Tag: macau
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Rossio 盛事 @ MGM Grand, Macau
This restaurant Rossio (盛事) is located inside the MGM Grand just beyond the gambling floor. I am not sure what cuisine it serves normally. They were offering seafood buffet the night we went (Chinese New Year’s eve) – on offer were unlimited sushi, oysters, snow crab legs, shark’s fin soup, a wide selection of international dishes,…
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Largo do Lilau, Macau 亞婆井前地
We walked from A-Ma Temple via Calçada da Barra and was looking for a way to get up to the Church of our lady of Penha (Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Penha, 澳門主教山小堂). And we wandered into Largo do Lilau (Lilau Square or 亞婆井前地) which is a part of the UNESCO recognized “Historic Centre of Macau”.…
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Restaurante Litoral 海灣餐廳, Macau
On the same day we went to the A-Ma Temple, we went to lunch at – Restaurante Litoral 海灣餐廳 at 261A Rua do Almirante Sérgio, in the inner port area. They serve traditional Macanese dishes – a fusion of Portugal, Chinese and African flavors. Macau has more than 500 years of history (compared to HK’s…
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媽閣廟 A-Ma Temple
The A-Ma temple (Barra Temple, 媽閣廟) was one of our first sightseeing stops. Macau has more history than HK. And this temple apparently already existed before the city of Macau came into being. According to Wikipedia: Built in 1488, the temple is dedicated to Matsu, the goddess of seafarers and fishermen. The name Macau is thought…
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Zi Yat Heen 紫逸軒 @ The Four Seasons, Macau
Zi Yat Heen 紫逸軒 is a Michelin 2-star Chinese restaurant located within our hotel. It was impossible to book a table so we ended up crashing in for dim sum at almost 2pm. The ambience was top-notch and so was the food. Their menu listed at least 12 different shark’s fin soups – different grades and…
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From Hong Kong to Macau
Our itinerary in Hong Kong included a four-day trip to Macau. We left Hong Kong from one of Ocean Terminal’s pier on a Cotaijet 金光飛航 – a high-speed catamaran which made the crossing of Pearl River to Macau in an hour. In this picture taken from the departure lounge, the tall gray building on the…