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<figure class="wp-block-image alignnone"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ironwulf/4814923815/in/set-72157624078717746/"><img alt="Prawn with Cheese Coctail" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4096/4814923815_7cf06015aa_b.jpg"></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Prawn with Cheese Cocktail</figcaption></figure> There are Portuguese Restaurants, and there are Portuguese Restaurants with style. And the latter is where I would put this small homey restaurant called Antonio Restaurante at Taipa Island's Old Quarters, owned by Macau celebrity chef, Antonio Coelho. We tagged along with him that morning while he bought the ingredients he will use for the dishes he will serve that evening.

<figure class="wp-block-image alignnone"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ironwulf/4659581935/"><img alt="Smoked Salmon" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1303/4659581935_d3aa52ddaa_b.jpg"></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Horizon's Champagne Glazed Cold Smoked Salmon</figcaption></figure> It was a stark contrast from our <a title="Little Turtle" href="http://www.happyfoodies.com/2010/05/18/macau-little-turtle-with-big-noodles/">last meal in Macau</a>. As soon as we enter the 3rd level of Crown Tower within City of Dreams, we knew we’ll be treated to a luxurious dining experience this time around. We were at Horizons, a restaurant known for its grilled steaks and seafood.

<figure class="wp-block-image alignnone"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oggie/4315556320/"><img alt="" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4004/4315556320_ecaf60c228_b.jpg"></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Bale Dutung Brulee</figcaption></figure> When traveling to the north, making a stopover in Pampanga is always a sensible decision. And why not? Kapampangans are really known for their rich food tradition. But eating takes on a deeper, and should I say cultural, meaning when you make a stop at Bale Dutung. Tucked in a residential village, the place looks more like a house than a restaurant which it actually is, being the abode of chef/cook/artist Claude Tayag and his wife, Maryanne. That said, the treatment we got was more akin to dining in a friend’s house.