Macau is one of the most popular destinations for mainland tourists. Besides architecture with different styles and high-end luxury hotels, food is also one of the most attractive reasons.
When it comes to Macau cuisine, many people will immediately think of a series of snacks such as egg tart, pig bag, beef offal, eggs, curry fish balls, and many Michelin restaurants, including 18 Michelin restaurants and dozens of Michelin recommended restaurants.
Maybe, you may not be interested in figures and legends. If you really experience them, your feelings may be deeper.
My feeling about Macau is that no matter which restaurant or food stall it is, it is delicious. You don't have to go to the food guide. Sometimes you walk into an obscure restaurant and the food you make will still be impressive.
This may be one of the reasons why Macau has been rated as the four gourmet capitals of China by UNESCO. The other three cities are Chengdu, Shunde and Yangzhou, all with their own characteristics.
Some people may argue that the cuisines there are more profound and delicious, but I want to say, try it for yourself, even if it's roadside snacks for comparison. I live in Beijing and have been to many cities. Compared with the palm-sized Macao, it is not necessarily comparable.
This time in Macau, I went to a place called Quezai Garden, where there is a century-old vegetable market surrounded by admirable food and snacks. Tourists usually don't know this place, but if you ask the local people, he will usually say that the snacks here are authentic.
Quezai Garden originated in 1863 as an open-air market. Later, it was demolished in 1939, and a western-style vegetable market was built, until today. We especially came here to look for snacks, but found that every family was delicious. We were full, but we ate a lot.
rice rolls, pork intestines noodles, chicken wings noodles, beef noodles, Hainan chicken rice, fried ribs, Dongyin Gong, etc. Everything is delicious, especially delicious. In fact, there are not many stalls and small shops, but each one is really delicious and the price is very cheap.
I am very emotional. Why can they cook so delicious?
Macao people told me that many small shops existed when they were children, and they still exist today. In fact, many shopkeepers no longer need to come out to make money, and the money at home is enough for the elderly, but they usually continue to do it for the sake of their neighbors, perhaps because they have formed a habit. I can't help but think of the place where I grew up. There is an old man selling newspapers at the door, where he has been selling newspapers for 56 years.
This may be the so-called craftsman's ingenious spirit. Is it the reason why their snacks are delicious that they use good materials, use enough materials and treat them with a normal heart?
Quezai Garden is really a gathering place for snacks. It is highly recommended to try it. I won't recommend any one, because they are all delicious.
For example, the headquarters of Andrew's egg tart is on the other side of Luhuan, which is far away in the south of Macao. There are all kinds of delicious foods around it. I remember the abalone noodles I ate at Luhuan coffee, which cost 72 Australian dollars a bowl, and it was also very delicious. In addition, there is a super-famous local cafe in online celebrity: Han Ji makes coffee by hand. The coffee is delicious and the noodles are super delicious, but the facade looks like an ordinary food stall.
Like the Fifth Street in October, there are also many snacks. The TV series "Macau Street" of TVB is about this old street, with the history of Pinfang Bakery, Fenji Roasted Meat, Cantonese Opera Old Tea House, Nanping Yaxu, and even a century-old drugstore, ranging from decades to hundreds of years. The old man of Fenji Roasted Meat is very old. He is called the best roasted meat in the universe by local people, but the shop looks very humble.
Of course, there are famous places like Rua do Cunha, with all kinds of cookies, stories and many unknown snacks. After nightfall, many food stalls and restaurants are full of excitement, such as Huiji seafood and Taizi fishing village, which are all good places for supper, and each dish is particularly particular.
in addition to these snacks, the delicious food in those colorful restaurants is also very delicious. Like Wynn Palace in Wynn Palace, every dish is unique, like the Italian restaurant in Galaxy Hotel, and the western food is simply delicious. Of course, Portuguese cuisine is also worth mentioning. A Portuguese descendant named Anna is fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin, Portuguese and English. She opened an "old place" in Fulong New Street, which is known as Shark's fin street, with a distinctive name of China. She said that Portuguese food and Portuguese food are actually two concepts, and Portuguese food is actually a fusion of Chinese and Western. The dishes she cooked are also very delicious.
It is said that it is a place where cultures are integrated, and the food is particularly delicious. Hong Kong, Vancouver, Sydney and other places are all delicious places for Chinese food, and Macau is certainly one of them. It is said that Macao chefs have won gold medals for many years in the World Food Competition.
I don't just think it's the cultural integration, or the ingenious persistence of craftsmen, which has shaped Macao's cuisine. More than 3 square kilometers, more than 6, people, a small place, a university asked.