Food in Macau 2009

This weekend I spent it in Macau with my lady, and it was a wet and foggy Valentine's Day. We arrived there before noon, and we planned to stay inside the Venetian for the whole day as we did not want to get wet. With no surprise, we shopped till it was one, and we headed to the Venetian Food Court for a quick lunch.

Pizza Pizza looked like a Italian shop, and all the pizzas were made at the time you ordered. We had the four-cheese pizza, which was very good. It looked very good and you can smell the cheeses in the air right after it was taken out from the oven.

We added a Fatburger meal too but the burger was just so-so. I should have ordered another pizza instead.

After shopping for the whole day, it was already dinner time. This Chinese restaurant was located right next to the casino of the Venetian, and it had no English name. 海王老記 is famous for its expensive food like shark fins and abalones, and now you know why it is located there: those who just gambled and won some money would definitely get a seat here and have a taste of shark fins. Clever.

But we didn't come here for those kinds of food. It is also famous for its egg noodle (which is pressed with bamboo; in Chinese 竹昇麵). As we were both pretty full at that time, we decided to have some noodle and congee.

First we had the Fish Skin slices served cold 涼拌魚皮 as starter. Remember some time ago I went to Macau and had this similar thing in another shop. This is even better! It was crispy and a bit chilly, perfect to be an appetizer.

Then my noodle came. It was the Egg Noodle with Wonton and Shrimp Eggs On Top 蝦子雲吞撈麵. I think I don't need to explain what wontons are, right?

The congee came next. It was a quite simple congee with pig kidney slices inside. It is a typical kind of food in China and Hong Kong, which tastes simple and light.

Then we had some Deep-fried Fish Balls, made with cirrhinus (or Chinese common carp 鯪魚). It looks pretty typical but it tasted very nice, and the meat had a really nice texture.

We were just too full, and so we went to bed early. Let's start the next day in another blog...