, as always :-)

Milktea Eats said...

looks like a lovely lunch! happy bday!

Razlan said...

Lunch at Gaddi's looks divine! Happy belated birthday, Rita :)

Maureen said...

Happy birthday!!! Looks like a lovely place and the lens is sexy!

Arudhi@Aboxofkitchen said...

Happy Birthday, Rita! Congratulations on your new gadget! I looove all the shots! The lighting is wonderful too. Looking forward to seeing more gorgeous food from you :)