Category: Festival

17th February 2021

Macau Federal Restaurant

Located on the main road Avenida Dr. Rodrigo Rodrigues, next Nam Kwong Building, the Macau Federal Chinese Restaurant has been in business for more than twenty years. There are still some other traditional rare dishes preserved well till now. Majority guests arrive here for morning yum cha or local association dinners. I believed majority locals, including myself; have different unforgettable...

Categories Dim Sum/Dinner/Family Recipe/Festival/Food/Lunch/Luxury Cuisine/Macau Culture/Uncategorized/Yum Cha

10th February 2021

Poon Choi Basin Meal

The indispensable “Poon Choi” cuisine during the Lunar New Year each year; its original meaning referred as “Full hall of luck” and “Full clothing and adequate food”. The ingredients used in Poon Choi has special auspicious meaning behind. Looking back at the origin of Poon Choi, this spectacular dish came from Hong Kong, the New Territories of Hakka communities, that...

Categories Alleyways/childhood memories/Complicated/Dinner/Family Recipe/Festival/Food/Heritage/Hotel Food/Lunch/Luxury Cuisine/Macau Culture/Old Street/Photography/Spring Festive Food/Street food/Uncategorized

2nd February 2021

The Vic’s Place

Located at the basement’s European-style property, The Rocks Hotel, at Macau Fisherman’s Wharf; The hotel lobby went extremely, beautifully decorated. Along with the spiral staircase and European crystal chandelier embellishments, the lobby doesn’t feel restrained at all. The Homy ambience Once stepped into the main dining area, the highlight goes to the wooden furniture themed setups; Embedded with semi-open kitchen,...

Categories Bacalhau croquette/Bar and Lounge/Complicated/Dinner/Family Recipe/Festival/Food/Garden/Luxury Cuisine/Macanese/Macau Culture/Photography/Portuguese Cake/Portuguese Cuisine/Portuguese wine/Uncategorized

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...

Categories Alleyways/Festival/Garden/Heritage/Macau Culture/Old Street/Pak Fa Fui/Photography/slowdown attitude/Temple/TuDi Gong/Uncategorized

7th January 2021

Potriat of Saint Andrew Kim

In the previous episode claimed setup a bronze bust of the great Portuguese poet Camoes in the park. Few people noticed that another figure erected in the depths of the park; That is, the Korean Saint Andrew Kim (1821-1846). His icon also appeared in St. Anthony’s Church. It is very interesting that you can see such unique; a few non-Chinese...

Categories Alleyways/Church/Festival/Garden/Heritage/Macau Culture/Old Street/Photography/Uncategorized

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...

Categories Alleyways/childhood memories/Church/Festival/Garden/Heritage/Love and Soul/Macau Culture/Old Street/Photography/slowdown attitude/Uncategorized

31st December 2020

St. Anthony’s Parish’s Luís de Camões Park

Luís de Camões Park  is near the St. Anthony’s Church, the Casa Garden, neighboring Protestant Cemetery; is located in front of the Park. It is one of the historic parks in Macau too, covering an area total of 20,000 square meters. Built in the middle of the eighteenth century and was originally the park villa from one of the wealthy...

Categories Alleyways/childhood memories/Church/Festival/Fuk Tak Chi/Garden/Heritage/Macanese/Macau Culture/Old Street/Photography/Ruins of St Paul/Temple/Uncategorized

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...

Categories Alleyways/Church/Festival/Garden/Heritage/Macau Culture/Old Street/slowdown attitude/Uncategorized

25th December 2020

Macanese Christmas Desserts

When young remembered the church’s midnight mass that must attend on Christmas Eve; neatly well dressed, sharing a lively, but peaceful two hours gathering. Immediately after the ceremony arrived at my cousin’s home start off our family Christmas parties; same time exchange gifts, eat and drink well, most of all having fun with all cousins and relatives, getting busy till...

Categories Afternoon Tea Time/Alleyways/Bacalhau croquette/childhood memories/Complicated/Crunchy Snacks/Dried Fruit/Family Recipe/Festival/Food/Luxury/Macanese/Uncategorized

14th December 2020

Macau Thai Cultural Festival

All the past years lived lots of Thai Chinese migrate from Thailand rooting Thai food and traditional customs in Macau. Thus, many Thai restaurants have well mixed with elements of relatively primitive Macau Thai Cuisine, creating unique, localised Thai cuisine. Yet unknowingly injected within Macau’s daily life. Truly, Thai food has claimed as one of the most popular dishes today....

Categories Alleyways/Chicken Rice/childhood memories/Crunchy Snacks/Dim Sum/Dried Fruit/Dried Noodle/Family Recipe/Festival/Food/Macau Culture/Market/Old Street/Photography/Souvenir/Street food/Thai Noodles/Uncategorized/Vegetarian