Champagne was served as soon as we arrived, we met up with a couple of other familiar faces and closely admired the art pieces which were displayed in the lobby before going on auction. I wasn't there to take one of these home, I was there for the food.
The ballroom was nicely decorated by LV with its signature logo artifacts dangling from the ceiling, dinner was also served with LV branded china - very chic!
Starting with a king prawn salad which was nicely dressed with citrus vinegar, tomato and chive. I chose mock fish rather than lamb shank for the choice of entree. Dessert was a warm chocolate cake with vanilla ice-cream, berry tea jelly and fresh fig.
The table next to us was the HO family table. Pansy Ho was one of the most active bidders that evening and won two paintings, one being the highest bids of all for USD47K. One couple at my table was interested in one of the pieces but claimed to be not preparing to bid. When the wife raised her hand during the auction, the husband kept shaking his head with an embarrassing look on his face seems to be saying he had nothing to do with this. But when his wife was signing off the auction agreement, I almost felt that he was actually very proud of her action and proclaiming that see, I have lots of $$ for my wife to splurge.
My souvenir from the event - a travel log designed by LV and a hardcover brochure of the paintings being auctioned tonight. Interestingly every person at the table got different versions of travel log with the theme of different cities around the world. I am happy with my London book, the one that I like the most is the NYC one with black and silver cover and cyber-y sketches within pages.
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