Since our last review, we’re back for C+R’s 13th Anniversary. Who’s C+R? Well R is my “owner” and the golfer. C is his wife and the creative mind responsible for my existence. No more white truffle this time, so we went à la carte.

We started with an amuse-bouche that consisted of chopped squid in a cucumber foam. Then the highlight…Balik salmon with Oscietra caviar. Heavenly…just melts in your mouth. We were longing for this for a long time. Another appetizer was a lobster and black truffle raviolo. Wow, this was excellent. Full of flavors and I guess you know by now that we love truffles.

Main course was a bit disappointing, however. The slow cooked veal shank was juicy but we expected it to be more tender. In hindsight, we should have ordered two Balik salmons and had the raviolo as the main course.

It was C+R’s anniversary and they were married in 1996. So we started off with a Salon ’96. Very smooth and elegant. Different from the Dom that we like, which is more powerful. Then we had a ’96 Araujo, Eisele Vineyard from Napa. This cab was bought on our last trip to Napa in April. It is known to us as the 3am wine as R came back one night at 3am and woke up C to tell her about this amazing wine that he drank. But of course, he did not bring her back any! Naturally, later he had to open a bottle for C to try as she was wondering what wine was worth waking her up at 3am. And ever since, it’s been a favorite of ours. The ’96 is a powerful wine with lots of blackberry flavor and hints of vanilla. Two more bottles to add to our 1996 collection.

For dessert, we ordered an off the menu pear tart…the thin type. To top it off, we finished the bottle of ’66 Warre’s Vintage Port that was left behind from our last visit. The bottle is cool, so we took that too.

– 18/20

Gaddi’s
Peninsula Hotel Hong Kong
Salisbury Road, Kowloon
Hong Kong
T: +852 2315 3171
W: www.peninsula.com

090917 Gaddi's - Amuse-bouche, squid in cucumber foam

090917 Gaddi's - 1996 Salon Champagne

090917 Gaddi's - 1996 Salon Champagne

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090917 Gaddi's - Balik salmon with Oscietra caviar

090917 Gaddi's - Lobster and black truffle raviolo

090917 Gaddi's - 1996 Araujo, Eisele Vineyard

090917 Gaddi's - Slow cooked veal shank

090917 Gaddi's - Slow cooked veal shank

090917 Gaddi's - Thin pear tart

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