Specialties worth buying in Macau: Chelsea Cove candy, Portuguese egg tarts, Macau fresh oysters, Sanko wife cake, Macau almond cake, etc.
1, Chelsea's Newtons
Chelsea's Newtons are a specialty of Macau. It is rumored to be a kind of candy passed down from a Russian candy maker named Chelsea Kov, hence the name Chelsea Kov Nutty Candy. There is also another theory that it was first invented by Chef Ling from Hong Kong. There is no way to tell who first invented it. This candy tastes sweet and does not stick to your teeth.
2, Portuguese egg tart
Portuguese egg tart, also known as Portuguese cream tart, caramel macchiato egg tart, is one of the representative terms of the Macao cuisine. In the late 1980s, an Englishman brought Portuguese tarts to Macau and opened Andrew's Bakery on Coloane Island. After switching to English custard filling and reducing the amount of sugar, the tarts were well received by Macau residents and became a famous snack in Macau.
3, Macau fresh oysters
Macao was formerly known as the oyster mirror, the river in the inner harbor called the oyster river, which is rich in fresh oysters, the literati to oyster word is too vulgar, so "oyster mirror" to "Hao mirror", The literati changed the name from "Oyster Mirror" to "Haojing" and "Oyster River" to "Haojiang", because the word "oyster" was too vulgar. In addition to fresh food, oysters can also be made into oyster sauce, etc., is a popular favorite food.
4, Sanko Wife Cake
Sanko Wife Cake is a special pastry of Macao, characterized by its production adhere to the traditional handmade cake technology and continuous innovation, which is made of winter melon, sugar, sesame for the filling, glutinous rice flour for the crust baked. With its crispy skin and glutinous filling, salty, sweet, thin and crispy, sweet but not greasy, it is a delight to savor.
5, Macao almond cake
Macao almond cake from the development of mung bean cake, the main ingredient is mung bean flour, only because the appearance of almonds, so called almond cake. Although almond cake was not first created in Macau, it has developed and grown here and has become one of Macau's most famous specialties.