A guide to the best Cuisine Macau has to Offer

If you’re looking for a unique cuisine, some fine restaurants or mellow bars where you can have the time of your life, Macau is the place to go! It is famous for its Macanese cuisine, which has a blend of Portuguese tastes, as well as Chinese cuisines.

Portuguese food was brought in by Portuguese sailors, and traders, who decided to settle in this region and later colonize it. It is characterized by its hearty, salty, and straight forward fare. If you’re looking to try some fully authentic Portuguese fare, though, then you might as well visit Portugal, because most of the dishes served in the local restaurants here are influenced by the Chinese tastes tailored to suit the taste buds of the locals. Only a few high-end restaurants offer authentic and traditional Portuguese food, especially the restaurants that are running their business at the southwestern tip of the Peninsula.

We have compiled some of the typical Portugese dishes found in Macau in a list as follows:

Pato de cabidela

In simple English language this is called a bloody duck. However, it consists not of duck, but it is actually a stew made with chicken, blood and herbs. It has rice served as a side line. The name may sound rather terrifying and fend off your appetite, but take our word for it – it tasted really good when prepared well.

Bacalhau

This is cod, which has been salted and served with generous amounts of vegetables and thoroughly cooked potatoes. It is perfect for those individuals who are diet conscious and looking for a low caloric meal.

 

Caldoverde

This is a famous Portuguese soup, made with potato, chopped kale and sausages called chourico.

 

 

Feijoada

This is also a stew, but unlike Pato de cabidela, it is make with kidney-beans. This is a Brazilian staple that is very easily available in Macau as well.

 

Pastéis de nata

These are egg tarts. They are famous for being crispy and flaky on the outside and soft and sweet on the inside.

 

 

Macanese food, like stated before, is a mix of Portuguese and Chinese foods, because of the spices that were brought in from Africa and South-East Asia by traders. One of thebest-known Macanese restaurant that speicailzed in seafood and barbecue is Fernando’s on Coloane’s HacSa Beach.

We have also compiled some of the typical Macanese dishes in a list as follows:

Almond cookies

Almond Cookies are a really good option to take back home as a souvenir from Macua. They are Chinese styled cookies but dry and flavored with almonds. They last for a long time, without becoming rancid, are compact and easily available in bakeries and pastry shops.

Galinha à Africana

This is African-style chicken. It is barbequed andcoated in spicy periperi sauce which also comes from Portuguese. It is the same sauce that is currently being used by the international food chain known as Nandos, for making flame grilled chicken.

 

Galinha à portuguesa

This is chicken that is prepared with coconut curry.