Love bites as foodies discover their shared gourmet passions

David da Rosa fell in love with Janis Lee the minute he laid eyes on her, and the rest is history.

Investment banker David, 29, and asset manager Janis, 26, got married on December 19 in the Cathedral of Macau. They will celebrate their union today, when they host a banquet for 300 friends and relatives at the Wynn Macau.

Macau-born David and Hongkonger Janis both studied at Cambridge University in England, but the year Janis started, David graduated. They didn't meet until October 2009 at a mutual friend's house party.

'I was immediately captivated by Janis' smile,' David recalled. If Janis felt the same, she did a good job of hiding her feelings.

Nevertheless, they e-mailed each other every day after their first meeting. They talked about many things and found they had a mutual passion for gourmet food. Two weeks later, they went on their first date. To make their romantic dinner complete, the foodies shared a large dessert platter. The pair had chemistry and were soon dating regularly.

'For me, it was love at first sight,' David said. 'I knew she was the one the first time I saw her. Our subsequent dates only further confirmed my feelings. Seeing her smile, I knew I wanted to keep that smile on her face forever.'