March 1, 2023

Day trip to Macau from Hong Kong

Now that borders have opened, travel can go back to normal to places around Hong Kong, mainly Macau and China. The whole of last year we were practically stucked in HK and when restrictions eased, we managed to go back to Malaysia and travelled from there. But now, everything has opened up and we immediately took the opportunity to cross to Macau. Macau has been my number one place to visit when I came to HK because I wanted to see those themed hotels and eat yummy Portugese food.

We took the bus from Prince Edward and the bus ride took 2 hours plus to reach Macau. We had to change bus twice because there were 2 immigrations to pass through- HK & Macau. But the scenery travelling through the Zhuhai bridge was beautiful. The ferry is more straightforward and will take about an hour and since we're going back by ferry, we wanted to see the best of both worlds hehe

The bus took us straight to our selected hotel, The Venetian.

It was really beautiful. It's like being in Venice with the gondola ride. Each hotel has their own theme and it would be nice to just hop hotels to see their architecture and design.

Then we walked out to have lunch.
Mygawd the crowd that weekend was crazy. I guess we were not the only ones wanting to visit Macau after being trapped hahahah

Lord Stow's bakery at Cotai side sells the famous Portugese egg tarts. But the queue was insane.

We saw the never ending line and we thought, we should just cross over to Macau side for the ex-wife's bakery.

In the meantime, we stopped at Tai Lei Loi Kei first.
They are famous for their pork chop. Either in noodles or..

...in buns. We got it in the pineapple croissant bun. The pork chop was tender, flavourful and yummy!

Then we had Serradura for dessert. It's basically biscuit crust with vanilla ice cream haha

And then we took the bus to Macau side to Margaret's Cafe e Nata, who is apparently Lord Stow's ex-wife lol.

The queue was long as well but after eating, now we had better mood to queue *laughs* The street wasn't as narrow as Cotai's side so it was bearable. We did queue for 40 minutes though.

Finally! I'm salivating while writing haha
Number one tip: DO NOT EAT IMMEDIATELY. It will be very hot as it is freshly made from the oven. You will burn your tongue and you can't taste anything when it's hot anyway. Wait at least 20-30 minutes, let it cool down, walk a bit then open up the box and feast on it. I know how impatient you can be especially after queuing up for so long but trust me, wait on it and it will be worth it. The custardy filling, the flaky pastry and the sweetness of the burnt crust was the best feeling. But is it worth it to wait that long? Hurmm...well, you tell me! I think we have something similar in HK at Bakehouse but it's sourdough egg tarts. Hope to try Lord Stow's one to compare hehe.

Macau has so many beautiful themed hotels and gorgeous architecture. This is the beauty of Macau aside from food.

We then walked up to Ruins of St. Paul.


Then we stopped for a Pistachio latte.

Saw more beautiful buildings.

Stopped inside a casino to rest. Yes, you can just pick any casino, walk inside and have free flow drinks and finger food. There's chairs and tables to rest as well if you don't gamble and people watch. It was quite fun hehe.

Then our friend picked us to have dinner at Broadway Macau.

Lamb.

African chicken- MUST EAT when in Macau.

Baked duck rice- another must eat

Cheese baked bread.

After that, we took the ferry back to Hong Kong. We literally took an entire day from 9am bus from HK and 11pm ferry from Macau hahaha. We definitely had so much fun but hope to go back when it's less crowded. The crowd just gives me a bit of anxiety hahaha and we just don't like queuing up for things. There's still so much more things to try in Macau like ziplining, bungee jump and we still have yet to try Lord Stows' tart, and many famous coffee shops.

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