Macao’s food culture is “learned from both the East and the West” and “knows the past and present”. It has dishes that are unparalleled in the world, and its “Macanese cuisine” is one of the best. It is a world of delicious food that makes people yearn for it. There is an ancient saying: Food is the most important thing for the people.

But the Chinese have never been so fond of and so particular about food as they are now.

Chinese food culture and food fashion have the potential to sweep the world!

In the streets and alleys of Macau, in addition to the Cantonese cuisine restaurants that can be seen everywhere, you can also taste precious Chinese and foreign dishes such as Beijing cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Huaiyang cuisine, French cuisine, Portuguese cuisine, especially the "Macanese cuisine" improved by the Macao people.

It can be called a masterpiece.

Macanese cuisine has become the gourmet cuisine that best reflects cultural tolerance, and has also become a tourist attraction that attracts a large number of Chinese and foreign tourists.

It brings together the characteristics of the central, south, and north. Many outsiders have a saying about Macau people, which is called "Macau people are not afraid of entertaining guests." This means that when Macau guests invite guests to dinner, they will never worry about what kind of meal to treat, and they guarantee that you will have a unique meal.

Dishes that are unique and not found anywhere else.

Because Macau can be said to be a collection of cuisines from the central, south, north and west. Here you can not only taste authentic Portuguese cuisine, but also Macanese, Cantonese, Shanghainese, Japanese, Korean and Thai cuisine.

If you still prefer Chinese food, many restaurants in Macau offer everything from traditional roasted chicken and steamed fish to specialty Peking duck, shark fin soup, roasted suckling pig, as well as snacks such as shrimp dumplings, siomai, and pink fruit.

Eat as much as you can.

The Chinese restaurants in Fulai New Street near Xinma Road are the most famous.

If you want to find an affordable place for a change of taste, you can go to a snack shop and try a variety of porridge, noodles, wonton dumplings, ginger juice and milk, etc. You can have a full meal at a low cost.

Vegetarians can also go to Bodhi Zen Temple for a light vegetarian meal.

At night, many flavor restaurants and barbecue restaurants in the old town of Macau Peninsula are very popular.

The fragrant beef offal soup, chicken legs, beef ribs, quail, mutton soup, etc. are all available, making you endless aftertaste.

A few days ago, at the invitation of Mr. Lu Bo, the executive deputy editor of Macau Daily, the author went to Genji Huisheng Game Hotpot Restaurant on Qingcao Street to taste mutton hotpot.

This shop with a history of more than 20 years is very simple, but it is crowded with diners.

The mutton hotpot is unique. It uses East goat from Hainan Province and is topped with black mushrooms, garlic sprouts, garlic cloves, etc. The meat is extremely tender and tender. The more you drink the soup, the more you want to drink it. Even I, who grew up eating mutton, have experienced it for the first time.

Incomparably beautiful and delicious.

Most of the Taiwanese-style teahouses that have become very popular in recent years are concentrated in "Xinqiao District" and "Dijingyuan District of Xinkou".

There are Thai restaurants concentrated in a street called Erma Road near the Royal Capital Hotel. Specialties include rich fish, pickled chicken feet, fried shrimp cakes, etc.

After eating to your heart’s content, if you still want to bring some to your family when you go back, you can buy some wonton dumplings, almond cookies, egg rolls, crisps, peanut brittle, and chicken cakes from bakeries along Xinma Road in the Central District to Qingpingzhi Street.

Don’t underestimate snacks such as biscuits and jerky. These are products of an old bakery with a history of more than half a century. They are ancestral craftsmanship. They are sweet and salty, sweet and crispy, leaving a lingering aroma in your mouth and cheeks.

Bars, coffee shops or outdoor cafes are another option.

After lunch, many people like to go to a coffee shop or outdoor teahouse to drink a cup of strong coffee to drive away tiredness.

It is really enviable for tourists who have time to spend a lazy afternoon accompanied by coffee and leisure.

For example, there is a good Portuguese coffee shop on Banzhangtang Street, which also sells a wide variety of Portuguese desserts and pastries.

Or go to the famous Portuguese egg tart shop, where you often see people eating crispy Portuguese tarts with relish, regardless of burning their mouths.

There are various types of bars in Macau, including luxury bars in five-star hotels, local bars where you can enjoy a drink, and music bars where guests can dance to the rhythm of African music.

In recent years, Portuguese-style cafes have also become an emerging dining venue in Macau.

The more famous coffee shops are concentrated in the Ban Zhang Tang area and Ma Tong Street in Nanwan.

In these coffee shops, you can not only taste unique coffee, tea and wine, but also Lisbon-style snacks and desserts.

Unique cuisine in the world. Portugal has ruled Macau for more than 400 years and has left a deep imprint on its cuisine.

Generally, when foreign guests come to Macau for the first time, Macau people will definitely treat them to Macau's brand meal - Portuguese cuisine.

And all outsiders who have eaten Portuguese food can accept it and like it.

Because the cooking methods and ingredients of Macanese-style Portuguese cuisine are an eclectic mix of cooking techniques from Portugal, India, Malaysia and China’s Cantonese cuisine, the original Portuguese cuisine has been improved and made up of each other’s strengths. It can be said to be a unique cuisine in the world.

With signature dishes such as curry crab, African chicken, and spicy garlic prawns, you can enjoy a combination of Chinese and Western cuisine with a touch of Nanyang flavor.

In addition to Macau-style Portuguese dishes, Macau also retains authentic Portuguese dishes, such as duck rice, horseradish, and grilled sardines.

?h Duck rice is a Kung Fu dish that is only available in limited quantities. The fresh duck is marinated and roasted for forty-five minutes. The skeleton is removed to cook the stock, and then the stock is used to cook the rice. Finally, the cooked duck meat is buried in the rice and served.

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The aroma of duck meat goes into the rice. It is a Portuguese dish that is very suitable for Chinese tastes.

Ma Jiexiu is the most common protagonist on the Portuguese table. It is said that it can be transformed into thousands of recipes in Portugal.

In fact, Ma Jiexiu is salted cod, and the more authentic Portuguese restaurants are, the saltier it tastes.

The common menu items in Macau restaurants include horseradish balls, stir-fried horseradish with shredded potatoes, and roasted horseradish. The horseradish imported from Portugal must be soaked in clean water that is changed twice a day for three days to remove the salt before cooking.

There are also Portuguese chicken, braised pork knuckles, vegetable soup, Portuguese sausage, etc.