The Pentium Era - South to North

Compared with the return of Hong Kong more than two years ago, this year's return of Macao seems to be more emotional. A nine-year-old girl from Macao, Rong Yunlin, sang "Song of the Seven Sons" in her childish and non-standard Mandarin. , stirred the hearts of the Chinese people.

"Do you know that 'MACAU' is not my real surname?/I have been away from you for too long, mother!/But what they took away was my body,/you still keep the soul in my heart./Three hundred years of dreaming that I have never forgotten My biological mother!/Please call me by your baby name and call me ‘Macau’…”

The melody of this song has been familiar to people for the first time since the Spring Festival Gala in 1999, and then, from the beginning to the end of the year, it has been echoing in this land. I don’t know the author of this poem. Mr. Wen Yiduo is under Jiuquan, can you hear it?

Zhang Chen and the others will start preparing for their trip to Macau after watching the live broadcast of Macau's return on TV on December 20th.

On the 30th, a large group of Zhang Chen, Liu Ligan and others, plus several classmates and good friends of Lao Tang, a total of more than 20 people, set out from Hangzhou, Meng Ping and others from Nanjing Departure, He Hongmei set off from Beijing alone.

Zhang Chen, Liu Ligan and the others were the first group to arrive in Zhuhai. At the exit, they saw Lin Yiyan waiting for them, as well as the bus driver from their hotel.

When old friends meet, they inevitably yell and hug each other warmly. After new friends are introduced to each other, they quickly become old friends.

He Hongmei was the second batch to arrive. She was carrying a backpack alone, with her hands in her trouser pockets, walking in the crowd and looking around. Everyone looked at her and felt a little lonely.

He Hongmei did not wear glasses and her eyesight was not very good. She turned her head towards them and did not see them. Xiao Zhao and Lin Yiyan both shouted. She squinted her eyes and looked here carefully, and then she saw them clearly. , while waving, he walked towards this direction.

Meng Ping and Qian Fang were the last ones to arrive. Yuanyuan ran at the front. She knew that Xiang Nan and Xiang Bei had also arrived and wanted to play with them. She saw Zhang Chen and Liu Ligan from a distance, so she The first one ran out of the exit, ran over, looked at Xiang Nan and Xiang North, but stopped, a little timidly.

She felt that going south to north was different from what she had imagined.

Tan Shuzhen quickly told Xiangnan Xiangbei to call her sister, Sister Yuanyuan.

Xiangnan and Xiangbei called Sister Yuanyuan, and Yuanyuan laughed. Then the three children held their hands together and started playing in the hall, quickly forgetting about the adults.

Over there, Lin Yiyan, Qian Fang and the others had been hugging each other for a long time. Most of them had not seen each other since they left Hainan. How could they not be excited.

Everyone arrived. They went to the airport parking lot and got on the bus from Chen Qihang's hotel.

The bus passed Gongbei Port, entered the Macau Peninsula, drove along the Friendship Bridge Avenue on the coast, crossed the Friendship Bridge across the sea, and took them directly to the entrance of Chen Qihang's casino.

Chen Qihang led his son and waited for them at the hotel gate. Qihang's son was as old as Xiang Nan. Tonight, he would live in a room with Zhang Xiangbei, and Xiang Nan would live in a room with Yuanyuan. Qihang also brought the nanny from home, and she was responsible for taking care of the four children.

In this hotel, adults can go everywhere, but children have many restrictions, especially they cannot go to the casino.

When the adults went to the casino, the nanny took the four children to play in the hotel. The casino hotel is no better than an ordinary hotel. There are too many entertainment facilities and places to play, but there are also too many There are so many unsuitable places that they need a nanny to follow them all the time.

Qihang and Lin Yiyan took Lao Tang and Lin Shuwan to see the place where the wedding would be held the next day. The wedding was held in the lobby of the hotel. Next to it was an open restaurant connected to the hotel lobby, where buffet parties were provided. , outside the floor-to-ceiling glass surrounding the restaurant is the blue sea.

Everyone looked at it and thought this place was great.

After putting down the luggage in the room, Erhuo, Wu Zhaohui, and Li Yang were going to the casino. Chen Qihang said that it would be better to go after dinner. For dinner, we would go to Sullivan's Restaurant to eat Portuguese food and give everyone a vaccination first. This Portuguese food is actually not very delicious, at least we don’t like it very much, but since we are in Macau, we still want to try it.

"I still want to eat that frozen crab." Liu Ligan shouted.

"That one is right here in Taipa. When we come back, we can go there for supper. Now we still go to Sullivan's Restaurant." Chen Qihang said.

The group took three minibuses that set sail from their hotel, and passed the Macau-Taipa Bridge from Taipa to the Macau Peninsula. The Macau-Taipa Bridge is a cross-sea bridge built at the mouth of the Haojiang River. The whole bridge has a very unique shape. Unique, the two up and down ramps are like two water waves, connecting the Macau Peninsula and Taipa Island. They are really like a rainbow lying on the waves, spanning the sea.

The Macau-Taipa Bridge is the first cross-sea bridge in Macau and was designed by Portuguese bridge expert Jia Duosu.

When the bridge was built in 1974, it was called the Governor's Bridge. However, this awkward name was abandoned by everyone almost from the first day the bridge was built. The locals like to call it the Macao-Taipa Bridge.

Later, the name of the Governor-General Gallepi Bridge was forgotten. Even in tourist guides, all news media, movies and TV shows, everyone called it Macao-Taipa Bridge, and this became its official name.

Sullivan's Restaurant is not far from the Macau-Taipa Bridge. After passing the Amazon Trumpet Circle at the end of the Macao-Taipa Bridge, along Avenida Dr. Soares, and then turning right on Nanwan Avenue, you will arrive at Sullivan's Restaurant.

Many roads in Macau are called main roads, but they are actually very narrow, similar to the relatively remote streets in mainland cities. This probably goes along with the saying, the more something is lacking, the more people like to call it something.

The minibus had no way to park on the roadside in Nanwan, so we dropped them off and drove away. We would pick them up again after they had eaten.

A group of people stood on the roadside and saw a two-story building on the roadside. The decoration was very simple. On the door was "Sullivan's Restaurant" in Song font with a green background and light yellow.

Whether it is Zhang Chen, Liu Ligan or Meng Ping, they all feel that this hotel is too inconspicuous. Whether it is located in Hangzhou or Nanjing, no one will choose to treat guests in such a hotel.

However, looking around and on both sides of the streets they passed by, there really weren't any large restaurants or restaurants in Macau. The most luxurious and grandest restaurants were probably all in casino hotels.

Chen Qihang told them, don’t underestimate this restaurant. It has a history of nearly 50 years. It is the oldest and most famous Portuguese restaurant in Macau. Many people from all over the world must go there when they come to Macau. We came here to eat. If I hadn't been friends with their boss, there would have been so many people dining here today, and we wouldn't have been able to book a table even two months in advance.

Chen Qihang's words aroused everyone's interest in seeing what this so-called most famous Portuguese restaurant in Macau is like.

They walked into the restaurant and felt that this place really lived up to its name. It was really just a restaurant. There was no way you could call such a place a big hotel. The business area of ​​the entire restaurant was only about a hundred square meters. Inside There isn't even a big table, they are all square tables covered with white tablecloths and can only accommodate four people.

There is very little space between the tables, and the entire restaurant feels cramped at first glance.

The waiter knew Chen Qihang and Lin Yiyan. When he saw them, he led them to a wooden staircase in the corner. In order to seat so many people today, Chen Qihang reserved the entire second floor. The owner of the restaurant, The layout was reorganized upstairs, and the square tables were put together into three long tables, so that more than thirty of them could sit down.

The first dish served is their signature dish, a cup of mashed potato and green vegetable soup per person. The ingredients of this dish are very simple, that is, mashed potatoes into garlic-like potato puree, and cut the green vegetables and Portuguese sausage into thin strips. , add the soup and cook together, then drizzle with olive oil and serve.

But the simplest dishes are often the ones that pay the most attention to heat and ingredients. Otherwise, ordinary ingredients can only continue to become an ordinary dish.

This simple dish is full of color and flavor, with green vegetables, light yellow potato puree soup, and red Portuguese sausage mixed in the middle. When you eat it, the salty fragrance of the sausage, the fragrance of the green vegetables and the olive oil are all in your mouth. The mellowness of the soup potato puree refreshes the taste buds and leaves a deep impression. Taking a sip of the soup and then biting into the piglet bun that goes with the soup makes you feel at ease instantly.

What came next were all their signature dishes, including Portuguese chicken, Portuguese grilled fish, curry crab, and spicy prawns.

Liu Ligan was full of praise for the spicy prawns, but Zhang Chen and Li Yang liked the curry crab. Lao Tang's favorite was the Sullivan's pork chop here.

"I can eat five portions of this pork chop by myself." Old Tang shouted loudly.

"You are such a pig." Lin Shuwan cursed, but gave the pork chop on her plate to Old Tang.

Chen Qihang laughed and quickly called the waiter to serve two more Sullivan pork chops.

While looking at Lin Shuwan, Old Tang shouted, "Okay, I really can't control it, there's nothing I can do."

Everyone laughed.

Erhuo told them that I like to eat them all.

Meng Ping was eating grilled dragon and fish, and said to Chen Qihang, "Qihang, that's not right, the food here is not very delicious, it is too delicious."

Everyone agreed. Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, said that there are several Portuguese restaurants in Taipei and I have eaten in them all, but none of them are as delicious as here.

Several ladies were very fond of the shrimp toast and horseradish balls here, and several of them ordered second portions.

Of the four children, only Chen Qihang’s son is more reserved. He has probably come here so many times that he is no longer surprised. Yuanyuan and Xiang Nan Xiangbei both love the wood bran cake and mango pudding here. I was staring at these two items all night, they were so delicious!

Wang Minsheng was eating the chaff cake and studying it. Xiang Nan and Xiang Bei stared at him eagerly. Wang Minsheng looked at them and smiled, I know how to make it. When I go back to Hangzhou, I will make it for you. .

Both Xiang Nan and Xiang Bei cheered. Yuanyuan almost cried when she heard that they had returned to Hangzhou and had plenty to eat. Wang Minsheng quickly told her that I would teach the master of our Nanjing cake shop how to make it and let him do the same. Can I make it for you to eat?

Yuanyuan became happy and nodded her head again and again.

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