Sun 24 Macau - The MML Mad Cow Meet

Eight of us headed for a day oit in Macau - for one of use - it would be her first time ever on the former Portugese colony and emerging casino capital of the Faer East.

We all met up at the Shun Tak Centre - Hong Kong side and caught the 11am ferry across to Macau - we were me(Fred), our beloved group leader and meet organiser - Mei Mei Lai(MML), Jimbo, Roger, Candy,Janet, Tania and Anneee.

For a full on photo account of the day click on this link - Macau Meet Slideshow

Anyway here is a brief summary of the day words and piccies:-

First up was as taxi ride to the famous St. Pauls Facade with steps that leads down to the famous treet of free samples of egg rolls, almond biscuits and various types of meat jerky, eventually arriving at the historic Senado Square. This year St Pauls still had the leftovers from the Year of the Rat celebrations.


The view down the steps from St Pauls


Not that I'm being sexist or anything but first here's a piccie of the girls


And now one of the boys


Jimbo treated us to the famous Macau Po Tart and as you can see we had to fight hard with MML to stop her from eating them all


As usual snacking on street food is aways an option and I do believe that Roger may have had a stick of yue dan.


One of the famous foods of Macau is the various types of meat jerky which are very good and range from wild boar to fillet of beef with prices to match


Our little group decided this place was the place to fill up with Macau food goodies and came out with bags of their produce


Lunch was at Restaurante Plateo and given its fame was more interesting than memorable


Dishes such as baked chicken with spicy sauce and bachaloe baked with seafood was interesting rather than delcious




Traditional jery seller complete with street side oven and bitter herbal tea stall




Next off we were off to the Venetian Casino - Macau - a place to gambling and consumerism and a tacky American interpretation of minature Venice.









MML and her friend Janet


Dinneer was at the fabulous Bambu Asian Buffet restaurant in the Venetian


and included some amazing oysters


and a fairly decent selection of desserts


The Macau Geng


It was a great day and most people had a nice sleep on the ferry back


Here are some videos from the day....