The Peninsula is the oldest surviving hotel in Hong Kong, opened on December 11, 1928, and is known as the "Lady of the Far East", and is one of the most luxurious and famous hotels in Hong Kong and the world. The Peninsula Hotel is one of the participating buildings in The Symphony of Lights.

The Peninsula Hotel is located at 22 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, and its address has remained unchanged into the 21st century.

In 76 years, the hotel is surrounded by a very unique market and bird market and jade market and other places, very distinctive, and the opposite side of the hotel is Victoria Harbour, the three major buildings of Hong Kong in the later generations, the Hong Kong Cultural Center, the Hong Kong Museum of Art, and the Hong Kong Space Museum have not settled around the hotel in 76 years, so the hotel's customers can see the Victorian sea view to the middle and upper floors of the hotel.

The Peninsula Hong Kong, the oldest hotel in Hong Kong, has become a symbol of Hong Kong people since the first day it was born.

For Hong Kong people, The Peninsula has watched and experienced Hong Kong, and has followed Hong Kong's maturity and growth, from World War I to World War II, from Beiyang to Xinhai, from the Republic of China to the War of Resistance against Japan, from Chiang Kai-shek to the War of Liberation.

The hotel's colonial ambience and rich history tug at the heartstrings of the Hong Kong people, who are at the heart of The Peninsula in the hearts of the Peninsula in the hearts of Hong Kong.

Speaking of the Peninsula Hotel, the first thing that Hong Kong people think of is the afternoon tea at the Peninsula Hotel, many Hong Kong people are proud to taste afternoon tea on the Peninsula, in Hong Kong, there is a popular saying: if you can't afford to live in the Peninsula Hotel, go to the Peninsula to drink afternoon tea.

Since the 1950s, The Peninsula has been known as the "Filmmaker's Café", where many movie stars love to drink afternoon tea.

Some people say that because of Zhang Ailing and because of the love of the alluring city, there is an ambiguous peninsula afternoon tea. Not really. Since the middle of the last century, afternoon tea at The Peninsula has become a popular pursuit for many Hong Kong people. The Peninsula has left the excitement of "star chasing" for "star scouts" and the entertainment paparazzi, as well as fans who love celebrities.

In the 80s, the patronage of regulars such as Chow Yun-fat, Leslie Cheung, Chung Chuhong and Maggie Cheung made The Peninsula Hotel a veritable name of "Filmmaker's Café".

Chen Yihua has been in Hong Kong for so long, although he is also a rich man, but he really hasn't come to the Peninsula Hotel yet, because Chen Yihua's several companies and Hong Kong local companies do not cooperate much, Chen Yihua does not have to go so much trouble to come to the hotel even if he wants to talk to someone, plus Chen Yihua was so busy some time ago, and he has no time to enjoy, so he has never had the opportunity to come to see the Peninsula Hotel.

Chen Yihua has admired the Peninsula Hotel for a long time, and has always wanted to find an opportunity to come over to consume, and now Chen Yihua has money and time, of course, he wants to enjoy life.

This time, because of the script of "Half a Pound and Eight Taels", Chen Yihua wanted Wang Tianlin to be an intermediary to introduce himself to Xu Guanwen, so Chen Yihua took this opportunity to set the place where several people met at the Peninsula Hotel, wanting to see if the afternoon tea at the Peninsula Hotel really lived up to its reputation.

Afternoon tea at The Peninsula usually peaks at around 3 p.m. and then continues until 7 p.m. The atmosphere here is very suitable for the kind of petty bourgeoisie who pursue elegance, ease and leisure, no matter what the world is like, Hong Kong people's pursuit and love for Peninsula Afternoon Tea has been enduring for a long time, and to taste Peninsula Afternoon Tea, you need to follow the rules and honestly queue up.

Although Chen Yihua is rich, he is not a frequent visitor to the Peninsula Hotel, nor is he a celebrity, and the people in the hotel do not know Chen Yihua.

Of course, Chen Yihua, the big boss, didn't want to queue up in person, he had some subordinates, and sent an employee from the company to come over, line up a seat in the hotel early, and wait for Chen Yihua to come over and take a seat directly.

When Chen Yihua walked into the lobby of the hotel at more than three o'clock in the afternoon, the first sight was a lot of people, and the second sight was the European sculpture erected in the hall, gorgeous and elegant, magnificent.

Everyone is lining up in the corridor, there are so many people, the popularity of the Peninsula Hotel is much greater than Chen Yihua imagined, there are actually few large hotels in Hong Kong in 76 years, the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong at this time is indeed the top, plus the status of the Peninsula Hotel in the minds of Hong Kong people, it is difficult not to be popular, even in the 21st century, when there are many high-end hotels in Hong Kong, there are many bases for queuing up for afternoon tea in the Peninsula.

To say that drinking tea is a very relaxed pastime, so I have never heard of changing clothes when I go to the teahouse, but in the peninsula, all the people who came to drink tea, Chen Yihua saw all suits and leather shoes, tassels and powder.

At the Peninsula Hotel, whether it is a female guest or a man, before coming to the hotel, you must carefully tidy up, the man behaves very gentlemanly, and the female surname behaves very ladylike.

When Chen Yihua came in, he found that from time to time someone would be politely invited out of the team by the waiter, and listened carefully, it turned out that it was because their dress did not meet the requirements, fortunately, Chen Yihua has been in Hong Kong for so long, and he wears a suit a lot, and he likes to wear a suit when he goes out to do errands and talk about business, otherwise Chen Yihua, a rich man, may be invited out by those waiters because of his untidy clothes.

Chen Yihua was very unimpressed with the Peninsula Hotel, feeling that the Peninsula Hotel's doing so would be contrary to the original intention of drinking tea and leisure.

In fact, the rules of the Peninsula Hotel are in the tradition of the British, when attending parties in the UK, many upper-class women do not like the kind of unkempt men, the hair is messy like a chicken nest, the collar is full of dandruff, and the folds of the suit can be seen at a glance that there is no ironing, which looks very tasteless. Hong Kong people also think that afternoon tea on the peninsula is an elegant gathering, so it has been inherited.

Chen Yihua sat on the seat and drank tea, while having to sigh that the British will indeed enjoy, sitting in the hotel lobby, the sun can shine in, Chen Yihua felt that this side of the sun, while eating delicious snacks, while hearing classical music, Chen Yihua's tense nerves will slowly relax, before eating, Chen Yihua's heart began to enjoy, and people's psychological satisfaction is far more important than material satisfaction.

After entering the Peninsula Hotel and taking a sip of the hotel's afternoon tea, Chen Yihua felt that the Peninsula Hotel's afternoon tea was really famous and it was better to meet.

Sitting in the seat, Chen Yihua can see the Peninsula Lobby, the gorgeous, elegant, magnificent European sculpture style, the tall space, the low back of music, and the classical and fashionable decoration, which undoubtedly bring a different enjoyment to Chen Yihua's vision.

In the just right temperature in the hall, filled with the sweet smell of warm pastry baking, shuttled through the waiters in white uniforms that have not changed over the years, the western style of the building and the oriental charm presented by the details are integrated, gorgeous and magnificent, the main color of milky white is very noble, and the nobility and elegance are condensed into an incomparable extraordinary temperament.

Chen Yihua thinks that The Peninsula Hong Kong's afternoon tea can be so famous, and the essence is composed of three things: first, authentic British tea and refreshments; the second is the gorgeous and elegant environment of the Peninsula Lobby Café; The third is the classical music played by the lobby band live.

After the waiter brought food and utensils, Peninsula Afternoon Tea completely continued the tradition of drinking afternoon tea in the British upper class, which also gave Chen Yihua a deep image.

In front of Chen Yihua, there are a lot of silverware on the table, ranging from teapots, tea drains, tea spoons, trays, knives and forks to snack racks.

The Peninsula uses special silverware from traditional designer Robertsbelk, most of which was made to order in the UK 80 years ago and is still shiny today.

It is said that the Peninsula uses an average of 48,000 pieces of sterling silver tableware a day, with a market value of $1 million, and needs 30 special personnel to clean and polish them every day, in addition to the hotel's regular return of silverware to the UK for refurbishment, and the porcelain is also from the famous family, specially made by Tiffany for the Peninsula.

Afternoon tea on the peninsula has many fans. It's not just celebrities who like to come here to relax, but also high-ranking officials of the Hong Kong government who sometimes entertain guests here. There are also middle-class people who often sit here.

In 76 years, the people who could enter the Peninsula Hotel were the elite class of Hong Kong, unlike later generations, when drinking afternoon on the Peninsula was completely a tourist attraction, and everyone had it.

Chen Yihua looked at the customers around him, and suddenly felt that wearing a suit and drinking tea was a different flavor, and these people sitting in the hotel now gave Chen Yihua a feeling, as if everyone was very gentlemanly and very meaningful, everyone spoke quietly, and many customers were drinking tea while slowly combing through the nostalgic complex.

Chen Yihua saw a table not far from him, an old woman dressed in bright but indescribable fashion, sitting there with a confused expression, as if she wanted to use this familiar scene to evoke memories of the past, as if she had come to the peninsula again to relive the old dream, which was particularly meaningful.

With its traditional heritage, European aristocratic atmosphere, elegant and modern architectural design and decades-old food quality, The Peninsula Afternoon Tea is indeed unique, and it is no wonder that Peninsula Afternoon Tea is so popular, no wonder it has such a reputation, and it is no wonder that it is so popular in Hong Kong.

Chen Yihua sat there, feeling that this kind of environment is the real petty bourgeoisie, Chen Yihua felt that the afternoon tea of the Peninsula Hotel, like today's petty bourgeoisie, could have existed 80 years ago, and those petty bourgeoisie in later generations were completely pseudo petty bourgeoisie.

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