Margaret’s Café e Nata (玛嘉烈蛋挞) – Portugese Egg Tarts
Portugese egg tarts is one of Macau’s famous food so it’s one of the MUST TRY when you’re visiting Macau. While the Portugese egg tarts are easily available at almost every bakery and restaurants in Macau, the famous ones are from Lord Stow’s Bakery and Margaret’s Café e Nata. It took us a while to find Margaret’s Café e Nata 玛嘉烈蛋挞 which is tucked away in a hidden alley within walking distance from the Ruins of...
Mido Café (美都餐室) @ Yau Ma Tei 香港油麻地
Mido Café 美都餐室 is located right in the heart of the Temple Street market and across from the Tin Hau temple in Yau Ma Tei. It’s hard to miss this cafe as it occupies a corner lot. Opened way back in 1950, Mido Café 美都餐室 is one of the oldest and best preserved “Cha Chaan Teng” in Hong Kong. To-date, the cafe’s decor still remain the same. You can still see the classic retro furnitures, old mosaic flooring and...
Day 2 in Hong Kong : Tim Ho Wan Dim Sum (添好運點心專門店) @ IFC Mall
Dim Sum is one of the must try food when you visit Hong Kong as Hong Kong Dim Sum is one of the best in the world. There are many famous Dim Sum restaurants in Hong Kong such as Lin Heung Teahouse, Luk Yu Teahouse, Tim Ho Wan 添好運點心專門店 and Fook Lam Moon. Tim Ho Wan 添好運點心專門店 is a 1 Michelin Star Restaurant headed by Mak Pui Gor, the former dim sum chef at Hong Kong’s Four Seasons Hotel’s restaurant, Lung King Heen. We...
Jang Korean Cuisine @ The L. Place, Central 中環
Located on the 18th floor of The L. Place in Central, Jang claims they are the ‘first Korean restaurant in Hong Kong to serve high quality and modern Korean cuisine’. My Hong Kong friend brought us here and according to him, Jang is one of the best Korean restaurant in Hong Kong. The place is dimly lit with exposed hanging light bulbs and furnished with dark wood furnitures. We started off with complimentary banchans – Korean...
茶. 家 Teakha Tea Cafe @ 上環 Sheung Wan
茶. 家 Teakha Tea Cafe is a small neighborhood tea cafe at 上環 Sheung Wan serving an impressive range of organic tea like Masala Chai, Forest Black Tea, O-Buku-Cha, Jasmine Blossoms and Hoji Au Lait. This small and cosy tea cafe is located on a quiet alley off 太平山街 Tai Ping Shan Street which houses many cafes, galleries, studios and lifestyle & designer boutiques. Despite the secluded location, this cosy cafe was crowded with both...
Day 1 in Hong Kong : Café de Coral (大家樂) @ Sheung Wan
Café de Coral (大家樂) is a leading Chinese fast food chain with over 140 restaurants in Hong Kong 香港. Just like the Wong Kok Char Teng 旺角茶餐厅 outlets in Malaysia, Cafe de Coral is a cha chaan teng chain serving Chinese food cooked in western style like baked pork chop rice, Hoki fillet, beef brisket curry and etc. We were slightly touching down in Hong Kong hence right after we settling our luggages, we headed straight to Cafe de Coral...
Hong Kong Trip in 2014 : Shop, Eat & See (Shopping, Feasting & Sightseeing)
We just got back from our 香港 Hong Kong trip! While its good to be home, a part of me started missing HK for its food, shopping & sightseeing. It was a very productive trip for we have been eating and shopping till we drop (literally). We have been eating and walking non-stop everyday till our legs are wobbly like jelly. Thank goodness the weather in March is rather cooling hence we don’t need to worry about sweating 🙂...
Sydney Fish Market @ Bank St Pyrmont, Sydney
Sydney Fish Market is the largest market of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere and the world’s second largest seafood market in terms of variety outside of Japan. If you like fresh and affordable seafood in Sydney, then Sydney Fish Market is the place for you. Getting to the Fish Market is pretty easy. We took the Light Rail Network (LRN) as the Fish Market is one of the stops of the LRN. You can purchase the ticket from the...