Visit to the Red Market

Macau - We took bus No. 28C from the bus stop outside Royal Hotel as we wanted to venture into the heartlands of Macau. We wanted to see how the Macau people live and eat. We alighted after 5 bus stops and decided to have lunch at a local restaurant. The restaurant owners were very nice people and guess correctly that we were from Singapore. We had a hearty meal at a very reasonable price.

We had to walk a distance to reach The Red Market but along the way we came across Lin Zexu Memorial Museum of Macau.






We finally reach The Red Market is located on the corner of Avenida Almirante Lacerda and Avenida Horta e Costa, in an area that has some of Macau's most interesting 20th century architecture. The market was built in 1936 by the Macanese architect Jio Alberto Basto in the Art Deco style and is classified as an architectural heritage site. It still houses a vigorous trade, with vendors selling dried foods, fresh produce, fish and meat. In earlier times the market was closer to the waterfront, and vendors bought their goods directly at the nearby harbor. Today, all kinds of fish and seafood still arrive twice a day, and live poultry share quarters with fresh flowers, fruit and other produce.




The most shocking part of this Red Market is the scene where the fish is stripped bare of flesh but it's lungs, heart and head is still intact. You can still see the fish breathing without any flesh on its body....

Local residents told us the place is dirty but we want to see how the local live and eat, so venturing to this location was an eye opener.


We also came across a traditional Dragon Beard candy man - this was hand-made and it taste heavenly and I wanted to buy more but he already sold out for the day. This Candy man was dressed in white, he had a white beard and the candy he makes is also white...it was a delightful scene.