Restaurants, Macau
Fortune Inn @ Lan Kwai Fong Hotel
11/08/09 09:10
Hotel Lan Kwai Fong 蘭桂坊酒店
- Fortune Inn Restaurant (Shanghai) 富臨軒魚翅海鮮酒家
(上海)
Yesterday we had lunch with our friends Donna and Jenny. We went to a new hotel restaurant to visit another friend, Priscilla. Hotel Lan Kwai Fong (previously named the Kingsway Hotel) has recently reopened after a total renovation. The renovation took about 2 years and I have to say, they did a good job. They now describe themselves as a boutique hotel. What this means is that they are a small player in the hotel/casino game being played out in Macau.
The hotel is located about a 15 minute walk from the Macau Ferry Terminal and 10 minutes from Macau’s Fisherman’s Wharf. The best way to get to the hotel is by taxi which will cost about MOP25.00 from most downtown places.
On the 3rd floor of the hotel you will find a Japanese, Western, and Chinese style restaurants. Since Priscilla works in the Chinese restaurant, that’s where we went. The decor of the hotel and restaurants are very stylish. The restaurant itself is small - don’t plan on taking large groups of people here. This smallness has been leveraged to provide a somewhat more intimate setting than most Chinese style restaurants. The hours of operation are 11:00 am to 3:00 pm - during which time they serve from an ala-carte menu as well as local dim sam dishes. The restaurant is also open from 6:00 to 11:00 pm providing a full menu of Shanghai style dishes.
We decided to stay with the dim sam, enjoying a typical Tea lunch (yam chah - means to drink tea and is a wonderful custom in Southern China). While the dim sam menu is not that large, they cover the more popular items and bring some nice touches to these items. The prices for each dish range from MOP20.00 to 40.00. These prices are fairly standard now. Priscilla and the other staff provided first rate attention. The food was prepared quickly and delivered to the table steaming hot. The atmosphere was very comfortable. When you are looking for a relaxed, comfortable place for lunch, you can’t go wrong coming here.
Sarah, Priscilla and Larry
Jenny, Larry, Sarah, Donna
Donna and Sarah
Sarah and Jenny
Fried Turnip Cake in corn cake basket - very nice presentation
Black bean roasted Chicken Feet - you’ve got to try these!
BBQ Pork Buns - standard fare
Shrimp spring rolls
Shrimp Dumplings - very nice
Red Bean paste stuffed pumpkins - very cute and sweet - don’t miss these
Yesterday we had lunch with our friends Donna and Jenny. We went to a new hotel restaurant to visit another friend, Priscilla. Hotel Lan Kwai Fong (previously named the Kingsway Hotel) has recently reopened after a total renovation. The renovation took about 2 years and I have to say, they did a good job. They now describe themselves as a boutique hotel. What this means is that they are a small player in the hotel/casino game being played out in Macau.
The hotel is located about a 15 minute walk from the Macau Ferry Terminal and 10 minutes from Macau’s Fisherman’s Wharf. The best way to get to the hotel is by taxi which will cost about MOP25.00 from most downtown places.
On the 3rd floor of the hotel you will find a Japanese, Western, and Chinese style restaurants. Since Priscilla works in the Chinese restaurant, that’s where we went. The decor of the hotel and restaurants are very stylish. The restaurant itself is small - don’t plan on taking large groups of people here. This smallness has been leveraged to provide a somewhat more intimate setting than most Chinese style restaurants. The hours of operation are 11:00 am to 3:00 pm - during which time they serve from an ala-carte menu as well as local dim sam dishes. The restaurant is also open from 6:00 to 11:00 pm providing a full menu of Shanghai style dishes.
We decided to stay with the dim sam, enjoying a typical Tea lunch (yam chah - means to drink tea and is a wonderful custom in Southern China). While the dim sam menu is not that large, they cover the more popular items and bring some nice touches to these items. The prices for each dish range from MOP20.00 to 40.00. These prices are fairly standard now. Priscilla and the other staff provided first rate attention. The food was prepared quickly and delivered to the table steaming hot. The atmosphere was very comfortable. When you are looking for a relaxed, comfortable place for lunch, you can’t go wrong coming here.
Sarah, Priscilla and Larry
Jenny, Larry, Sarah, Donna
Donna and Sarah
Sarah and Jenny
Fried Turnip Cake in corn cake basket - very nice presentation
Black bean roasted Chicken Feet - you’ve got to try these!
BBQ Pork Buns - standard fare
Shrimp spring rolls
Shrimp Dumplings - very nice
Red Bean paste stuffed pumpkins - very cute and sweet - don’t miss these
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Fortuna Hotel - 7th Floor
22/03/09 17:31
This past week we had lunch with our friends at
The Fortuna Hotel 財神酒店.
The Restaurant is located on the 7th floor and
has two sides - a Chinese side and a Western
side. We found a seat on the Western side. You
can order food from either side no matter where
you sit. They serve a breakfast buffet each day
from 7 to 10 am. on the Western side.
The atmosphere is classy and quieter than many places, even when the restaurant is full. Many days you can sit in booth that will very comfortably seat 6 people. We have never made a reservation but if you don’t get a seat before noon, you may have to wait. I have been one time previously at night and had no trouble getting a seat.
I ordered off the set menu. Each day offers a set lunch special with costs about US$8.50. The set meal includes soup, main dish, coffee or tea and a small dessert. Here’s the soup:
There were two options - Russian Borsch or Chinese style vegetable. I went for the Chinese style and wasn’t sorry. Very nice taste and not so oily like in some places. I’ve had this type of soup in other restaurants that was too oily to eat.
The main dish offered two choices - grilled fish or roast pork and chicken. With each choice you could choose between steamed rice or spaghetti noodles. I also had a choice between two vegetables. Here’s what I got:
The presentation is very nice and the food itself is quite good. The roast pork was very lean and tasty. On the side is a dish of fresh ground ginger used as a garnish for the chicken. You can find this around Asia and when done right is really a treat. A literal translation is ginger sand.
Our friends ordered some additional dim - sam dishes. Take a look:
Baked dinner rolls stuffed with BBQ pork - real nice.
Chicken feet with tofu, deep fried cuttlefish cakes and pork dumplings. Each dish costs about US$2.50 to US$4.00.
We have several friends who work here at the Fortuna. This day we were having lunch with Vanessa and Sue. Vanessa is an employee at the Fortuna on her day off. Sue works at the Hotel Royal.
Sarah, Vanessa, Sue
Our server for the day was Huan. We’ve known her since last summer. She does a great job and really is on the spot when it comes to service. We really appreciate her and our other friends who work in the restaurants.
After lunch, we visited with some of our other friends at the restaurant. Here’s a crazy photo they had me take:
If you are in Macau and want a nice meal at a very reasonable price with first rate service, you should check out the Fortuna Hotel’s 7th floor restaurant. Be sure to check out the specials of the day and tell them that Larry & Sarah sent you.
The atmosphere is classy and quieter than many places, even when the restaurant is full. Many days you can sit in booth that will very comfortably seat 6 people. We have never made a reservation but if you don’t get a seat before noon, you may have to wait. I have been one time previously at night and had no trouble getting a seat.
I ordered off the set menu. Each day offers a set lunch special with costs about US$8.50. The set meal includes soup, main dish, coffee or tea and a small dessert. Here’s the soup:
There were two options - Russian Borsch or Chinese style vegetable. I went for the Chinese style and wasn’t sorry. Very nice taste and not so oily like in some places. I’ve had this type of soup in other restaurants that was too oily to eat.
The main dish offered two choices - grilled fish or roast pork and chicken. With each choice you could choose between steamed rice or spaghetti noodles. I also had a choice between two vegetables. Here’s what I got:
The presentation is very nice and the food itself is quite good. The roast pork was very lean and tasty. On the side is a dish of fresh ground ginger used as a garnish for the chicken. You can find this around Asia and when done right is really a treat. A literal translation is ginger sand.
Our friends ordered some additional dim - sam dishes. Take a look:
Baked dinner rolls stuffed with BBQ pork - real nice.
Chicken feet with tofu, deep fried cuttlefish cakes and pork dumplings. Each dish costs about US$2.50 to US$4.00.
We have several friends who work here at the Fortuna. This day we were having lunch with Vanessa and Sue. Vanessa is an employee at the Fortuna on her day off. Sue works at the Hotel Royal.
Sarah, Vanessa, Sue
Our server for the day was Huan. We’ve known her since last summer. She does a great job and really is on the spot when it comes to service. We really appreciate her and our other friends who work in the restaurants.
After lunch, we visited with some of our other friends at the restaurant. Here’s a crazy photo they had me take:
If you are in Macau and want a nice meal at a very reasonable price with first rate service, you should check out the Fortuna Hotel’s 7th floor restaurant. Be sure to check out the specials of the day and tell them that Larry & Sarah sent you.