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28th February 2020

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....
Categories childhood memories/Family Recipe/Food/Macanese/Uncategorized
16th February 2020

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...
Categories childhood memories/Food
16th February 2020

Valentine’s Take Away 2020 Trend

As at today, Macau has been reported no new corona virus cases found for ten days straight, if you are listening to government’s warning “manage your legs staying at home”, you probably have spent most of your time cooking at home all day. Yet, still remain unknown when our daily lifestyles will be back to “normal state”, everyone till now,...
Categories Food
15th February 2020

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...
Categories childhood memories
10th February 2020

Stuffy morning with comfy rice flour roll

My father told me that my Grandfather use to sell rice flour roll before I was born; the best way to enjoy the juice roll is to in-roll the rice flour roll, let the thin layer to absorb as mush as the sauce. Most of the people will have a perception that more sweet sauce more tasty; in fact, you...
Categories Breakfast/Food