A private dining experience must meet various requirements to be memorable – the food obviously needs to be great, and ideally on-trend, and the location should be private but not boring. For the added wow factor, the private dining space should have a unique edge, something that makes it stand out, such as the following five Venues with Menus Cover and above image courtesy of … Continue reading Top 5 – Private Dining Asia
It was two days of eating some of the best desserts in Macau in order to research this story, Just Desserts. All photos feature the delicious desserts from Le Buffet, at The Parisian Macao. Continue reading Just Desserts
To transform the humble staple, the noodle, into a memorable dish takes skill and culinary prowess, as I discovered when writing this guide to the best noodle dishes at Sands in Macau. I tried every dish mentioned – in two days! For the print version with basic noodle guide click HERE, for the online version, click HERE. Continue reading Noodles in Macau
Macau is on its way to becoming a fine-dining destination, Privately Yours, an article co-written by me and published in The Peak Hong Kong, explores private room dining options at six of Macau’s best restaurants. Continue reading Private Room Dining – Macau
To narrow it down to five restaurants in Macau that serve memorable Macanese and/or Portuguese cuisine for CNN Travel required, not surprisingly, a great deal of eating. Those chosen stood out for authenticity and deliciousness, with bonus points for the presence of Macanese and Portuguese diners. For those that may not know, one of the outcomes of Macau having been a Portuguese colony has been the … Continue reading Macau – Top 5 Macanese & Portuguese Restaurants
In determining this list of 10 Must-Try Foods in Macau for CNN Travel I intentionally stayed away from Portuguese and Macanese restaurants, because I have another article coming soon that reviews five. Many of the must-try foods on this list are from street-food vendors – which means you could, if you were hungry enough, try all of these in one day. Here is the link to the article, … Continue reading Macau – 10 Must-Try Foods
One of the great things about having visitors, is being able to be a tourist for a day, and just recently I was a tourist in Macau. The article Everything in one day, published in South China Morning Post, was inspired by that recent day in Macau. Continue reading A Day in Macau
Checking In – facts and first impressions The 1,224-room hotel (website) opened in April and is the largest Holiday Inn in the world. Mixed first impressions – I thought the exterior looked decidedly odd and then my travelling companion, who had worked on the project which houses the hotel, explained that the Mongol-style exterior of the Holiday Inn, Conrad and Sheraton, is to represent the … Continue reading Holiday Inn Macao Cotai Central
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