A "Gwai Lo" Lunch

On Monday, I was left to my own devices again, so I decided I wanted to take a bit of a break from going to HK-style cafés (cha chaan teng/荼餐廳) and Chinese fast food everyday, and also up my vegetable intake a little bit. So I went to Taste, a higher-end grocery store with a whole floor dedicated to ready-made foods (a little like Sunterra, come to think of it) and picked up a salad. Of course being the carb-lover that I am, I couldn't resist the salad with the pasta in it! So it was the Tri-Colour Ravioli Salad for me.

I'd noticed a park on the end of the street where I work and decided I wanted to have lunch there instead of going back to the office (which was locked anyway) or the dingy cafeteria beside it. They had a little gazebo, but one guy was standing in there for a while, so I sat myself on a park bench to enjoy the nice weather and my lunch.

In the beginning, I only encountered spinach raviolis, which tasted very cheesy and yummy. Thus, I'd completely forgotten that it was a tri-colour ravioli salad until I hit a...

PUMPKIN RAVIOLI! This was by far my favourite of my three flavours. The sweetness of the pumpkin played off really well against the savoury flavours in everything else.

The mushroom ravioli was my least favourite; the first bite reminded me of Campbell's Cream of Mushroom soup, and subsequent bites reminded me of butter. Still, I finished my salad and was happy with my gwai lo/vegetable fix and still had time to take a few more photos and go exploring. (And by exploring I mean, take photos of the suprisingly nice temple right next to the park.)