Going to Macao this Weekend

Don't miss the new Fatburger in the Venetian! (Somehow, I think you'll ignore this advice...)

"Fog Cutter Capital Group Inc. Opens Its First Fatburger Restaurant In China"

(PORTLAND, OR) – October 1, 2007 -- Fog Cutter Capital Group Inc. (OTCBB: FCCG) has announced the opening of the company’s first Fatburger restaurant in China, located in the Venetian® Macao-Resort-Hotel.

Additional Fatburger restaurants are scheduled to open in Hong Kong in the coming months: the first on Queens Road East and the second at Jia Hotel in Causeway Bay in early 2008. Fatburger also plans to open a Beijing location at Solana – the city’s first lifestyle center – in April 2008. Fatburger estimates call for approximately 25 locations in China by the end of 2010, all company-owned. Additional sites on the horizon include further locations in Hong Kong, Macao, Shenzen, Beijing and Shanghai. Customers will enjoy Fatburger favorites, including imported, fresh, 100 percent pure lean beef burgers, homemade onion rings made from scratch each morning and hand-scooped real ice cream shakes."

Hi Jenny, we just went this weekend or we would join you. My gf loves to shop in Macau. If you don't get anyone to guide you around this weekend, let me know and we can arrange something for a future date.

Fatburger? i haven't heard this restaurant before.hehe...have searched it on google for it, the food looks good. Anyway, if i have any chance to find the place, i will try.

Thank you ddblough. i think i will go this weekend, since my Macao pass is going to expire soon and i don't want to waste it. talking about the Macao&HK pass issue for chinese, i am always wondering why we chinese still need a pass to going there, since Macao and HK are parts of China now. and also the citizenship issue, i don't have the citizenship in Zhuhai, so i must go back to GZ to re-apply for the pass. Such a painful issue......

Hope we can go and shop there next time, ddblough!

I want to go all over the world!!

I re-apply for visa on internet.
EMS will fetch it, and I can receive new one after 15days!

ZZ

"i am always wondering why we chinese still need a pass to going there, since Macao and HK are parts of China now"

Therein lies one of the advantages and disadvantages of the "one country, two systems" policy. My Guangxi-born wife can't even GET a Macau/HK visa anymore...too many people left and never returned.

"i am always wondering why we chinese still need a pass to going there, since Macao and HK are parts of China now"

If that was the case Jenny_zh, to have an open border policy, I think Macau and Hong Kong would be bursting at the seams. With millions of insular mainland Chinese trying to find the mysterious roads of gold that await them in these locations. The social systems there are very different; than here on the mainland, always scratch deeper than the surface Jenny.The border is there for a reason and very sensible reason too!

可怕的不是进步速度慢，而是止步不前
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still

Hey ZZ. Can you give more details on applying for your visa on the internet? My gf has the same problem and has been sending her ID and visa to her brother in Zhangjiang. What is the link? Do you worry about them losing your ID?

Thanks!

The website: http://www.gdcrj.com/wssq/
She should send the visa back to her resident city(ZhanJiang),ID is no need, and then re-apply the pass on the website!

ZZ

Yes, Kingstadlux. You are right. But the more limitations people have going to Macao, the more eager they are and Macao looks more mysterious for them.
Macao is a tour city and what they need is the tourists, the more the better within certain limitation. the different system and culture attracts people there for a venture and sightseeing or shopping.China has a big pupulation and there should be a limitation on the valum of people going to Macao and HK depending on the city's acceptance capability but i still don't agree about the visa applying system. Citizenship shouldn't be a limitation,not in the aspect of visa and also many other areas. it's a pain when thousands of people working somewhere other than their hometowns.

Anyway, any suggestions about the hot shops in Macao? for clothes, makeups, books and other hot spots i shouldn't miss them?

I want to go all over the world!!

You can try El Centro (probably Largo de Senado on your map if you have one). Many clothes shops, make-up shops, etc are located here, plus many small side streets with more local flavor. You can also sightsee at the Ruins of St Pauls and the old fort just next to it. When you are tired you can have coffee at Starbuck's or ice cream at Hagen Daz.

Or you could try the big department store, New Yaohan (close to the ferry terminal). Very upscale clothes and jewelry, but also quite a bit more expensive.

Macau is not really a tourist city but a casino city. Most aluring for them would be the bus loads of mainlanders that have the big dollars to punt in the casinos. Because gambling is still meant to be illegal within your country. Im not sure if the tour buses of mainlanders not within that financial classification, all wearing yellow hats and ambling around is a good idea or not. But then again they prolly all hit the 'Sic Bo' tables at the casino too. So if you totally open the border what will happen is pandemonium, every beggar, farmer and other will still be trying to find the famous roads of gold.

可怕的不是进步速度慢，而是止步不前
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still

"Anyway, any suggestions about the hot shops in Macao?"

For ladies? SASA, of course!

http://www.sasa.com/SasaWeb/sch/misc/store_locator_hk.jsp

澳門

高士德大马路23-33号地铺 (853) 28 552-836 10:00am-10:00pm
澳门议事亭前地18-20A号中华商业大厦地铺 (853) 28 355 124 10:00am-10:00pm
澳门板樟堂及大堂巷地下、地库及阁楼 (853) 28 322 155 10:00am-10:00pm
澳门殷皇子大马路43至53A号及苏亚利斯博士大马路81至113号澳门广场地下C铺 (6月18日启业)

SASA is located on Largo de Senado (El Centro)

Hi, I am back on this.
i am now applying a pass to Macao via the internet. Hope i can go to Macao during the Chritsmas Day.
My citizenship is in Guangzhou and i am living and working here in Zhuhai now. So when i apply for the pass online, should i fill in Guangzhou or Zhuhai on the second page? And if i choose the post service, can i just send my visa to Guangzhou to reapply the pass or i need to go there myself?

I want to go all over the world!!

You need choose GuangZhou on the website, and just send your visa back to GZ! If you want to get it before Chritsmas Day, apply A.S.A.P~~
ZZ

Jenny_zh wrote:
> ...i am now applying a pass to Macao via the internet.

I've always wanted to travel via the internet, it seems like such a fast way to get from A to B. Please let me know what it's like and which internet travel service you most recommend. :-p

Peace. Have a lovely day

regards,

T. Tempest. DCA
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Watch the sarcasm, Doc! It will fly RIGHT over many readers' heads! (By the way...sarcasm is contractually banned by my school. I am NOT making that up. What a country.) ;)

thnx Canrun,

actually I laughed my socks of on the first read. When I got to the latter part of the post, I realized what was being said. Still, I DO like the idea of traveling, "via the internet." :-D (That's a big smile btw. no sarcasm intended.)

regards,

T. Tempest. DCA
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hehe, i didn't realize that. when i come back to read my words, it's a little funny. Hope it's not a sarcasm, but a friendly joking indeed.Anyway, you can travel through the internet for thousands of miles. you can never doubt about that.

I want to go all over the world!!

if u like italian food pl visit Toscano. it's off the main plaza at Centro.

Hey jyoti. I love Italian food. Is this place on a side street? What name?

It's called "Toscano." (Or very similar.)Turn right at McDonald's in the main plaza. 30 yards ahead. Voila! Darn fine prosciutto!

i like Thai food better, any suggestions? not so expensive ones....

I want to go all over the world!!

Now we're talking. I love Thai food even more than Italian. I'm going to get my fix next week in Shanghai, but if anyone knows of a good place in Zhuhai or Macau, I'd love to hear about it.

BTW, I meant the name of the side street, but "turn right at the McD's" is good enough for me.

"I meant the name of the side street"

Uhhh...good luck. It's basically an alley, actually.

Chang Thong Restaurant (Jin Xiang Yuan in Chinese) is a good one and not so expensive. thre is one on Chang Sheng Road near Gongbei underground market.

I want to go all over the world!!

There's a thai restaurant in the Mandarin Oriental in Macau...not so cheap but the food is authentic and not borderline fusion.

I should check out the thai place in zhuhai sometime.

Good questions about Toscana. I used to go to Toscana when it had a branch near the Jetfoil to Hong Kong, but it has moved since then. I am now looking for it.

"Turn rt at MCD" is a bit vague for me. There is a MCD along from the Leal Senado towards Rua Central. Is that the one? Probably not, I would say.

Google has maps for Hong Kong, but I am not sure if they cover Macao now. A map of the area might be the best way to solve the problem.

BTW, I am going to Macao on December 15, and then to Zhuhai on December 16, so I would be happy to meet up with anyone going the same or the other way, if that makes sense !

Amax

Its the McDonalds in the central square. So you're walking into the square keep McDonalds on your right and turn right into the small alley just after Mcdonalds.

If so, there's a really fab Portuguese restaurant, about 30 m up th lane on the left. Wonderful food and service. The coffee bars/bakeries further along are also great to visit.

regards,

T. Tempest. DCA
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Yes, the little alleay way that starts just after Mc Donald on the maon square and that goes up to the church square.
JJ

Got it. I know the alleyway. That is a different MCD, but you're right, it is the more logical MCD as it is on San Malo (Leal Senado, Centro apparently - all the same).

I remember Toscana is on your left going up the hill. There is a Portuguese restaurant near the top on your right, and that is probably the Portuguese restaurant being referred to.

So that's sorted, then.

Amax

Hi everyone, first post here. I am planning on going to Macau next week for a day or two. I plan on flying from Beijing to Zhuhai and then crossing over into Macau. A few questions:

1) How far is the Macau Border from the Zhuhai airport, and what are my options to get there?

2) Is Macau like HK in the sense Canadians don't need a special visa?

3) What are the prices on food, lodging and shopping like in Macau compared to HK, Shanghai and Beijing?

4) Do the casinos have Texas Hold em poker tables?? :)

Thanks for any help you can provide. I plan on flying down on either the 10th or 11th and returning in 1-2 days. Is anyone else interested in making a run with me?

whoa guys! macau is great for all types of tucker,[vietnamese anyone?] but zhuhai's own little thai restaurant just after bar street,on the left heading toward gongbei ,is fantastic, and economically priced. the fey-thai decor is nifty/kitsch, and the dishes not so fiery hot for newbies. thouroughly recommended.

1)
3 borders to go from Zhuhai:
Gongbei, Wanzai and Hengqin.
The closest to the zhuhai airport is the hengqin one.
Check this page later today or tomorrow ( needs updating):
http://zhuhai.expat9.com/handbook/macau-to-zhuhai
Please note that the zhuhai airport is quite far from the down town area ( 1 hour driving).
2)
No need for a visa for Canadians to go to Macau.

3)
Macau is still cheaper than HK for food and lodging... not sure compare with Shanghai or Beijing.

4)
Not sure about the Poker question... maybe you could ask this one in the Macau forum :)