Hong Kong - Day 4

So this brings us to Day 4 of my recent Hong Kong trip. Well, we didn't really spend much time in HK cause we actually went to Macao instead. So as early as 9:00am, the bunch of us went and bought our Turbo Jet (high speed luxury ferry) tickets at the ferry terminal. Since we had some spare time before it was time to depart, we had breakfast at some Macao restaurant. Their serving of polo bun and iced tea was very mediocre to say the least. It took us slightly less than an our on board the ferry before we set foot on the tiny island of Macao. Once there, Leslie a.k.a our tour guide hurried us into two cabs and off we went to O Porto Interior Restaurante, a rather well known Portugese restaurant judging by the massive crowd patronizing it. The walls were decked with many black & white photos of local and foreign celebrities alike giving the place a very classic vibe. I couldn't recall the names of the dishes we ordered since Leslie took care of that. All I knew was that there were chicken, pork, sardine and fried rice on the table.

Next stop, we planned to head towards Macao Tower but since the walking journey was too far away, we abandoned the idea midway and went straight to St. Paul's Cathedral. Not much had changed since my last trip here 2 years ago and we filled our bellies with snacks and drinks along the way up to the cathedral. Ooo yes, I finally satisfied my craving for milky bubble tea. :D Loads of people were everywhere ... I guess that helped added to the merry atmosphere. We camwhored quite a bit before stopping by Koi Kei Bakery, the famous self-proclaimed Macao's No.1 souveneir shop to buy back some local goodies for family and friends. People were literally pushing and shoving amongst themselves inside the shop ... utter madness really.

From there, we adjourned to Cafe Kam Ma Lon for their pork chop bun. We ordered 3 portions of there sinful yummies to share and as we were happily snapping away on our digital compacts, one of em' waitresses came over to our table and placed on it, the BIGGEST bun I've ever seen in my entire life. It's fully edible too ... amazing stuff huh. Apparently, they're aiming to make another one twice that size in the near future once their new oven arrives. According to the waitress, this gimmick worked well to attract customers. Can't argue with that I guess.

More eating ensured after that since we're nothing but a bunch of greedy gluttons ... haha. This time, it was at Leitaria I Son for their steamed milk. It's actually fresh milk steamed till it became pudding like. A rule was enforced in this restaurant whereby anyone not ordering a portion of their food will have to pay a fee of 5.00 Macao Dollars. This is to discourage sharing amongst their customers. Leave it to the Chinese to come out with such profit making scheme eh. :p

Our bellies deserve a rest, so our journey continued to The Venetian. A rather new hotel opened on the island and it exudes regal luxury at every inch of it. Golden Greek statues to painted ceilings, Roman pillars to exquisite fountains ... it all spelled $$$. We visited the hotel's casino and SY & I lost 20 Macao Dollars within 10 minutes on the slots. Sheesh! We also shopped a bit for li'll souveneirs to mark our visit to this acclaimed hotel.

Our final stop landed us in the Fisherman's Wharf. We walked by the many beautiful architectures built there and pit stopped at the New Zealand Natural's outlet for some delish ice cream. Finally found the orange choc flavour that had been evading me for a long time now. Muahahaha.

Dead tired, we boarded the Turbo Jet back to Hong Kong and had a quick supper at KFC before bidding the day good night. To be continued ...