Category: Alleyways

15th June 2021

Bird’s Paradise Continuing Food Search

Speaking of local street food, there are several shops start from neighboring street stalls to dine in great spots almost half a century. It is worthwhile mention it again here. Kung Chai Kei The Bird’s paradise at Rua da Colina established almost half a century since 1977 back then. The traditional hand crafted, silk pulling coffee and milk tea is...

Categories Alleyways/Breakfast/Cha Chaan Teng/childhood memories/Chinese Bakery/Dried Noodle/Festival/Fuk Tak Chi/Heritage/Macau Culture/Rice Noodle/Uncategorized

11th June 2021

Street Food at Bird’s Paradise

As one of the neighboring grown ups from Bird’s Paradise, made up three meals a day in the nearby restaurants and street everyday indeed, always inseparable. Why called Bird Garden? The Bird Garden is an historical residential area, divided by the old city wall in early Macau. The nearby woods and green bushes all densely scattered, which lots of birds...

Categories Afternoon Tea Time/Alleyways/Breakfast/Cha Chaan Teng/childhood memories/Chinese Bakery/Chinese Herbs/Dried Noodle/Uncategorized

18th May 2021

The Mao Mao Birds Paradise

Bird Garden (Horta da Mitra) composes of ten or more in dozens small streets and alleyways, all interlinked with each other; the entire place fully embedded with slow and leisure atmospheric ambience during the day. From historical happenings shown the Bird’s Paradise was once a place where birds surrounding with fragrant flowers and blossoms. No wonder the former Portuguese communities...

Categories Alleyways/childhood memories/Heritage/Street food/Uncategorized

30th April 2021

Mercado de S. Domingos Municipal Complex

St. Dominic’s Food Mall is located on the third floor of the Municipal Complex Market, one of the oldest property stationed in Macau. Counting back its operation since 1998, it has a long history of more than twenty years. If you wish to eat some authentic local flavors, the Dominic’s Food Mall can find lots of varieties and specialties that...

Categories Afternoon Tea Time/Alleyways/Barbecue pork/Beef and Pork offal/Breakfast/Cha Chaan Teng/Chicken Rice Noodles/childhood memories/Dessert/Dried Noodle/Family Recipe/Fish Paste Noodles/Food/Uncategorized

16th April 2021

Michele Pasteleria

The business earned a long history of forty years operations. The Western-style cake shop near Zuk Lam Temple, Estrada de Coelho do Amaral, looks simple, direct from the outside, leaving behind the nostaligic setups back in the 1980s. When the everyday egg tarts are baked and ready at noon time, quite often formed in a long queue everyday, getting their...

Categories Afternoon Tea Time/Alleyways/Bridal Cake/childhood memories/Chinese Bakery/Crunchy Snacks/Dessert/Family Recipe/Uncategorized

8th April 2021

The Japanese Ramen Culture

I believed a lot of people would crave for a bowl of authentic ramen in Japan; Unfortunately due to the epidemic, I’m afraid the only way to cherish their ramen moments would be stationing in Macau. Few years ago, there was a Japanese ramen booming eating trend in Macau; Having good quality shops that can stay behind within the competitive...

Categories Alleyways/Barbecue pork/Food/Intense soup/Japanese Cuisine/Lunch/Photography/Uncategorized

1st April 2021

St Miguel Arcanjo Cemetery

When speaking of St. Miguel’s Cemetery, not a lot of people might know about such place. However, after recalling the name “The old cemetery”, majority locals would then know about the spot right away. The name “St Michael” came from one of the archangels named Michael (Portuguese translation: St Miguel Arcanjo). According to the Catholic bible that recorded, Archangel Michael...

Categories Alleyways/Church/Festival/Garden/Green Brick House/Heritage/Macau Culture/Old City Wall/Old Street/Photography/Ruins of St Paul/Temple/Uncategorized

31st March 2021

Ching Ming Ancestor’s Food Deliveries

Tomb sweeping during Ching Ming Festival and returning hometown worship family’s ancestor; Is one of the most important customs and traditional activities for most Chinese in Macau. Since majority of Macau resident’s ancestors originate from Mainland China mainly; thus most seniors and young generations need to go back their hometown for worships during Ching Ming Festivals each year. Ching Ming...

Categories Alleyways/childhood memories/Complicated/Festival/Heritage/Macau Culture/Temple/Uncategorized

30th March 2021

Portuguese Bakery

Portuguese Bakery is located in one of the hidden street corners; A very well known street named Beco do Sal “Salt Lane”. Yet which, that already existed from the 1950s onwards, a closeby alleyway directing to Rua da Praia do Manduco, a main street focusing on food tradings. When you see the street named “Salt”, everyone might aware already the...

Categories Afternoon Tea Time/Alleyways/Breakfast/Crunchy Snacks/Family Recipe/Heritage/Lunch/Macanese/Macau Culture/Market/Photography/Portuguese Cake/Portuguese Cuisine/Uncategorized

25th March 2021

The Lou Kou Hin Kei Myanmar Food

Patronising Hin Kei since childhood, Hin Kei Noodles has been its operations for more than 20 years; established historical Myanmar food and cultural influences in Macau. Like the neighboring Po Kei, Nga Tim, and San On Lok Yuen, they all mainly serve Southeast Asian Myanmar style noodles. Let’s go back to the migration trends led in the early 1970s. That...

Categories Afternoon Tea Time/Alleyways/Barbecue pork/Chicken Rice Noodles/childhood memories/Dried Noodle/Dried Wonton Skin/Family Recipe/Fish Paste Noodles/Food/Intense soup/Lunch/Macau Culture/Market/Old Street/Rice Noodle/Soy Sauce/Uncategorized