While in Macau, my parents and their friends insisted on having dinner at this place. They were introduced to this restaurant by a famous local friend (he has connections) last time they were in Macau. We had spent most of the first and part of the second night in town walking around all the old and narrow alleyways looking for it. It happens to be a few blocks from Pastelaria Koi Kei.
We finally found it. YEAH! But as you can see from the first picture, it didn't look impressive on the outside. I was thinking my parents and their friends must have gotten it wrong, but they recognized the owner who immediately called the celebrity friend, who was out of town at that time, and verified that our group was indeed this famous man's friends. Once that was all settled the owner told us she knew what to serve us but wanted to know how much we wanted.
The first dish (the only one I had time to take pictures of - boo me) which was the soup - WOW! It's their signature shark fin soup. I've had my fair share of shark fin soups, but I've never seen shark fin soup like this.
The fins are cooked separately from the soup and are ordered by weight. I think we ordered one kilograms worth. Jess said last time they were here is was about three times as much and looked like a mountain. Again WOW!
The soup is chicken broth, but not like any chicken broth I've ever seen or tasted. It tasted so chicken-y, free range chicken-y. The broth was creamy in color, not clear, and the aroma made my stomach growl. As I had my first sip, my tummy was all warm and happy. I'm smiling as I'm rethinking about it. hhhhmmmmm... :-)
I don't think anyone can ever make chicken broth like that at home. Look at all that shark fin in just one spoonful of soup and every spoon was that full!! I was in heaven. I walked out of there totally satisfied and knowing I could never have another bowl of regular shark fin soup without sighing and remember that one night in some tiny alley in Macau.
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