The Macau trip

Visiting Macau was one of the things on my "Things To Do Before I leave Asia" list so I was happy to take the ferry trip to Hong Kong's western neighbour yesterday. The city is best known for its casinos and with new investors from overseas, it is rapidly growing into its title as the "Las Vegas of Asia."

Most Hong Kongers will tell you there's  not much to do in Macau ("Oh Moon" in Cantonese) outside of gambling, eating and visiting prostitutes. I was only interested in eating and eat we did!

Lunch at Seng Chong: crab congee and banana pepper salt fried fresh shrimp. Dinner at Fernando's: roasted chicken with salad (and red wine and sangria). We also managed to try some durian ice cream in between. Durian is the infamous smelly fruit that many love to hate or hate to love. I thought I fell under the latter category, but it turns out I'm of the former group.

I wish it didn't me more than year to visit Macau because it's a good place to go for a relaxing time away from the more chaotic Hong Kong. As usual, I enjoyed the cultural mix in food and street-level culture. Mmm food...