12th July 2020

Photography @ Pátios da Claridade

Counting back two decades ago after the handover to motherland, Macau has led numerous successful development opportunities. In Macau such a small city’s enriched cultural connotations that holds, the formation of all intense old streets have clearly shown its prosperity in certain prime moments. Many street official names like roads, lanes, bays, and pátios (or alleyways) etc. – showed reflections...
Categories Alleyways/childhood memories/Market/Old Street/Photography/Rua do Manduco/Street food/Temple/Uncategorized
9th July 2020

Classic Local Dim Sum – Orchid Garden

Last article have revealed Long Va Tea house located next to the Red Market. Another classic chinese tea house Lan Heong Kuok (namely Orchid Garden), is absolutely a great place to recommend. The Orchid Garden Tea house is located in the street of Rua da Madeira; From Hong Kung Temple walking towards the main hawker’s street Rua de Cinco de...
Categories Barbecue pork/childhood memories/Dim Sum/Food/slowdown attitude/Tea house/Uncategorized/Yum Cha
8th July 2020

Where Macau Heart & Soul Met

Serenity arises under pandemic outbreaks. Have mastered a good grasp hold in one of the weekend’s evening time slots browse around between the old streets of Rua dos Ervanarios and Patio de Chon Sau of Ruins of St Paul. How dare missing those havens of old tranquility and elegance of Macau back in my childhood times. The long marble staircase...
Categories Bar and Lounge/Complicated/Love and Soul/Luxury/Macau Culture/Portuguese wine/Ruins of St Paul/Uncategorized
28th June 2020

Macau Yum Cha culture

Macau’s yum cha culture – “A cup of tea and two dim sims” are inseparable. Local Macanese can’t live without yum cha and afternoon coffee break “at quarter past three”. The so-called “A cup of tea with two dim sum” meaning going tea house drinking, while enjoying dim sims. “A cup of tea” refer to Tea Pitcher; the concept of...
Categories childhood memories/Food/Market/Old Street/Uncategorized
25th June 2020

The Dragon boat festival delights

When we talk about dragon boats, many people would think of Glutinous Rice dumplings and Patriotic poet Qu Yuan. Dumplings are wrapped with bamboo leaves in chubby pentagon shaped. “If you haven’t eaten dragon boat dumplings in month of May; winter clothes are not ready in the closet”. Many locals should have heard about this sayings. People called “Poisoned May...
Categories childhood memories/Family Recipe/Old Street/Spring Festive Food/Temple/Uncategorized
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
18th June 2020

Little downtown festive delicacy – The Lotus Feast

Lotus, also called water lily. It owns extreme significance to a small town like Macau; Remembering Macau’s return to motherland, all regional flags and emblems depicts Lotus that represents Macau. Its been a while using Lotus infused in splendid delicacies. “Compendium of Medical Herbs” recorded said; “The sweet lotus taste, mild astringent temperature that holds; the purified fragrances left invigorating...
Categories floral plating/Lotus Feast/Luxury Cuisine/Spring Festive Food/Vegetarian
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