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18th July 2020

Souvenir from St Januário Hospital

Would have these questions come up in your mind: “What are you talking about? Buying a souvenir from the hospital? Who will buy a souvenir while they go to hospital?” Yes, it is, and a lot of people will purposely go to St. Januário Hospital Terminal just for these. It is a small stall located at the main lobby, you...
Categories Bacalhau croquette/childhood memories/Hospital/Portuguese Cake/Souvenir
22nd June 2020

The Traditional Taste – Dragon Restaurant

When it comes to traditional cheap food, all locals will think of The Dragon’s restaurant. This store was set for twenty years over, renovated in 2011. This is always the first preferred choice for affordable seasonal seafood dining attempts. Renamed as seafood hotpot recently, locals that search for the freshest, cheapest seafood varieties, fulfilling the most authentic seafood original cooking...
Categories Family Recipe/Food/Luxury Cuisine/Uncategorized
20th June 2020

The Cooling Well Street

Or also called Rua dos Curtidores, were occupied and managed by the Macau government in the late eighteen century. Later public roads and houses were built till now. After more than hundred years of urban development, this old village corner has been obliterated and the street architecture has changed dramatically. Only one house were left in preservation look. The cooling...
Categories childhood memories/Market/Old Street/Temple/Uncategorized
19th June 2020

Macau Temple Culture

While searching for food around streets and alleys of Macau, you may find there are many small temples sitting along the street (some of them that I thought was an alter). These small temples are often named “Fuk Tak Chi”, worship their “God of the Land”. Personally believed The God of Land is responsible for their own district coordination (in...
Categories childhood memories/Old Street/Spring Festive Food/Street food/Temple
9th June 2020

Wa Kee Beef Brisket

This is one of the noodle place I went more than 35 years…. (while next year I am approaching my 40!) Their secret formula made me go back again and again; That is the oil they use for tossing the noodle – The roasted pork lard. Using roasted pork lard in a typical noodle shop is a old tradition practice...
Categories childhood memories/Food/Market/Uncategorized
15th February 2020

The Iconic Red Market

My most memories with Edificio do Mercado Vermelho (Red Market) was with my grandmom; everyday she took me there at for daily groceries, then we took the trick love back home. As one of the most important wet market in market, at least 1/3 my childhood food memories is around the area; soy sauce chicken wing with sesame oil, congee...
Categories childhood memories
10th February 2020

Stuffy morning with comfy rice flour roll

My father told me that my Grandfather use to sell rice flour roll before I was born; the best way to enjoy the juice roll is to in-roll the rice flour roll, let the thin layer to absorb as mush as the sauce. Most of the people will have a perception that more sweet sauce more tasty; in fact, you...
Categories Breakfast/Food