What else to do but eat, eat, eat...
Macao is a gastronomical paradise of food, food, food. However food is pricey and more of a standard genre. I mean you talk about pork chop bun and you find it everywhere. You talk about egg tart and you also find it everywhere.
We began our morning by walking slowly to the ruins of St Paul's Cathedral. I stopped at a pharmacy to buy a cream for my knees.
We then passed a small eatery where the owner invited us to sample her crab porridge. I was intrigued. There was a Michelin star on the windows of the eatery. This would mean that this place has been rated and graded. So why not...
The friendly owners recommended the crab porridge and noodles with prawn powder/crab roe powder (not very sure). When the food came the porridge tasted so much better than the noodles. All over the tiled walls, we see pictures of actors and actresses who had sampled their food and given them a thumbs up. The noodles were kind of springy but rather plain.
After a good meal we made our way to the ruins of St Paul. The cathedral is only a facade. The interior has all broken down. In fact only a scaffold held it up.
All the way to the cathedral were many shops selling the same thing - flat barbeque meat, sesame biscuits, almond biscuits, egg rolls, walnut biscuits and whatever sweet stuff that Macao was famous for. The good thing was they shops were generous with their samples. You could literally eat your lunch while walking through the busy shopping area. At every shop you are offered samples!
I could not climb up the staircase to the cathedral due to the pain in my knees so I stayed down and bought bottles of mineral water for RM4!
Later we made our way to the Macao Museum which was located on a hill. I like the Macao Museum cos the grounds were a picture of tranquility. Up in the Museum grounds we got a very good view of the city of Macao.
Coming down from the hill, we walked slowly to Senado Square. Lots and lots of people mingled in the Square. We went searching for the famous Margaret egg tarts. There were many selling egg tarts but our target was only this shop...
We had many wrong instructions and made some wrong turning but a kind Macao lady showed us where the shop was. Lo and behold the queue was so long. Tim lined up to buy the tarts while I sat down on the stools in the open air cafe.
The egg tarts were lovely. Slightly burnt on the surface with very flaky pastry, the filling was the piece de resistance. It was simply delicious. I think I know the ingredient - fresh cream, milk and egg yolk. Lovely....
While walking back to Senado Square, we found another shop packed with people. They were selling the famous double steamed milk. Don't ask me how milk is double steamed but it looks like pudding with the texture and taste of milk. Milk is not my favorite drink so I could not finish my mango double steamed milk...
Finally for dinner we packed the famous duck rice and took a cab back to Hotel Royal.
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