30 Jan

Margaret’s Café E Nata is one of the two cafés in Macau famous for its Portuguese egg tarts. This small and quaint cafe had one queue for ordering and another for collecting orders that weren’t ready. The tarts were so popular there was almost always a long collection queue - they couldn’t make tarts quickly enough. Each tart was only 8MOP each (just under 1AUD). There are other items on the menu, but the majority of customers buy the tarts with maybe a hot drink. Unless the person was...

00:16 / Dessert/Sweets / Food / Macau / Margaret’s Café E Nata / Portuguese / Restaurants / Travel
29 Jan

After spending some time in the Wing On shopping centre we proceeded to the yum cha restaurant on level 7, as recommended by one of the cosmetics salesgirls. Apparently it's quite famous and popular with locals. When we went up there was a queue, but we didn’t have to wait long. Most restaurants outside the shopping centre also had queues lining up outside. It seems like every mealtime we've had here is a waiting game. The dishes ordered were tofu/bok choy fish-based soup, wu kok, xiao long bao,...

23:55 / Chinese / Food / Golden Federal Restaurant / Hong Kong / Restaurants / Travel / Yum Cha
29 Jan

Itamae Sushi is a chain sushi restaurant. After taking a ticket we waited maybe 15 minutes in the queue. Luckily we got a spot on the sushi train rather than a separate table. Sushi of the same type were lined up consecutively in the train, rather than arranged alternately - a boon for the indecisive or unobservant. Each person got a cup with a Japanese tea bag inside and between every two people was a hot water tap used to top up our cups. The prices for the sushi...

00:00 / Food / Hong Kong / Itamae Sushi / Japanese / Restaurants / Travel
28 Jan

In the Sogo department store A2 and I bought a croquante bun and some charcoal powder bread from a bakery called Das Gute, part of A1 Bakery. The charcoal bread had almond and charcoal powder and also a few pieces walnuts added. The croquante was crunchy on the outside, was a little sweet, similar to a butterfly biscuit, and was filled with walnuts. It was addictive. Instead of saving it for breakfast A2 and I ended up eating all of it by the end of the night. [gallery link="none" columns="2" type="rectangular"...

23:44 / Bread / Das Gute / Food / Hong Kong / Restaurants / Travel
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