Our BBC Travel Show adventures did not stop in Hong Kong. With Macau as our next-door neighbour, it only made sense that the editorial team at BBC World would want to hop across the Pearl River’s estuary to check out what the story-rich territory had to offer.

So, we packed our gear neatly, picked show host Christa Larwood, at her hotel and India Latham, director of the companion pieces, at the Hong Kong airport. We then went on our way, crossing the amazing 42 km long Hong Kong to Macau bridge in one of our luxury vans. No question, this is the way to go for TV productions, as logging a good amount of gear onto the traditional high speed ferry really is a hassle.

Just as we did for the Hong Kong piece, we conducted extensive research on a wide range of themes before picking the ones we would cover in the show.

Macau, being this clash of cultures and compression of history in a tight space, had two themes that imposed themselves: architecture and food, both as cultural crossroads.

As part of our production service, we worked on the editorial for this travel show episode together with the UK team. Starting from selecting, and then developing the stories to be featured in the show, as well as securing all access for our crew to film.

We asked Christine Choi, of JWCC Architecture, to introduce how 500 years of Portuguese heritage in old Macau cohabit with the over the top Las Vegas-like casino strip in Cotai. Christine takes Christa on a tour from the UNESCO World Heritage site city centre, to the shiny entertainment strip, making sure the born Londoner stops by……. The Londoner, Sands’ most spectacular recent redevelopment!

And to explore the first “fusion cuisine” of the world, we could not have found better experts than award-winning chefs Antonieta Manhão, who prepares for Christa the classic balichaão, and Florita Alves, who makes another classic dish, the delicious minchi.

Mixing business and pleasure: that is what happens when you get to produce food shows!

Did we whet your appetite? Try this at home: here is the recipe for the dish for porco balichaão, and here is the one for minchi.