Fun with media, part one:
Saveur magazine runs The Saveur 100 in their Jan/Feb issue every year -- 100 cool food-related things that catch their eyes. They talk about ingredients, restaurants, trends, chefs, tools... whatever strikes their fancy. This year, number 62 is Fernando's Restaurant in Macau. God, that made me smile.
Macau is about a hour or so by hydrofoil from Hong Kong. Like Hong Kong, it's a former colony, a sprinkling of tiny islands just off the vast bulk of mainland China. But the character is totally different. It was a Portuguese colony, and the pace of life was much more Mediterranean than British. We'd go over there for quick getaways, just to remind ourselves that life wasn't always completely frantic. There weren't many high-rises -- I can't remember if there were any at all, actually -- and there was actual empty land between buildings, which was unheard of in Hong Kong. We'd wander the streets and go to the old fortress, where a monk fended off the British with a single luckyu cannon shot; look at the courtyards and churches; and sit under the trees or on the terraces of the big fancy colonial hotel overlooking the water ... what was it called again? I can't remember. I'd try to decipher the Portuguese signs using my pitiful French (It's not as silly as it seems -- and I'd have better luck with Portuguese than with Chinese.)
Macau was also popular for its casinos and legalized gambling. I never saw the point of that.
Fernando's was reason enough to go to Macau. It's this amazing place right on the beach on one of the less-populated islands -- Coloane? -- looking out into the South China Sea. The food is incredible -- I especially remember the garlicky shrimp that had me sucking on my fingers for days. I never knew exactly what I was eating, as the menu was just in Portuguese and Chinese. I loved it there so much.
Now I want to go back, just to taste that shrimp and listen to the waves again.
Fun with media, part two:
A letter in The Economist magazine: Sir - You unfairly depict George Bush as an "enthusiastic, if imperfect, speaker of Spanish." He is, after all, an enthusiastic, if imperfect, speaker of English. Hee.
I love the Economist. Thanks to my sisters and brother in law, who got me a subscription for Christmas.
Saveur magazine runs The Saveur 100 in their Jan/Feb issue every year -- 100 cool food-related things that catch their eyes. They talk about ingredients, restaurants, trends, chefs, tools... whatever strikes their fancy. This year, number 62 is Fernando's Restaurant in Macau. God, that made me smile.
Macau is about a hour or so by hydrofoil from Hong Kong. Like Hong Kong, it's a former colony, a sprinkling of tiny islands just off the vast bulk of mainland China. But the character is totally different. It was a Portuguese colony, and the pace of life was much more Mediterranean than British. We'd go over there for quick getaways, just to remind ourselves that life wasn't always completely frantic. There weren't many high-rises -- I can't remember if there were any at all, actually -- and there was actual empty land between buildings, which was unheard of in Hong Kong. We'd wander the streets and go to the old fortress, where a monk fended off the British with a single luckyu cannon shot; look at the courtyards and churches; and sit under the trees or on the terraces of the big fancy colonial hotel overlooking the water ... what was it called again? I can't remember. I'd try to decipher the Portuguese signs using my pitiful French (It's not as silly as it seems -- and I'd have better luck with Portuguese than with Chinese.)
Macau was also popular for its casinos and legalized gambling. I never saw the point of that.
Fernando's was reason enough to go to Macau. It's this amazing place right on the beach on one of the less-populated islands -- Coloane? -- looking out into the South China Sea. The food is incredible -- I especially remember the garlicky shrimp that had me sucking on my fingers for days. I never knew exactly what I was eating, as the menu was just in Portuguese and Chinese. I loved it there so much.
Now I want to go back, just to taste that shrimp and listen to the waves again.
Fun with media, part two:
A letter in The Economist magazine: Sir - You unfairly depict George Bush as an "enthusiastic, if imperfect, speaker of Spanish." He is, after all, an enthusiastic, if imperfect, speaker of English. Hee.
I love the Economist. Thanks to my sisters and brother in law, who got me a subscription for Christmas.
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