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A friend of mine who was visiting just got back from Macau/HK. When I told him that I enjoyed my time in Macau, he looked at me in disgust. OK, we were actually on the phone but from his mere silence and awkward, 'What!' I could tell he had the facial expression of someone who just had 10cl of hempedu juice! Eww!
'Why?!' I asked.
Then a list of complaints started to spill: Rude. Expensive. Horrid. Boring. Poorly maintained. Chinese (well, duh!)
I screamed at him. "Well, you wouldn't feel like shit if you won a couple of thousands on the slot machine like me!"
I got triple 7 on the slot machine! Woohoo!
Hehe 
Back to the conversation with Mr. Complaint. So he rattled on and on about the EVERYTHING BAD ABOUT MACANESE and I could only reply with sigh. I've mentioned this many, many times. There's always beauty in a person/place/thing if you know how to search for it. To me, beauty came in a form of creamy egg filling in a flaky tart cup served WARM.
Here's a list of really good stuffs from Macau that I'll definitely go back for on my next trip.
#1 Portuguese Egg Tart
Any time I pass by an egg tart shop, I'm there. Whether or not they are RM2.50 per piece or RM5, I'm there. I even tapau-ed a dozen tarts back home. What? What's so weird? I know of people who tapau-ed Krispy Kreme all the way from Australia to Malaysia.
#2 The Local Macanese Food
Expensive but worth splurging. We had a meal at Madeira @ The Venetian and it wasn't as good as Vela Latina which is located directly opposite Senado Square. Here's mom and I about to pig in. Hungry we were!
A typical Macanese meal consists of African Chicken (spring chicken marinated in peri-peri) and Bacalhau (salted cod fish in a thick and aromatic sauce with potatoes and hard boiled eggs).
Here's a close-up of Bacalhau served in a bread bowl.
#3 The various look and feel of Macau
Only the southern stone facade of The St. Paul's Cathedral still remains strong and sturdy and is the icon of Macau. It was difficult to try to take a photo of the remains on its own as that place is swamped with tourists like us.
This is the wall of a restaurant in The Grand Lisboa. I couldn't help but to take a close shot due to its texture and depth. Very nice. I wish I can have egg shaped surface on my walls next time
From this shot, it reminds of Las Vegas (minus the Chinese characters on top of Wynn). We had a spectacular view of the water fountain display. Less grand that The Bellagio, this one is just as entertaining. The show goes on every 10-15 minutes at the Wynn's entrance.
If only our MPBJ compound had such beautiful blue tiles. This is just a part of the municipal council surroundings and I was immediately attracted to the design of the tiles. Beautiful!
Mosaic pillars at The Lisboa hotel. Yah, I was bored while waiting for our cab to the hotel.
Walking around Senada Square, I entered a beautifully landscaped lane. Everyone was taking pictures of the what's in the middle and never noticed that the windows of the next building was just as interesting. I love the colours and it just reminds me of a default desktop wallpaper in any Microsoft suite.
#4 The pig-out session in The Grand Lisboa
Haha, it goes back to food doesn't it? How did we end up there? YC and I were online and she was asking me about restaurants in Macau since (at that time) she was planning for a pre-Honeymoon with her Hunnie. I stumbled across a website and that's how we knew about this apparently quite famous buffet. It was pretty good actually. I stuffed myself with sashimi. The dessert wasn't much to shout about (like most buffets). They had a stall that served blanched prawns right from the aquarium. Poor thing. Animals don't have souls so it's ok.
Done! Haha.. like homework lidat.
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