Category: childhood memories

Da Luz Family Oral Recipes

A birthday to remember. My lovely grandpa, Tito Herculano da Luz, a father of eight kids, devoted his major lifetime cooking at home. His unique cooking technique and aroma flavours aroused my interest for years searching for his “Cookbook”. It was not easy at all. Our family recipes have been almost closed guarded and kept locked in memorable casual talks....

Horta da Mitra – The Bird’s Paradise – Food & culture

Situated at the central part of Macau, close to Rua da Campo and Rua da Guia, was once a popular gathering and hunting place for Portuguese communities back centuries, now naming the district “The Bird’s Paradise”. Raised up during my childhood at Rua de Tomas da Rosa, along the historical, iconic long-stone staircase built centuries ago – other buildings, temples...

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...