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15th July 2020

The Extraordinary Cha Chaan Teng – Veng Fai

Located in one of the small streets of Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro, Rua de Cinco de Outubro – Veng Fai is the sub-branch of the old Veng Fai located at Ponte de Horta. Both stores opened ten years and more. Since I so tied up at work, I wasn’t able to make up some time with my family, experience their...
Categories Cha Chaan Teng/Fish Head Soup/Food/Old Street/Photography/Rice Noodle/Uncategorized
14th July 2020

Best Almond Savories

Today finally arrived the best savory place at Rua do Gamba. God parents from Hong Kong urged for ten boxes of almond cookies as souvenirs on their last day in Macau. When we arrived at the door that morning, a long queue was formed waiting. Well, no worries at all – just want to get it done anyway. Today’s weather...
Categories Alleyways/Almond cookies/childhood memories/Macau Culture/Old Street/Photography/Souvenir/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
25th June 2020

The Dragon boat festival delights

When we talk about dragon boats, many people would think of Glutinous Rice dumplings and Patriotic poet Qu Yuan. Dumplings are wrapped with bamboo leaves in chubby pentagon shaped. “If you haven’t eaten dragon boat dumplings in month of May; winter clothes are not ready in the closet”. Many locals should have heard about this sayings. People called “Poisoned May...
Categories childhood memories/Family Recipe/Old Street/Spring Festive Food/Temple/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
19th June 2020

Macau Temple Culture

While searching for food around streets and alleys of Macau, you may find there are many small temples sitting along the street (some of them that I thought was an alter). These small temples are often named “Fuk Tak Chi”, worship their “God of the Land”. Personally believed The God of Land is responsible for their own district coordination (in...
Categories childhood memories/Old Street/Spring Festive Food/Street food/Temple