Macau/Hong Kong - Day 4 ( Part 1 )

Day 4. We woke up abit late, about 8:30 am. Went for the buffet breakie in the hotel, had our full then went back up to get ready. Today we will be in Macau, actually not much of any must go places already, so we head to fisherman wharf.

A man made attraction that has specific themed area like tang dynasty, rome, volcania, aladdin’s fort, spain, amsterdam, etc. Shopping, restaurants and a casino are part of it as well. It was a Monday late morning, not much people roaming around there. We started with 唐城 but the main gate was closed, siting renovation going on. Without going inside, it was just a 唐墙 instead.

"唐墙" was closed

The bridge linking Macau and Taipa behind us

I liked this place. Felt like I was facing the Mediterranean sea. Need quite alot of imagination though

Rome - The Gladiator arena

Then we just strolled through volcania, aladdin’s fort then rome. Take it like a stroll through a park. It gets boring after a while, something we probably won’t go again. We head for the Babylon casino, name sounded like they will “beam you up” if you were on a winning streak kind of casino.

The casino was guarded by Ls. All Ls. Yes … Ls. That was secondary anyway.

It was not big compared to others. But quite a crowd probably part of the itinerary for toured groups. We got time to kill and hanged around the place till about 2+. We roamed around the 大小 tables and place bets based on trends.

It was about luck but since we had time so we just make it more fun. I meant if that table had already open say 7 times 小, then probably chances of it opening 大 will be higher in the next few rounds. The probability will definitely be higher but the trick was when do you bet ? And how much do you bet ? And do you chase ? Sometimes it gets emotional and all the IQ just dissolved.

That is why casino is a sure win business. Not only mathematically and statistically are on their side, but also betting on 人性的七情六欲. About the thrill of seeing what you expected became the actual and the greed of winning more money. Also some maybe blinded 翻本, lose $100 bet $200, lose $200 bet $400, etc. Some luck did bend to our side, recoup some of the losses at Wynn on Day 1.

It was about time to eat. We going for the Macau famous 猪扒包. We hopped into a cab and head to the little road side kopitiam was at Taipa.

Do note the 猪扒包 is only sold from 3 pm to 5 pm. We were there about 2:50 pm and there was a long queue already.

I started queuing while the rest looked for seats.

While queuing, we decided to get 2 猪扒包 each and I also ordered a 鸳鸯 and a 波罗油.


We queued for about 20 mins and finally got what we wanted. The verdict ......

It was just a piece of 猪扒 between 2 piece of toasted 尖头面包 like bread.

The 猪扒 was generous, tender and savoury. At the ordering counter, the 猪扒 were in a pot ready to be sliced between 2 breads.

I can’t remember how much was one, but should be around $3 to $4 SGD.

If a similar kind was selling in SG, probably I will eat it again.


The 波罗油 didn’t have a piece of butter inside it but instead full of some sort of creamery substance. It was good, within my taste bud expectations.


Full again, we were ready for the Sands Casinos !!!