Gunther’s: Food Bloggers’ Lunch

May 26, 2009 | 11 Comments

Twenty four of us descended to Gunther’s in a foodgraphy-frenzy. Hells hath no fury like a flogger hunger. The long discussion of food, followed by the occasional exclaims of ‘ooh‘, and ‘ah‘. Welcome to the world of the food lovers.

Japanese tomato

It was smooth, and silky, strands of it sticking out; yet in the dim light setting against the white background, it looked angelic, yes, this must be it: Cold Angel-hair pasta. I enjoyed every slurp, and I’ll gladly have it again.

This, is the In-thing for this season, like the latest fashion trends for each year; rejoiced people, it is this time of the year for the sacred white asaparagus, not green, not red, but white. And then, I spotted the yellowish sauce over the the Poached white asparagus with Bouchot mussels.

I stopped, and slowly took a bit of it with my spoon; “it couldn’t be, Oh yes it is!” I dipped everything on the plate with the hollandaise sauce, and made sure not a single drop of it was left.

“Have you had white asaparagus before?”

“No, I don’t see whats the craze over them..”

A surprise always had the biggest impact when you least expected it, and it came pleasantly of course.

There was pata negra, and salted baked seabass for the folks who couldn’t have beef; and damn, the roasted black pig from spain sounded so good, I should have claimed to have allergies against cows!

My piece was very well balanced in the portions of the fats and meat (read: too much fats). I took a bite of the meat, and chewed down some fats. And it’s not that the Grilled Cote de Boeuf wasn’t good. In fact it was more than excellent; the slightly tinge of pink fully captured my imagination.

My eyes tweaked to see what was coming. It was supposed to be desserts next, but they were serving us, pizzas. You know, the elongated slice of thin-crust bread with toppings all over. Ah no, I was clearly mistaken, this was no pizza, it’s the Fine apple tart a la dragees, with rum & raisin ice-cream.

Once we had our desserts, once we paid off the bill, it would be bye-bye until a year later. Or at least that’s what the script wrote. A year, is far too long a time for us to meet up. We should meet up regularly my friends, and hunt down all the good food around our island.

I’ll like to thank my fellow floggers for attending the food bloggers’ luncheon, Gunther’s for hosting the event, our various sponsors and not to forget my lovely partner Yixiao for flooding my mailbox and phone constantly during the preparation stages.

Gunther’s
36 Purvis street
#01-03 Talib centre
Tel: 6338 8955

Meet my fellow food bloggers:

Yixiao @ hautestaff
Catherine @ Camemberu
Nic @ Black tie white lie
Fen & Yuan @ sgdessert
Dave @ Importance of salt
Cheryl @ thebakerwhocooks
June @ joonelovesfood
Mia @ skinny-epicurean
Jiaxin @ foodiesqueen
Jeremy @ eggtoast
Antonio @ foodieah
Phil & serene @ keropokman
Karen @ superfinefeline
Leroy @ thehungrycow
Elaine @ divine essentials
Kelvin @ timelessfacade
Maureen @ jaime-la-nourriture
Ryan @ caramelcorn
Evan @ bossacafez
Ivan @ food.recentrunes
Claudine @ claudzratznblabz

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11 Responses to “Gunther’s: Food Bloggers’ Lunch”

Fen
May 26th, 2009 @ 10:15 pm

It was an eye-opening event for me… The amount of dSLRs and cameras for that day and the people behind the scenes from various walks of life… Many thanks for the invitation and the joint effort with Yixiao to make this possible…

Looking forward to the next meet-up…

Fens last blog post..Cookie Museum
Life for Beginners
May 27th, 2009 @ 1:01 pm

@LIC: Wow, that sure is some foodblogger’s lunch! Must be great to gather with so many of them at one place!

@Fen: I know what you mean by the number of DSLRs — paparazzi-style, yes/
Nic (KHKL)
May 27th, 2009 @ 1:22 pm

thanks for the great time, ladyironchef! it’s always good to meet new bloggers and share our love for food! and photography as well! good job, dude!

Nic (KHKL)s last blog post..Tell-A-Tale (Part 37): A Weekend In Uncle Ho’s City.
FFichiban
May 27th, 2009 @ 9:25 pm

Oh wow that is a huge gathering and what a great looking lunch!!
Jasmine
May 28th, 2009 @ 12:30 pm

Hi Brad,
It was great being there to meet with you and it does look like you guys had a fabulous lunch!
Fatkuraprincess
May 29th, 2009 @ 1:07 am

Wow~They arranged the corn like that?
Very sincere dish.

Fatkuraprincesss last blog post..KuraPrincessEatNonStop@Wildrocket
maureen
May 29th, 2009 @ 10:25 am

wo xie wan le………… bu yao cui wo!!! :p

maureens last blog post..Gunther’s
ladyironchef
May 30th, 2009 @ 11:27 am

Fen: haha yeah so many dslr, its always something new. Sure see you soon for another round of good food

LFB: hahaha ya come to Singapore and join us next time!

Nic: Its my pleasure! see u soon dude

Ffichiban: haha yeah 24 food bloggers, so many cameras. heh

Fatkurapincess: yeah the sweet corn was awesome!

maureen:
Jacelyn
May 30th, 2009 @ 5:33 pm

Sweet. The arrangement of the dishes are really exquisite
sooks
June 4th, 2009 @ 12:55 am

looks like it was loads of fun just as it always has been for the past years. i miss the foodie conversations.

sookss last blog post..me and takeout dinners.
ladyironchef
June 4th, 2009 @ 11:46 pm

jacelyn: yeah this is Gunther’s we are talking about, fine dining!

sooks: yeah it’s always fun when a bunch of people who are all passionate about food come together! no worries, lets organise another one soon, hope to see you then!

Gunther’s: Food Bloggers’ Lunch

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