In the city of Macau, you can not only enjoy the scenery and have fun here, but you can also taste some special snacks here. Don’t say you’ve never heard of Macau specialties. The famous Portuguese egg tarts come from here. Just thinking about it makes you drool. Really delicious. The editor below recommends some delicious snacks with Macau characteristics.

1. Portuguese egg tart

Portuguese egg tart is the most famous snack in Macau and has long become synonymous with Macau cuisine. The bottom of the egg tart is a crispy egg cake layer, and the top layer is a soft egg yolk layer, which is tender, soft, sweet and delicious. There are two most famous egg tart shops in Macau, one is called Andrew Egg Tart and the other is called Margherita Egg Tart. In fact, the names of these two stores are the names of a man and a woman who used to be a couple. Now the Margherita egg tart is the one that cooperates with KFC among the egg tarts.

2. Pig Bag

Macau is China’s fried pork chop burger. First-grade pork chops are used as fillings, cooked with the chef's secret recipe, especially the tender taste of tomatoes and sweet lettuce, and paired with delicious salad dressing to make Macau-style pork buns.

You can eat it in teahouses, restaurants or some cafes on Zhubao Street. Famous ones include "Chajia (Great Sage Pig Bun)" and "The Story of Italy", whose pig buns are very famous; the pig buns of Shengli Tea Restaurant and Yishun Milk Company are also worth trying.

3. Mulberry bran and cloth.

Mubutian is another dessert full of Portuguese flavor after the popular Portuguese egg tarts at home and abroad. Just looking at the name, it’s hard to imagine why wood bran is also used to make desserts. In fact, wood bran is just crushed cookie crumbs. Wooden cloth points are made of cream, biscuits and other materials frozen layer by layer. The bran sold in cloth stores is relatively plain, with a bit of brown-beige color. The surface and inner layers of the dots are covered with a layer of finely crushed rice husk, giving it a crispy texture. If you like a firmer taste, leave the dots at room temperature for about ten minutes before sending them to your mouth. If you like it soft and smooth, defrost it half an hour in advance. Both ways of eating have their own characteristics.

Many dessert shops in Macau have this kind of delicious dessert, but the most famous ones are Jiurufang Portuguese Restaurant and Mo Yiji.

4. Large vegetable cake

Large vegetable cake is a kind of dessert, which is called Caiyan or frozen cabbage in Taiwan. It is cool and smooth in the mouth, making it a summer snack. In recent years, vegetable pancakes have become one of Macau's famous snacks, among which Tai Tsai's "Mo Yi Ji" is the most famous. Since the restaurant is located in a tourist hotspot, many tourists will eat the large vegetable pancakes as dessert after their meals. The most famous desserts of this shop are durian pancake and mango pancake. It feels cool and smooth in the mouth, making it the best dessert to beat the heat.

5. Portuguese Chicken

Portuguese chicken is a food that the Portuguese learned from African and Indian food. It is made of whole chickens, potatoes, onions, eggs and salt. made of red flowers. It is characterized by a strong aroma, the chicken is delicious, and the curry is only aromatic without too much spiciness. It tastes delicious and unforgettable. The best way to eat it is with Macau’s famous pork buns, or with rice.

Portuguese chicken is a very common dish in Macau and can be eaten in many restaurants. Among them, the Portuguese chicken at Jinfan Portuguese Restaurant, Macau Rooster Portuguese Restaurant, and Xingang Portuguese Restaurant is very delicious.

6. Bacalhau

Bacalhau comes from Bacalhau, a Portuguese cod that is salted rather than dried. It is a main ingredient in many Australian and Portuguese dishes. Many tea restaurants provide Ma Jiexiu dishes, the more famous ones include roasted Ma Jiexiu, fried Ma Jiexiu with shredded potatoes, fried Ma Jiexiu meatballs, boiled Ma Jiexiu, Ma Jiexiu fried rice, etc. Fried Ma Jiexiu meatballs can be said to fully experience the meaty aroma of Ma Jiexiu. Ma Jiexiu’s delicious mashed potatoes mixed with shredded fish tastes really good.

All Portuguese restaurants serve bacalhau. The Ma Jiexiu at Jiurufang Portuguese Restaurant and Macau Rooster Portuguese Restaurant tastes good.

7. Money cake

The main ingredients of money cake are eggs, flour, butter and sugar. There are also two types of money cakes: "add egg" and "minus egg". The method of making a "reduced egg" cake is to use more flour, less egg yolks, and no egg whites at all. It requires more kneading effort and cost, but every dollar cake made according to this ratio will be especially golden and crispy!

There are many shops selling money cakes in Macau, but the only one that stands out is the highly recommended "Pan Rong Ji". It is one of the must-try snacks in Macau highly recommended by the Macao Government Tourism Office website.

Even the "Macau Past Style" series of stamps issued by the post office have the image of "Pan making money cakes"!

Once you have a goal, you can find delicious food~ I wish everyone a happy meal~