Macau cha chan teng cafes?

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    Question Macau cha chan teng cafes?

    I'm heading to Macau tomorrow, this will be my second visit there. The first one didn't go so well, I was bored, and only stayed for a couple hours.

    From everything Macau seems to have to offer, none of it seems interesting to me. Except for one thing - macau style 'cha chan teng' restaurants. I love their style of curry 'portuguese sauce' (and I know there is nothing portuguese about it, but that's what they call it).

    Anyone know of some good cafes to check out in Macau that will serve an excellent "portuguese" curry and other cafe food?

    Aside from that, I haven't heard of anything else interesting about Macau.. maybe we'll check out the Wynn casino since apparently it has a no-smoking section.

    Thanks in advance!


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    Wow, not a single response... Does everyone really only go to the same expensive seafood restaurants when they visit Macau?


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    Quote Originally Posted by lowlight:
    Wow, not a single response... Does everyone really only go to the same expensive seafood restaurants when they visit Macau?
    what expensive seafood resto in Macao??

    Macao is famous for its local food (macanese and portuguese). I have numerous time listed some great Portuguese and Macanese resto on this forum

    Portuguese:
    Alfonso III (near leal senado)
    Petisqueira in Taipa
    A lorcha near A ma temple
    Littoral near A ma temple
    O Manel in Taipa
    ....
    Macanese
    Nha Tim in Coloane is a great choice for example, right by the church under some nice arcades...


    things to see:
    Old Macao: Leal Senado, Ruins Saint Paul, Three Lamp Square and the nearby red market (lots of small local eateries there), A Ma temple, Kun Iam Temple, Guia Lighthouse, San Ma Lo....

    New Macao: Casino, fisherman's wharf, Macao Tower...

    Old Taipa: the old village, the 4 or 5 green houses facing the venetian now reconverted into museums. lots of local eateries

    Coloane: the best kept secret of Macao: the old village, Cheoc Van beach and Hac Sa beach

    Going out at night:
    MGM lion's bar
    Couple of good VIP bars at the Sands/Wynn and Venetian
    Nice bar on top of the Crown (taipa)
    Kun Iam Statue area (the local LKF) with places such as: Casablanca, Moonwalker...

    For hotter nights out:
    MP3 on Kun Iam statue area (pole dancing)
    Papaya bar (topless)
    DD2 (till the sun shines)
    and probably some others...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mat:
    what expensive seafood resto in Macao??

    Macao is famous for its local food (macanese and portuguese). I have numerous time listed some great Portuguese and Macanese resto on this forum

    Portuguese:
    Alfonso III (near leal senado)
    Petisqueira in Taipa
    A lorcha near A ma temple
    Littoral near A ma temple
    O Manel in Taipa
    ....
    Macanese
    Nha Tim in Coloane is a great choice for example, right by the church under some nice arcades...


    things to see:
    Old Macao: Leal Senado, Ruins Saint Paul, Three Lamp Square and the nearby red market (lots of small local eateries there), A Ma temple, Kun Iam Temple, Guia Lighthouse, San Ma Lo....

    New Macao: Casino, fisherman's wharf, Macao Tower...

    Old Taipa: the old village, the 4 or 5 green houses facing the venetian now reconverted into museums. lots of local eateries

    Coloane: the best kept secret of Macao: the old village, Cheoc Van beach and Hac Sa beach

    Going out at night:
    MGM lion's bar
    Couple of good VIP bars at the Sands/Wynn and Venetian
    Nice bar on top of the Crown (taipa)
    Kun Iam Statue area (the local LKF) with places such as: Casablanca, Moonwalker...

    For hotter nights out:
    MP3 on Kun Iam statue area (pole dancing)
    Papaya bar (topless)
    DD2 (till the sun shines)
    and probably some others...
    Nga Tim sounds closest to what I am thinking. Just working out the trip in my head right now... Seems like the best thing to do is take the Cotai Strip ferry and shuttle to Venetian, then go from there. Sound good? I imagine that taxis are a reasonable way of getting around Taipa/Coloane? If you have any thoughts, please share. Thanks

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    There's a local show on TVB called "So Good" and they just did a whole series of shows recently featuring all the interesting eateries in Macau.

    Here's a youtube link to one of the shows... it's in Cantonese, so if you don't know it, you may need an interpreter.

    YouTube - ?Good ???? ????


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    Quote Originally Posted by Eddy Mundo:
    There's a local show on TVB called "So Good" and they just did a whole series of shows recently featuring all the interesting eateries in Macau.

    Here's a youtube link to one of the shows... it's in Cantonese, so if you don't know it, you may need an interpreter.

    YouTube - ?Good ???? ????
    Thanks, my wife is a big fan of "ah So". I don't think she's seen these episodes though, so I'll forward the link to her.

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    Ah, I just found out about "Dumbo"... this sounds like a good one!


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    Dumbo is OK too - in Taipa Village


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    if cost is an issue, accross the Venetian (at the round about) you can take buses 25 /26a /26 or 21 they all go to Coloane (5 MOP).

    if cost is not an issue, Taxi will set you at around 40/50 HKD from the Venetian.

    On the way back from Coloane, you can also take the bus at the main round about in the old village)


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    Hmm cost is an issue, but $40 seems pretty reasonable to cross an island

    Last edited by deleteduser; 19-11-2008 at 10:56 AM.

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