Day 7 - Macau

Today will be our second last day in Hong Kong. So, Macau will be our target today. We bought of ferry tickets at China Ferry Terminal located on TST waterfront alongside Harbour City. For more information on the tickets you can click here .

Looking excited after we purchase the ticket.

The journey lasted about 1 hour and finally we reached. The first stop we went was The Venetian. The Venetian is one of Asia's most exciting entertainment destinations and preeminent convention and exhibition venues. Large enough to hold ninety Boeing 747 jumbo jets, nowhere else in Asia will you find such a rare combination of facilities, attractions and amenities than at this 3,000 suite flagship property.



As the name called Venetian, there is a small Venice built inside! It provides Gondola rides too.


It's us posing with one of the great architure in Venetian. The lion is actually the symbol of the Venetian!


It's almost lunch time and I had a plate of Portugese Curry Rice whereas my gf had a bowl of fried curry mee. Macau is famous for it's portugese food. However for me, I still prefer those in Malaysia.


Next up would be shopping time for us. There were many bakery shops around Macau. One of the famous is Choi Heong Yuen. I found out that most of the locally produced food are quite normal. It was window shopping for us.


After that, we went to finish one of the old churches in Macau - St. Dominic Church. St. Dominic's Church was renovated in 1997 and opened to the public with a museum, on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd floor. The museum shows paintings, sculptures and liturgical ornaments that illustrate the history of the Roman Catholic church in Asia.




Walking further deeper into the streets, we saw crowds packed up in front of a shop. What's happening I wondered? Oh, we are now outside of Macau famous souveniers shop - Pastelaria Koi Kei.


We could find varieties of Macau locally produced food in this shop. They have one principal - Try before you buy. We did get some dry food for us to bring back to Malaysia.

Portugese egg tart sold outside Koi Kei. I would give 101% for this. Absolutely brilliant!

Besides that you could find shops or stalls selling various of local delicacies.


Next we made our way towards St Paul Cathedral the famous landmark in Macau. On 1835, a fire burned it to the ground and hence leaving only the facade the staircase and portions of a wall. Be sure to visit this place in Macau.


After that, our next destination was Grand Lisboa. Macau Grand Lisboa Hotel, is an iconic building set in the heart of Macau, is a testament to extraordinary elegance. With its distinctive location and architectural design, 12 acclaimed restaurants and 24-hour entertainment, the Grand Lisboa has truly earned its reputation as one of Asia's finest casino hotel.


The lobby is well designed and decorated and gave a classy feel.





Next, we visited Macau's standing lotus flower located on the Lotus Square. The lotus flower, which is in full bloom, symbolizes the everlasting prosperity of Macau.



Right opposite lotus square is Macau Fisherman Wharf. It is a theme park that combines top-flight entertainment, accommodation, fine dining, retail, convention and exhibition facilities.

There is a Roman Amphitheatre built inside as well.




Behind us is the twin fumaroles, 40m high manmade volcano towers over the shoreline to form the most eye-catching icon of Macau.

From here we could see the ferry terminal too.

Sky got darker, we left Macau at about 6.30pm and reached Hong Kong at about 7.30pm.

We ended our day having dinner at New Island Cafe. We ordered a plate of Szechuan fish ball soup with mee and a glass of soya with cincau. Well, it tasted ok for me. The good part is, it is enough for 2.

Day 6 - Lantau Experience - Ngong Ping 360

We started our journey today by having our very first Hong Kong Dim Sum breakfast at Chao Inn Restaurant.

The restaurant are uniquely designed. A typical ancient feel of chinese restaurant.


We got seated and then started to make our order. Lets see what have we ordered...

The honey fermented char siew pau. A great combination. The pau itself is tenderly steamed to perfection. Must try.

The deep fried carrot cake. This is very nice as it is mildly fried on the outside, whereas the inside, it dont lose it's moisture.

A Teochiew style glutinous rice wrap with pau's skin. Good!

This is the deep fried carrot fish cake. The fish cake is fried to perfection and the carrot and fish cake formed a perfect blend of taste. Must try.

The spring roll tasted good too.

This is a plate of Chu Cheong Fan. We can easily find in Malaysia. However, the one in HK, is slightly different escpecially the sauce part. Worth trying.

Below is the siew mai. Siew mai are one of the must try food when you go for dim sum.

For me, I highly reccomend the deep fried meet dumpling. Brilliant.

Too keep our diet balance, we did order some vege also.

Lastly, a dessert for 4 of us. Chrisantenum Jelly. Yummy!

After the heavy breakfast, we headed towards Tung Chung MTR station from TST.

We reached there at about 11am, bought the cable car tickets and here we go!

From the cable car station towards Ngong Ping is about 30 minutes. Along the journey, we could see the whole scenery of Hongkong. But looking down from the cable car sometimes it is quite trilling. :P

We reached at 12pm and then our first destination was The Giant Buddha(Tian Tan Buddha).

Facing the north, Tian Tan Buddha statue is 34 metres high.


From Tei Tan square in the middle of Po Lin Monastery plaza, it is a flight of 268 steps leading to the world largest outdoor bronze statue - The Giant Buddha.

It's time to burn some calories after the heavy breakfast. We huffed and puffed the 268 flight of steps until we reached the top.

The first statue we saw are the Six Devas standing majestically outside the GIant Buddha.



Inside the pedestal of Tian Tan Buddha there is a 3-storey exhibition hall presenting a number of invaluable Buddhist items. Dont missed out this when you visit this place.

We got down the 268 flights of stairs and our next destination was Po Lin Monastery.

Po Lin Monastery, established in 1906, is reknowed attraction and a holy Buddhist ground in HK. There were well established gardens, pavillions and Buddist Hall in Po Lin Monastery.



The sculptures are so lively.


After the visit around Po Lin, we headed to a vegetarian restaurant inside Po Lin to have our lunch. The restaurant is clean and the food served are delicious.

Let's have some hot soup first.






Next up, we went hiking. Hiking? We walked through 2km of widing tracks towards the Wisdom Path.


Wisdom Path features an arrangement of 38 giants wood columns measuring 8-10 metres long and 1 meter wide to showcase the calligraphy by master of Chinese studies Professor Jao Tsung-I.

Heart Sutra was one of the giant wood culture. The view here is exceptionally beautiful with wall to wall mountains in front of you. Must visit!





Ngong Ping Nature Centre.

We visited the souvenir shops but we left with empty hand.

Ngong Ping Tea House.


We left Ngong Ping at 4pm and reached the cable car station at 4.30pm.


We went shopping at Citygate shopping centre located just under the Cable car station. Shopping lovers do not miss out this centre as the shops inside citygate normally offer an attractive price. We went in to do some shopping as well.

After that, we got back to Tsim Tsa Tsui to have our dinner. At 7pm, it is dark. We went into the famous dessert franchise in HK - Xu Liu Shan. Now below is what I called the best dessert that I have ever try before!



This the prime dessert. The mango flavored ice cream topped with varieties of fruits with a mango pudding. From the ice cream until the pudding are traditionally made by Xu Liu Shan. You cant find in other place!

This is the Mango Pudding with Birdnest. It came at only HKD 33. Well worth trying!

One of the hot dessert we ordered - Stewed Papaya with white fungi & almonds & 1 piece of radish cake with XO sauce. With such a long name definitely the taste is brilliant as well. I would highlight the radish cake here. It is a must try.

We did order another separate plate of radish cake as it is simply irresistable!

After the dinner we went to the Queen Victoria Harbour to snapped some nice photo. This harbour is famous for the embarking station of all the holiday cruises namely Superstar Leo. When we were there, it was right at 8pm, the usual symphony of lights were on air. A sight to behold.

We went back to our hotel to have some well deserved rest as we are going to conquer Macau tomorrow. Conclusion for today, I love Hongkong!