Macau - Early in the morning Tania, Chee Chien and I set off to find the best Portuguese restaurant in Macau. We visited the 2 best restaurant and fortunately were located near by each other. Both restaurants are near the famous A-Ma Temple.
We were outside Litoral Restaurant contemplating which restaurant to choose and here in an instant a lion dance performance right in front of our eyes. Some Chinese would invite the lion dance troupe to officiate the opening of the restaurant or office just after Chinese New Year. Whilst we were looking earnestly at the performance - one of the troupe boys started to light the fire crackers and throw. While in a instance, we ran far away from the scene - it was a loud crackling and paper were sprewed everywhere. Fire crackers have been banned in Singapore for many many years, so seeing this was surreal.
We were outside Litoral Restaurant contemplating which restaurant to choose and here in an instant a lion dance performance right in front of our eyes. Some Chinese would invite the lion dance troupe to officiate the opening of the restaurant or office just after Chinese New Year. Whilst we were looking earnestly at the performance - one of the troupe boys started to light the fire crackers and throw. While in a instance, we ran far away from the scene - it was a loud crackling and paper were sprewed everywhere. Fire crackers have been banned in Singapore for many many years, so seeing this was surreal.
Restaurant # 1 - Litoral Restaurant @ 853-2896-7878 - the grandeur of this stylist restaurant made us choose this for our awards dinner on 28 Feb.
Restaurant # 2 - Lorcha Restaurant, tel: 853-2839-1016 @ 289, Rua do Almirante Sergio. This is a much smaller restaurant, thus was not suitable. Instead we had lunch there. The food was really delicious. The only cons about this restaurant is that they are very impatient when you are almost finish with your meal - they keep asking you to settle the bill. I dislike this because we were considering deserts and then coffee but they want to 'turn' the tables quickly and was not professional about it.
As I have told friends coming to Macau to set customer service expectations low so that you will not be disappointed. You will enjoy good food and entertainment with mediocre service. The Macau economy is booming is so fast that the service staff are not thoroughly train in etiquette and customer service. Good customer service in Macau is a rarity and not a norm.
We also visited the A-Ma temple which was just walking distance away from Lorcha Restaurant. I will also be visiting this temple again during the day-tour on Thursday.
We went go-carting located at Estrada de Seac Pai Van, on the island of Coloane. You have to cross the bridge to get over to Coloane from Macau Peninsula. Macau is made up of 3 islands - Macau Peninsula, Taipa and Coloane.
Go carting was very fun despite just 10 minutes. I went about 5-6 rounds the track in the cold light drizzle. My hands were numb at the end of 10 minutes. It was exhilarating going round the bends at 40-50 km/hr.
After dinner, as we were walking around Golden Dragon Hotel - there was a sign that says "Bowling Centre". Chris immediately wanted us to play, so we walked down this dark alley into a deserted 'shopping centre' and down basement to this bowling centre. The bowling centre facilities takes you back to the 80's but nevertheless we had good fun.
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