Macau is like this......

Macau is not as Chinese as you think it is, really. We went to Macau first before going over to Hong Kong – approximately 65 km across the Pearl River Delta. Macau – the mainland itself and two small islands (Taipa and Coloane) is tiny but amazingly booming and very much resembling Las Vegas but also filled with nostalgic Portuguese history.

First stop. First drink.
The almost 4 hour’s flight from Malaysia to Hong Kong was painful, I drank not-so-good alcohols in the cabin and it is nauseating. Once in Hong Kong Airport, we took the ferry transfer to Macau, our first stop. Upon arriving in Macau, I can’t help but to think that Macau’s budaya is perplexing – I can smell the greed of this emerging city despite the humble urbanization.

The amount of tourists that are sharing the same boat with me are mostly from China, these are the wealthy but uncivilized Chinese

that ordered Heineken on boat and made me had one too......................cibai!

The name of the streets and restaurants are all in Portuguese although the Macanese speaks mostly Mandarin and limited English. Macau is cultured, modern and not inexpensive. Macau unexpectedly embraces it all - museums, temples, forts and Portuguese majestic buildings.

A Pharmacy with a sign saying, 'Medicine no fakes'. Wrong prescription expected.

This is taken inside the free shuttle bus. If you look closely - the sign says, 'Please do not talk to driver when the bus is in motion'. *shrug*


streets of macau

One night in Sintra Hotel A non casino hotel in the main street of Macau, just a five minute walk from a more bling bling casino hotel – the Grand Lisboa. Sintra Hotel is funky but quiet, a place to spot the Blacks and Asians with mat salleh’s accent. Best place to have your one night stand I guess. Nonetheless it is an ideal place as it is located in the middle of Macau. Hotel Sintra is only a three star hotel and it is shown here in the map. Does this explain the plentiful foreigners in this hotel? One question for mum - why this hotel?

What to eat your lungs out. I was addicted to Macau’s egg tart. This Macau-style egg tarts smell like a buttery pandan wrapped with lotus. The top of the pastry is slightly baked, creating the outer layer crisp firm and soft, custard-y and milky in the inside. You must be insane if you do not give this a try. It's a Macau standard.

My dad didn't look exactly thrilled telling us this is the where we can get the famous Macau egg tarts from. Pastelaria Koi Kei is infact one of the best place to get freshly baked egg tarts.

Drink what the locals drink. Tea. With milk. Although it is more popular amongst the Hongkies in Hong Kong, the tea here in Macau is milkier I tell you their tea is aromatic and so good that it might have to do with the traces of banned industrial chemical. So what - this teh cina dilarang is ecstatic!

Everyone loves this for sure

Macau’s street food. Best balls I’ve ever tasted would be Macau’s curry chicken balls. Lusty, delicious and melt in your mouth kinda thing. I had to do my salacious lick and pop the balls into my mouth and I didn’t know I like balls that much. Wow, the warm and alien taste of this kay lanpa (chicken balls) memang cekap.

Will post on The Venetian Macau next babes. My cibai cacat camera cannot do clear night flash photos so I ain't showing any of the night scenes of Macau.