Ice cream nostalgia

Ice cream nostalgia

by José Simões Morais

After a visit to the A Ma temple, the hot weather pushed us into an ice cream cart nearby. In the middle of the temple’s plaza, under the protection of a big and colorful umbrella, the vendor offered his three flavors of the day: mango, coconut or taro. From the inox steel box he got a cone, and from another metallic box he spooned off an ice cream ball and put it on top of the cone, satisfying our request. While the flavour lingers in our memory we have never seen the ice cream vendor again in our subsequent visits to the area. Later, it was his younger brother, Mr. Wong You Xing, who revealed why. Avoiding the hottest time of the day, we were […]

Do you know Macau? Chinese Festivities: The Days to Welcome Spring

by Diamantina Coimbra, Institute For Tourism Studies (IFT)

The Lunar New Year is one of the most important Chinese festivities. It is celebrated from the 1st day until the 15th day of the first month in China and in many other places with significant number of Han Chinese population. Lots of preparation work is done before the festivity starts, especially during the period of […]

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