Category: slowdown attitude

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...

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15th March 2021

Former Chong Sai Pharmacy

Located at No. 80 in Rua das Estalagens, built prior 1890s. It is one of the classic residential location point sitting on the ground floor. It was also the place where Dr. Sun Yat-sen opened his first pharmacy. It also known as the first Chinese Western Doctor, established a western pharmacy store. Acting an important role bewtween the outpatients and...

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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...

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10th March 2021

Fai Chi Kei Tea Restaurant Cheung Kong

For most Macau local communities, yum cha is part of their lives. From the past called “the tea house stairs”, till today’s “chinese restaurants” or even the famous “Cha Chaan Teng”, made chinese dim sums; It has entirely transformed to its current eating habits. In the past, the traditional flavor of “one cup two dim sims” traditional dining habit almost...

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12th February 2021

Nam Kee Claypot Rice

Today’s weather progressively entering into winter seasons, and just then the temperature dropped below six degrees. It was an excellent great time enjoy eating claypot rice. Today have chosen the long non-visiting the street alleyways 6th haystack street, Rua das Estalagens, “Nam Kee” claypot rice . It has a history of more than forty years since its opening. It is...

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12th January 2021

God of Land Temple

Ribeira do Patane Temple The oldest temple God of the land in Macau named “Wing Fook Ancient Society” in Patane Temple. Historical record shown built in Song Dynasty, almost 700 years of age. It is the largest temple in Macau with the longest history; one of the five local temples constructed in the Ming Dynasty. The Patane God of land...

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6th January 2021

Portugal National Poet (Luís de Camões) Bronze Statue

Portugal’s national poet Luís de Camões bronze statue In Camões Garden, there is a grotto composes of three large rocks. In the cave built a bronze statue of a legendary Portuguese bronze bust. The poet, who was born in a ruined noble family more than 400 years ago, banished to Macau for offending court officials. His poems inherited the folk...

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31st December 2020

Casa Garden (Orient Foundation)

In 1770, Manuel Pereira, a wealthy Portuguese businessman; Founder in Macau’s insurance industries; built a two and a half-storey garden-style villa. It was absolutely gorgeous, show its noble kind; and claimed as the most spectacular building of all. Recalled by one of American Businessman “The Palace”. In 1780, Pereira leased to the British East India Company. The tenant invented Portuguese-English...

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26th December 2020

The Ten Prints of Lima De Freitas

(Annotation acquired from The Notice board in Jardim de Luis de Camoes) Poet Luis Vaz de Camoes Luis Vaz de Camoes is a great poet of Portugal. The date of his death, 10 Jun; is observed as the “Portugal Day” commemoration of his literary contributions to the Republic of Portugal. He wrote many lyric poems which showed great sensitivity “The...

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17th November 2020

The Bird’s Garden hidden restaurant

Whilst spending great time with my friend for a quick jogging at The Guia Hill in one of a Thursday mornings; We both went to one of a the hidden restaurant at Horta da Mitra, The Bird’s Paradise. I believed not too many people might heard about this restaurant, open Monday to Saturday, from noon to five. Although it is...

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