Macau
Night-time in Macau...
We left Guangzhou today and arrived in Macau. Macau’s this kind of underrated former colony of Portugal, but I’ve always loved it. The last time I was here was three years ago. I was stunned at how you could turn a corner and feel like you were in Europe, then another one and you were smack in China. There’s all these new glittering casinos standing next to really decrepit looking apartments.
But that’s all changed really in three years, the last time I was in Macau it was kind of this quaint backwater with one smoke-filled casino (Hotel Lisboa) which at night was full of Russian prostitutes on the prowl. Now there’s mega casinos all over the place and a large entertainment district called Fisherman’s Wharf that’s totally Disney-Vegas and bizarre.
I’m feeling eager to wander around the streets and have some serradurra, a Portuguese (or Macanese?) dessert that embodies everything I love in desserts — cream and simplicity. Macanese food is fun — a mix of Chinese, Portuguese, and Malaysian. It’s stuff like garlic shrimp, spicy chicken, coconut curry, etc.
Oh, and Hugh got rejected from the Wynn Casino because he had flip-flops on. Hah, classy place!
