[Macau - Hong Kong] Day 3 : Sands Cotai Central ( Kids Cavern ), Ruins of St. Paul's

August 1st, 2014

This is the last day for us to have a full day at Macau. So we have to go to every place that we want to go. First we went to Cafe Deco Venetian for had a breakfast.

This is a huge place for have a breakfast. They also have a lot of foods. But the taste isn't as good as at Sheraton. 

Her favorite foods : corn and lettuce!! 

Finished the breakfast,  then we walked around that area. Venetian Resort is really big. I've walked at Venetian a day before, but i didn't pass this area. Next to the Cafe Deco, we found a gift shop. 

Pretty masks

A cute " Toothless " doll 

After shopping we went to the swimming pool area. As i remember,  they have 3 swimming pools but its not big.

The biggest swimming pool at Venetian 

My hubby told me that he wanted to see Transformers Expo  . He saw the banner in front of Cafe Deco. But i didn't want to watch it. So he just watched it with his brother. 

At 1 pm, we decided to go to Sands Cotai Central. I heard there's a DreamWorks parade at 3 pm. And i also wanted to go to Kids Cavern. Kids Cavern is a large store that sells children stuff. There are a lot of toys, clothes, and candies!!!

Lollipops 

Tons of Sweets 

We bought a few kinds of candy. Then we saw Koufu food court. Sounds interesting... We tried to look inside. There's a lot of food there (and not too pricey like at Venetian). So we decided to have a lunch there.

Plate burning sambo MOP 98 

I order plate burning sambo at Pan One. It contains salmon, beef, and chicken. I mixed it with the sauce, its so tasty.. All the meat cooked well done. And there's no strong pepper taste like at  "Pepper lunch"

Finished with our lunch, we explored Sands Cotai Central, and waiting for DreamWorks All star parade The parade is located at Level 2 The Shoppes of Cotai Central. They started at 3pm daily. I'm so excited with this parade. Because you can take a picture with all the character of DreamWorks. My daughter gonna love it.

The parade runs for about 30 minutes. After that we walked to City of Dreams, and used a shuttle bus to go to Hotel Sintra. You can use that shuttle bus to go to Largo do Senado (Senado Square) and Ruins of St Paul's.

The situation is much different than in Taipa area. Its more crowded and not quite as in Taipa. We walked to Largo do Senado, and saw there are a lot of people there. There are a lot of shops at Senado. There are Okashii Land, Milan Station, etc. At Senado, you also can found a lots of people selling pork jerky and pork chop bun. They'll give a tester in front of their store.

St. Dominic's Church 

"Crazy" pose because of the hot weather 

We were going behind the ruins and saw the inside

Finished with the Ruins of St Paul's,  we were going to Mount Fortress and Museum of Macau. They're located next to Ruins of St Paul's. There are 2 ways to going there, to the right (long and high stairs), and the left (going up with the escalator inside Museum of Macau). At the first time i didn't know there is an escalator to going up. So i chose the right way. Its really far and the hot weather made it become worse!!

Grand Lisboa from Mount Fortress 

Couldn't stand with the hot weather, we were going from Senado. But before go back to hotel, we went to Margaret's Cafe e Nata. Its located not too far from Senado. They are known to sell very tasty egg tarts.

I came at 5pm and they only had 12pcs left. So i think you have to come earlier. I tried 1 bite and felt the taste was amazing!! Its more delicious than Lord Stow's egg tart. The sweetness and the crispy pastry make it perfect.. Even my daughter can eat 3pcs egg tarts.

Shuttle bus to City of Dreams from Hotel Sintra

For the dinner, we decided to go back to Koufu food court. We ate "Plate Burning Sambo" (again) at Pan One. That's totally recommended!! Actually we had a plan to go to Grand Lisboa and Wynn Hotel after dinner. But it was raining :( So we just turned around to go back to our hotel. Accidentally, we found another part of Sands Cotai. There's a beautiful place to take some pictures. LOL.

Turbo - the fast snail 

So this is the end of our journey at Macau. Tomorrow,  we had to go to Macau in the morning.

[Macau - Hong Kong] Day 2 : Venetian Resort , Rua do Cunha and City of Dreams

July 31st, 2014

View from my room at Sheraton Macao

Today we had a plan to explore Venetian and go to Rua do Cunha. But before that, we had a breakfast at Sheraton Macao Hotel. Seriously, the foods are really good.

Dim sum 

Bacon is a must...

The bacon was crispy, and the red bean was so tasty. Actually i don't really cherry tomato. But these tomatoes were really good. It's not too sour. They just baked the tomatoes until cooked. 1 portion wasn't enough for those cherry tomatoes.

After had a breakfast, we checked out from Sheraton Hotel and moved to Venetian Resort. We followed the sign to the Sands Cotai Central. As i know, there's a bridge from Sands Cotai Central to Venetian. We just followed the sign and then we found "Toothless" from How To Train Your Dragon movie. Its so crowded in the morning.

FYI, Sheraton Hotel, Holiday Inn, and Conrad hotel are connected to Sands Cotai Central. So you don't need to go outside the building. When we were walking at Sands Cotai Central,  we saw the indoor bridge which connecting us to The Shoppes of Four Seasons. (Venetian Resort located next to the Four Seasons)

Sands Cotai Central 

When you arrive at Four Seasons,  keep following the sign to Venetian Resort. They'll lead us to the Venetian without going outside the building.

Moschino store at The Shoppes of Four Seasons 

After check in at Venetian we just went to our room. We booked "Bella Suite" for us. Actually the room wasn't really big. But the interior is really beautiful. Even my daughter didn't want to leave the room when i asked her to go out

Luxurious bathroom 

2 queen beds at Bella Suite 

Today we only want to explore The Grand Canal Shoppes at Venetian. I heard its really big and you will not finish it even though you walk there for a day long. And that's so true.

We also tried the famous Portuguese egg tart from Lord Stow's Bakery. The pastry was really crispy. It tasted good. I heard Lord Stow's Bakery is the first bakery who sell egg tart in Macau. CMIIW

At 4 pm, we decided to go out and heading to Rua do Cunha. We went to the West Lobby (the place for all the shuttle bus stop) and turn right. We found the escalator to the bridge for accros the street. But its not indoor bridge. The weather was really hot. Although its already 4 pm.

Venetian Building seen from the bridge 

 After the bridge just follow that way. Its not far from there.

The first thing that i did is looking for the famous Pork Chop Bun "Tai Lei Loi Kei". I tried Pork Chop Sweet Bun and Curry Fish Ball. Someone told me their curry fish ball is more delicious than in Hong Kong. That's why i decided to try it, because i never eat curry fish ball before and i'm so curious with the taste. I ate 1 fish ball with the curry sauce. The curry flavour is too strong and spicy. I don't like it. But i like the fish ball. Its so chewy.

Pork Chop Sweet Bun 

Then i tried the pork chop sweet bun. The pork chop is so tender and tasty. You don't need to put on ketchup or chilli sauce. The flavour is so perfect.  But i don't like the sweet bun. I think it was too sweet and didn't match with the savory flavor of the meat.

After that we walked around Rua do Cunha. Actually that's a nice place. But the weather were extremely hot so we didn't enjoy the trip.

Lots of pork and beef jerky

Pastelaria Koi Kei

Durian Pudding "Mok Yi Kei"

The hot weather made us can't stay too long at Rua do Cunha. So we decided to go back to hotel, take a rest, and go to City of Dream. 

In front of City of Dream 

City of Dreams is just across the Venetian Resort. Its connected with Hard Rock Hotel. At City of Dreams there are 2 amazing show, Dragon Treasure and House of Dancing Water. But i didn't have enough time to watch the show.

Aurelia also take a picture of the dragon 

We were going out from City of Dreams and saw the beautiful lights from Venetian building at night.

For the dinner we decided to go to the food court at The Venetian Macao. I didn't feel hungry at that time. Maybe because of the pork chop bun and lots of snack that i ate at Rua do Cunha. But i saw Leitaria I Son. I've read the reviews before about the steamed egg milk from Leitaria I Son. So i decided to try it.

Steamed milk

If you are a fan of milk, you'll love this food. Milk taste really strong. But there is no sweetness at all of these foods. I'm not a fan of milk. So I think it feels really weird. Like eating fresh milk pudding without sugar.

Tempted by a bowl of instant noodle

The noodle has a big portion. I couldn't finish that all. I just ate the egg and pork (so yumm), and little bit noodle.