Category: Market

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

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...

Categories Alleyways/Family Recipe/Food/Lunch/Macau Culture/Market/Old Street/Photography/Private Kitchen/Set Lunch/slowdown attitude/Uncategorized

27th October 2020

Pui Kei Coffee Shop

Located in the old town of Rua da Cunha Taipa; the hidden Cha Chaan Teng, Pui Kei Cafe has a history of more than 40 years. It also opened a sub-branch in Iao Han District at the beginning of this year. Passing by one of the prosperous streets with simple outfit; everyone might thought it was one of the ordinary...

Categories Alleyways/Cha Chaan Teng/childhood memories/Chinese Bakery/Dried Noodle/Family Recipe/Food/Lunch/Macau Culture/Market/Old Street/Uncategorized

14th October 2020

Seng Kei Congee

Every time when feel unwell after working long night shifts or when the weather turns cold, the first thing I immediately think of is Seng Kei porridge. Most people in Macau often go for their traditional breakfasts. Seng Kei has a history of more than 70 years, currently the third generations taking over this century-old store. I especially like to...

Categories Alleyways/Breakfast/childhood memories/Chinese Bakery/Dim Sum/Dinner/Dried Noodle/Family Recipe/Food/Lunch/Macau Culture/Market/Old Street/Rice Noodle/Soy Sauce/Street food/Uncategorized

2nd October 2020

Traditional Mid-Autumn Festival Food

The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching; Macau gradually spreading out moon atmosphere everywhere. As Largo do Senado lighting start to get refurbished, more people start gathered in the main street Almeida da Ribeiro. This year is also a special year. With the epidemic control requirements, the crowd control policies has begun to ease. Every Macau citizen would hope the economy will...

Categories Alleyways/childhood memories/Family Recipe/Food/Macau Culture/Market/Moon Cakes/Old Street/Photography/Uncategorized

28th September 2020

Ng Teng Kei Cold Cake + Red Bean Cake

When the Autumn time arrived in October each year, my mother queen at home always crave for sweet stuff at home and ask me get some cold cakes from Rua Manduco. Ng Teng Kei has been in business for nearly 70 years, mainly making Cold Cakes and Red Bean Cakes. Cold cakes originated from Chao-zhou, and it is very rare...

Categories Alleyways/Almond cookies/childhood memories/Chinese Bakery/Crunchy Snacks/Family Recipe/Food/Macau Culture/Market/Photography/Rua do Manduco/Uncategorized

21st August 2020

Nanyang Taste the Alley Cafe

Located in the alleyway near the three lanterns and Rua da Barca, namely Rua de Martinho Montenegro “Mac San Street”; I believed not too many people get familiar with it. When it comes to the Common Room, Medan, Shanghai Vegetarian Restaurant, the Chicken Kong Kei and so on…. the majority will immediately think of the place around the corner; which...

Categories Alleyways/Chicken Rice Noodles/Dried Noodle/Dried Wonton Skin/Food/Macau Culture/Market/Old Street/Rice Noodle/Uncategorized

12th July 2020

Photography @ Pátios da Claridade

Counting back two decades ago after the handover to motherland, Macau has led numerous successful development opportunities. In Macau such a small city’s enriched cultural connotations that holds, the formation of all intense old streets have clearly shown its prosperity in certain prime moments. Many street official names like roads, lanes, bays, and pátios (or alleyways) etc. – showed reflections...

Categories Alleyways/childhood memories/Market/Old Street/Photography/Rua do Manduco/Street food/Temple/Uncategorized

28th June 2020

Macau Yum Cha culture

Macau’s yum cha culture – “A cup of tea and two dim sims” are inseparable. Local Macanese can’t live without yum cha and afternoon coffee break “at quarter past three”. The so-called “A cup of tea with two dim sum” meaning going tea house drinking, while enjoying dim sims. “A cup of tea” refer to Tea Pitcher; the concept of...

Categories childhood memories/Food/Market/Old Street/Uncategorized

20th June 2020

The Cooling Well Street

Or also called Rua dos Curtidores, were occupied and managed by the Macau government in the late eighteen century. Later public roads and houses were built till now. After more than hundred years of urban development, this old village corner has been obliterated and the street architecture has changed dramatically. Only one house were left in preservation look. The cooling...

Categories childhood memories/Market/Old Street/Temple/Uncategorized