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Mom discovered this place through her readings and because she loved her first buy, she told me she had to go back to Macau to buy this dried fish.  I would not be surprised that is why we went to Macau!  There are quite a few vendors selling dried fish, but Mom says this is the BEST! ” It is not the same!!” She always tells me this when she is trying to prove a point to me.  She even said that people from Hong Kong come all the way to Macau to buy this dried fish.  Mom said to just eat it like tuyo or put it in your fried rice like the salted fish fried rice

 The place is somewhere near Senado Square.  It is a bit difficult to use a car or taxi here because the street is a no stopping street.  But somehow we managed!

They give you the fish to smell….everyone smells it acting as if they can tell by smelling 🙂 

Mom and the owner of the shop 

Then we have it cut already, so there is this guy that has this gadget to cut it 

he is so proud to show it and he also makes you smell it after cutting it 🙂 

I don’t know the other things they sell, but they have plenty other chinese ingredients 

They pack it so well, you can pack it in your suitcase and it won’t smell 🙂 I will try to document one time how Mom cooks this

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There is the Grand Lisboa which is the new hotel and casino and there is the old Hotel Lisboa.  We had dinner in the old Hotel Lisboa where they had this very good Chinese restaurant. Also in the Michelin guide. 

They recommended the Crystal prawn, very expensive and it comes by piece.  It was a big prawn and it was really good 

They recommended their sweet and sour pork which was really good 

Pigeon 

Complimentary dessert which was like “Salabat” or ginger tea 

 Owner of the Grand Lisboa 

And again in the Hotel Lisboa lobby are some precious items displayed 

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 A popular place recommended by many.  One of the reasons I love Macau is because of its Portuguese influence.  I like Portuguese food because it is similar to Spanish in many ways.  This was our first dinner in Macau.  We were actually very full form lunch so we were not able to order too many dishes but we enjoyed our meal

The place is very very small and you really have to make a reservation to make sure you get a seat.  Some people were knocking on the door who had no reservations and they had to be turned down 

Of course we felt at home because all of the dining staff are Filipinos! And we get special treatment 🙂  And true enough they told us many Filipinos come to Antonio to dine

For the cheese lovers out there, please please do not leave Antonio without having this dish!  Gratinated Goat’s Cheese with Olive Oil and Acacia Honey Served on Toast, Lettuce and Balsamic Vinegar. YUMMY!! 

Of course Bacalao – this was the version with cream and cheese 

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