HERO CHINESE RESTAURANT - A Restaurant Review

January 18, 2010 11:00 am

Last meal in Macau! Pao was hell-bent on satisfying his dimsum hits. Aaaaaand we had to rush back to Fisherman's Wharf for my Wun Ying goodies. Our last two agenda during our Macau trip. We were supposed to meet Abie and Rai for lunch, but the two ended up sleeping in (had a late night last night! After dinner at Ping's [which I have yet to review], we wandered into the Wynn, and the two Lisboas before we settled down at Grand Lisboa for a beer. Exhausted!). The Fisherman's Wharf was empty as usual, but we did see Hero Chinese Restaurant. They were just opening - 10:00 am on the dot, we were the first customers there, hahaha.

First in and squinting under the morning sun!

(And at Ping's and the Macau Restaurant the nights before, we were last out! Aaaah the life of the full-blown tourist!)

Two of the waiters were Filipino! We asked if we could reserve our table and place our orders already, so that while waiting for the food, I could nip over to Miami Life Style to buy my goodies. They agreed! Yay! So Pao and I ordered Steamed pork belly with dried vegetable sprout (which was tender and very succulent), Fried broccoli with garlic (which, for some strange reason, tasted better than the regular broccoli with garlic from the Chinese restaurants back home), Fried rice with choi sun veggies (tasted like regular old Yang Chow), and dimsum of course.

Rub a dub grub

Pao was in charge of the dimsum, naturally. He ordered the Sichuan supreme shrimp dumplings (hakaw, in other words), Steamed pork dumplings with crab roes, and Steamed minced beef ball.

There. Happy trooper now ready to head home to Manila.

We were at the wharf by a little past 10:00 am, and had placed our orders actually by 10:30. The Miami Life Style boutique with the Wun Ying stuff opened at 11:00 am. We had to wait. Slight panic! (Pao wanted to get out of there by 12:00 noon latest, since we had to be at the airport by 1:00 pm. Eeek.).

Thankfully, the boutique opened 11:00 am on the dot.

I dove inside, scrambled to buy my trinkets, and rushed back to the restaurant.

Mission accomplished! Yehey!

Place was still empty even when we came back from the boutique and after taking some quick pictures of the wharf!

We finally settled down for lunch.

Tucking in, as the Brits would say, before our flight! (Blech to airport food!)

We spent HK$ 500 for our lunch. We crossed to Sands to catch a cab back to the hotel. And here ends our Macau restaurant sojourn!

Hero Chinese Restaurant
Fisherman's Wharf Macau
(In the Amsterdam section of the Wharf)
Macau, Macau
Tel. No. (853) 2872 8807

FIRST THING

Whoa. New FB format.

Good morning.

SOME NEWS

Just a quick note. We are NOT going to be staying in Shangri-La Boracay after all. Our client, who very generously offered that Shang prize for my and RMS' winning the Christmas card design competition here at the firm, wasn't able to book ahead. We'll be going on February 13, and it happens to be Valentine's and Chinese New Year that weekend. Boo.

But! They did billet us at Two Seasons. And since it's entirely free, naturally, we are still completely ecstatic. Two Seasons is in Station 1 which is a relief. (We were worried about hitting the bar scenes in Bora since we read that Shang was at the other end of the island. Shenglots in a tricycle, hassle. I think this means if we do ever go to Bora Shang someday, we can take Laz because most likely we'll be stuck drinking in the resort). AND! Tita Lorna generously offered to foot ALL our plane fares. (Only my and Rhea's plane fares were free, initially, not the hubbies'). According to Tita Lorna: it's her wedding gift for Rhea and Charlie, and it's nepotism for Pao and me! THANK YOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!

Image from here

But! I AM GOING TO BORA WITH GALIS. As in hard-core galis. I got skin dermatitis last month and it got WORSE. I am one big walking flake. My legs and arms have little red (and incredibly itchy) dots. It's worse than chicken pox, I swear. SOBRANG HASSLE HOMES. Can't take it. Imagine prancing around in Boracay in your bikini all covered with galis. Uuuuuuuugggh. If you see me, please stay away, it is not a pretty sight. And no, I do not plan to walk around the beach all covered up, ala track suit, I'd look too engot.

That's all for now. I have a Motion for Reconsideration to finish - and file TODAY! Plus a legal memo for a retainer client due on Monday. (Still juggling my litigation and corp case loads - am beginning to think I prefer maybe just focusing on one area of practice because this is beginning to drive me nuts. Like, for instance, I've driven down to BIR in Quezon Avenue twice this week for another corporate file. Not cool. In fact, MAINIT!).

BUT! Laz is coming over to pick me up at the office later - I can't wait! The Associates are driving down to Tagaytay together after work - with Laz and Atchang tagging along. We're spending the night, hurrah! And it's Biancaycong's baptism tomorrow too - am ninang! Yay! Laz will get to play with three kids this weekend - Tasha, Bianca and most likely David at the baptism too! Sakto, the kid's been craving little people! Yay again! I hope everyone else has a great weekened!

ENTER FEBRUARY

Aaaaand... there you have it. February already. Work has been crazy busy lately. I have yet to finish my Macau restaurant reviews and travel entry. Over the weekend, we went on an impromptu roadtrip to Rizal and wound down our Saturday with a wonderful, wonderful dinner at Laya. I also still haven't been able to do my travel post for Cebu from last June. January was a full month (which reminds me, I have to do a monthly round up too. Argh). Gad. Well, I am a measly associate in a law firm, a mom, and a wife - I do my best, even if it means being forever behind on the blog entries!

Am just happy about catching Laz still awake when I get home. Maybe two times a week he's fast asleep already, but recently, on most nights, we still catch him all happy and hyper. When we pulled in our driveway this evening, I saw Laz standing by our sliding doors, pulling the curtains aside and peering out like a little housewife. And there I was, running indoors, and there he was, screeching in glee. We have this whole Sound of Music drama where we always rush towards each other, arms outstretched, our world bursting into song. Oh the mushiness of motherhood.

Speaking of song. Big Bird makes Laz laugh - and dance. And he's taken the dancing thing to the next level: he doesn't just pump his arms up and down - he can also swing from side to side, haha. When we were watching the Sesame Street video earlier, he pulled up his shirt and started thumping on his tummy. The boy's got rhythm.

Am also really happy about Laz getting into our bedtime reading routine again. There was a time when he was too impatient to sit through it. He'd either slam the book shut or try to tear out the pages. Now, after rough housing with his Papu (clambering, tickling, tossing), he settles down and listens to his bedtime story. Then he cuddles down to sleep. I love this new routine.

* * *

Time to stop mooning around - I brought work home. Two pleadings to finish. It's going to be a looooong night. And it was a long day to begin with. Siiiiigh. But at least the sight of this little critter snoozing beside me never fails to make me grin:

My Mr. Chuckles

ANOTHER FIRM DINNER

That time of the year again! Always a lot of bonding and "teambuilding" activities for the firm during the first half of the year, I noticed. Aside from tonight's dinner, we have the food fest lined up, an out of town with the associates, and the summer outing with the non-legal staff. I can't believe it's been almost a year since the last dinner - and with noticeably different faces this time. Hay naku the turnover rates for lawyers talaga in firms. Legendary, as Barney would say. And since I'm counting - am going on my 2nd year with the firm this April 3. Gosh. With the galis to prove it too, hehe.

Associates at one end.

And more associates on the other end - with the partners!

(We are a medium-sized firm after all - kasya na sa isang long table!).

The Associates for 2010 (minus Manong!).

That's Ateneo, San Beda, and U.P. Law - reprezzzzeeeent!!!

Don't we all look so boringly corporate?!

* At least I got to break in my new Melissas! Teehee!

ODD EYE

Last! Was really fascinated with the bunch of Odd Eyes scattered all over the Wun Ying shelf (they have a little corner in this boutique called Miami Life Style which I found in Fisherman's Wharf Macau during our trip). I bought this Leopard Sheep Odd Eye initially thinking I could hang it somewhere in our house:

Then I visited the website, and it turns out, you can use Odd Eye for "fantasy shots" for your camera and you can use it as a necklace (honga naman, why didn't I think of that).

Pao naturally couldn't resist fooling around with it:

This could be a potentially really fun toy.

I intend to bring it to the beach...

... aaaaaand this wraps up my Wun Ying entries (blogged about it here and here)! I can finally move on now AND I can finally go to bed! Ha!

STILL GAGA OVER WUN YING

Anna promotes for Carrie (for free!):

my Happy Princess poster; Blind Fly badge; Indigo Child Cheers badge; Indigo Child Noah's Ark tee; coin purse (name wasn't on website!); Leopard Sheep odd eye

I can't stop gushing over Carrie Chau's Wun Ying Collection, I know I know. Prattle prattle prattle. Much as I thoroughly enjoyed our trip to Macau, discovering Carrie Chau's darkly whimsical art was definitely one of the highlights of that vacation for me. So I'll be sharing my Wun Ying little goodies in installments, since it brings me such great joy to sit and scrutinize the details of each piece. I wish I could draw and paint like this!

Badges to add to my collection at home.

I especially like the dreamy expression on the little girl pilot's face (right).

Got this Happy Princess poster for the house.

Had to hand-carry it (which I hate), but it was worth it!

"Happy Princess" Poster image from here.

My Noah's Ark tee up close. Gasp! Look at the details. Am in love.

Couldn't find this coin purse on the website anymore, so I don't know what it's called.

There's a see-hear-speak no evil trio on the little girl's head, and she's got her hands around her exposed heart.

Left - the bird-shaped key ring for the coin purse; Right - another illustration for the tag.

See. It's all this attention to details that I like.

Speaking of details - this is the price tag for the tee!

It's the same Indigo Child Cheers print as the one on one of the badges.

Am thinking if I could maybe turn it into a huge pendant.

Get some leather or velvet cord and then maybe have it varnished or lacquered or whatever it is they use to protect ceramic pendants?

Give the whole arts and crafts deal a bit of a shot.