Category: Festival

21st June 2022

Duffy’s Irish Pub

Duffy’s Irish Pub, is Macau’s most authentic Irish icon proudly presents.   The Irish Pub has been long claimed as “the centre of Ireland communities”; it has been an important part of Irish culture for centuries. Most Irish folks, like other asians; felt like a beer afterwork pint somewhere close, neighboring area for good, hope for a non-stop beer flow. They never goes...

Categories Bar and Lounge/Crunchy Snacks/Dinner/Festival/Food/Heritage/Macau Culture/Photography/Uncategorized

21st June 2022

The Roadhouse Macau

The Roadhouse Macau Broadway Food Street been popular for Rock n Roll, blues and booze where pub food well served; where live bands rock the stage. It’s also a restaurant & bar place; which uniquely offers a huge menu lists that features Pizza Burger, Pinoy, Mexican, and other Italian dishes. This chill out spot in Macau has been operating fifteen...

Categories Afternoon Tea Time/Bar and Lounge/Crunchy Snacks/Dinner/Festival/Food/Lunch/Macau Culture/Seafood/Set Lunch/Uncategorized

26th August 2021

San Kio Dawn Market

San Kio Macau belongs to a early developed districts. A lot of people would agree San Kio is the most interesting place ever. Within San Kio streets, most neighboring locals familiar with this “dawn market”; Mainly sell household furniture, housing deco and electrical appliances. Nowadays appeared as special sightseeing spot. Its also a favorite spot for household employees, elderlies and...

Categories Alleyways/childhood memories/Church/Festival/Fuk Tak Chi/Heritage/Market/Old Street/Photography/Souvenir/Street food/Temple/Uncategorized

7th August 2021

Chinese Bakery Fong Kei

Today while strolling around the streets of Rua da Cunha saw standing a long queue; that all goes to the century-old Pastelaria Fong Kei has attracted a group of young tourists from new generations. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, its quite rare to see such lively scenery at the Cunha Streets. Fong Kei Chinese Bakery Fong Kei Pastelaria originated...

Categories Alleyways/Almond cookies/Bridal Cake/childhood memories/Chinese Bakery/Crunchy Snacks/Festival/Food/Heritage/Old Street/Souvenir/Uncategorized/Wife Cake

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

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

23rd March 2021

The return of today’s Mandarin House

This year we’re lucky enough randomly selected in the “Cultural Guided Tour” organised by the Museum of Macau. The entire historic site tour last for three and a half hours, in which on site itineraries included the return of the Mandarin House. Unexpectedly would like to revisit again the ever every corner and detail of this heritage place. The Mandarin...

Categories Alleyways/childhood memories/Complicated/Festival/Garden/Green Brick House/Heritage/Luxury/Macau Culture/Old City Wall/Old Street/Photography/slowdown attitude/Social Distancing/Souvenir/Street food/Temple/Tong Iek/Uncategorized

23rd March 2021

There’s a true and fake Lilau fountain?

Referring back in the ancient times (the Ming Dynasty presumably); It was fairly difficult for residents near Lilao area reaching up the mountain acquiring drinking water; An old lady witnessed such desparate situation, thus spent some money sending someone build a reservoir facilitating water collections. In odrer to commemorate the good deeds of this old lady, the well renamed till...

Categories Alleyways/childhood memories/Church/Festival/Garden/Heritage/Macau Culture/Old City Wall/Old Street/Photography/Uncategorized

11th March 2021

Horta da Mitra Seng Kei Rice Rolls

Every time revisiting Horta da Mitra, it always immerse with a kind of simple, easy to find location looking for great food. They never appeared as one of the most busiest tourist attraction point; What they try to promote themselves was the true human touches of Macau’s neighborhood area and captured over hunderd years of homy-hearted ambience; that’s why their...

Categories Afternoon Tea Time/Alleyways/Breakfast/childhood memories/Chinese Bakery/Dim Sum/Family Recipe/Festival/Food/Fuk Tak Chi/Heritage/Lunch/Macau Culture/Market/Old Street/Photography/slowdown attitude/Soy Sauce/Spring Festive Food/Street food/Temple/Uncategorized