96. Macau - Kyushu Ice-Cream

* This was taken in Macau during 21-25 Feb 2008.

You don't have to travel to Japan to taste Kyushu's ice-cream. There is this small stall at the end of the stretch of shops from Senado Square. It was in a alley directly opposite to a post office. Sorry, didn't take note of the address. When we were at this stall, a few Japanese businessmen were brought there by a local to buy the ice-cream. Haha. The ice-cream was good. I had the chesnut flavour one but I tried the other two. The strawberry one wasn't too much different from the normal strawberry flavoured ones. The matcha one had azuki red beans in it. The chestnut one had bits of chestnut in it. I think the chestnut tasted the best. There were many other flavours.

It cost MOP13 (SGD3.25) per cup.

95. Macau - Guia Hotel

* This was taken in Macau during 21-25 Feb 2008.

Asparagus and dried scallop fried rice. Must-try! It was very good. It was very fragrant. The rice grains were those "bui bui" type, not the usual thai rice (skinny) Singaporeans often eat.
This is the roasted pigeon. It was much bigger than the one I had in Shanghai (second pic)but the taste wise was not comparable. It was quite salty and dry.
This is another must-try! The noodles were fried till it was very crispy and the ingredients was cooked in black pepper gravy dripped over the crispy noodles. Very delicious. The chicken used was also tangy.


This is the chay po egg. Macau's rendition. Nothing much special, just that it was presented like in pizza slices stacked up. Haha.



Bill was MOP179.30 (SGD 44.80). Pretty reasonable price.

93. Macau - Solmar

*This was taken in Macau during 21-25 Feb 2008.

I did some research on the food in Macau before I embarked on my journey. This restaurant, one of the traditional restaurants in Macau, is recommended for their "African Chicken", a macanese dish. In fact, those who travelled to Macau are recommended to try out this local speciality and it isn't just sold in Solmar Restaurant.

A mini french loaf per person was served.

This was their fried pork chop. Recommended by the waitress. But it was just normal fried pork chop, nothing special. Plus....there wasn't chilli sauce, only tomato sauce. This lacked the zesty effect for us, Singaporeans. How can fries do without chilli sauce?

Jajang! This was the African chicken. My thought of it would be like wrapped in the aluminum foil and roasted till it was charred like a real African chicken. Apparently, it did not appear as it was literally named to be. It was slightly spicy with some spices added. The sauce was good. But the chicken looked pathetic. Look at the drumstick, it was as if it was eaten by someone.

This was just a seafood fried rice we've ordered. The fried rice was very plain and dry.

I personally think that if I were to eat this local speciality again, I would not have gone to Solmar. In fact, I was pretty disappointed with their food. I would go to a restaurant that serves a better quality one. The total bill was MOP278.30 (SGD 69.60) which I think was pretty expensive.

Solmar

Avenida da Praia Grande 512, Macau

Tel: +853 2857 4391／2857 4392

Opens daily: 11:00 - 23:00

92. Macau - Guia Hotel Dim Sum

*This was eaten during 21-25 Feb 2008 in Macau.

I stayed in this Guia Hotel and there was this restaurant at the lobby. It was not on my itinerary to visit though. But every morning, there were a lot of people eating dimsum. The restaurant opened pretty early, around 6.30am or 7am. Partly because Guia Hotel is located at the bottom of the Guia Hill, a tourist attraction. A lot of aunties and uncles who went for morning exercise at the Guia Hill will then gathered at the restaurant to eat dim sum. So, Me and my travel companions decided to try out the dim sum there one morning.

Siew Mai

The siew mai was just so-so. No "wow". I had expected a better one.

Lor Mai Gai (Glutinous rice with chicken)

This was good. The lotus leaf's fragrance was absorbed into the sticky rice, making the glutinous rice so nice.

Chee Cheong Fun (Rice rolls)

The chee cheong fun were toppled with big stalks of caixin which I think looked a bit turned off. It made the dish so rough instead of appetizing. Anyway, the rice rolls were pretty thick and the sauce was salty instead of the sweet and salty version we usually have.

Century egg porridge

Ting Zai Chok

Ting Zai Chok is a porridge which contains peanuts, fish, fish maw and cuttlefish. I would still prefer our Yum Cha's rendition of Ting Zai Zhou. Their chok was not so good. The porridge was pretty watery instead of gluey.

I have forgotten what they called this. But this was pretty similar to those fried gorengs at those goreng pisang stalls. The skin was akin to the mochi skin except that it was being fried. It was filled with red bean paste. I am not a big fan of such stuffs but this was pretty good. Not too oil laden.

This is a must-try! Their carrot cake was crispy on the outside and they have got shreds of radish in it.

Char Siew Pao

This wasn't too bad as well. The skin was fluffy but not too dense. I have tried some (in singapore) which were too dense such that it will stick to your teeth.

This red bean mantou was very good. I like it a lot. It's a must-try! The mantou was very soft. The red bean paste filling was not too sweet. Just nice to go with tea. But we were already filled to the brim when this dish came and we couldn't finish it.

This was so-so. 1 serving had 5 har kow. Normally, at the dim sum places in Singapore, only 3 to 4 were served.

The xiao long bao wasn't good. It was quite dry. Then again, xiao long bao wasn't their speciality.

Total bill was MOP201 so it was averaged out to be MOP67 (SGD17+)per person for the 3 of us. This was considered quite alright considering it will be more expensive if it was eaten in Singapore.

Guia Hotel

No.1-5 Estrado do Engenheiro Trigo No. 1-5,

Macau Peninsula, China