Macau Gourmet Paradise

Welcome to Macau, a unique city more than East-meets-West. The stunning variety of distinctive cuisine available in Macau makes this international city a paradise for food lovers. With plenty of fresh ingredients and many restaurants to choose from, there is food to please every palate.

Wines and gourmet are butter and bread. Various kinds of Portuguese wines are widely available in restaurants and they are still a bargain in Macau. Area near the Statue of Kum Iam and Avenida Dr. Sun Yat Sen is an oasis of trendy bars, pubs and restaurants, attracting crowds who want to enjoy the fantastic nightlife of Macau.

Macau's delicacies are known-to-world, which always attract locals and the tourists. What's more, Macau's vast number of local food stalls caters to every visitor's taste and budget, visitors' "must-try"mode of dining.

Macanese Cuisine

With over 450 years of history, Macanese cuisine is unique and irresistible. It is a special combination of Portuguese and Chinese cuisines, with ingredients and seasonings collected from Europe, South America, Africa and South East Asia. Common cooking techniques include baking, grill and roast. Macanese food is renowned for its flavour-blending culture. Typically, Macanese food is seasoned with various spices including turmeric, coconut milk, cinnamon and balichao, giving you unforgettable aromas and tastes. Signature dishes include “Galinha Africana”(African chicken) and Macanese Chili Shrimps.

Portuguese Cuisine

Though Macanese food is ubiquitous, authentic Portuguese cuisine is also widely available in Macau, affordable and irresistable. Common cooking methods include bake, simmer, grill and fry. Portuguese cuisine is typically seasoned with salt and various spices – a briny and zesty combination. Bacalhau is hightlight of Portuguese cuisine which can be prepared in more than a thousand delicious ways. Dessert is also featured. “Serradure” and Portuguese sweet rice are the items that cannot be missed!

Chinese Cuisine

Macau features food from every Mainland province and all food is deliciously different. Peking duck is the highlight of Peking cuisine. Steamed buns with minced pork filling, wonton in Shanghainese style and freshwater hairy crabs are popular dishes in Shanghainese cuisine. For those visitors who like “Yum Cha” (literally means “drink tea”), dim sum cannot be missed. Dim sum includes a variety of dumplings, buns and pastries, for instance, Shrimp dumpling, Meat dumpling and spring roll. Other famous guangdong dishes include shark’s fin soup, roasteries and seafood.

International Gourmet

Macau is definitely a great place to look for good restaurants with different types of worldwide cuisine. New Reclamation Area (near the Statue of Kun Iam) is renowned for itw wide range of culinary options including Eureopean-style cafes, pubs and lounges, offering alfresco dining in a relaxed setting. Imagine that you are situated in every corner of the world in this area – “Rua de Londres”, “Rua de Roma”, “Rua de Paris”…… it is a place to be seen any night of the week! Macau boasts excellent restaurants in Rua do Cunha at Taipa Village and Rua S. Domingo at Macau Peninsula, serving virtually every Asian cuisine. Take a flavourful culinary journey to India, Vietnam or Burma. Since Rua de Abreu Nunes is packed with many Thai specialities include curried dishes, grilled fish and tom yam gunn soup. Japanese food is plentiful and popular, from inexpensive soba noodles to sushi, which is worth for a quick bite.

Locals’ Favourites & Snacks

Some of the local signature dishes are the “must-try” items, though they are usually found in the laid-back eateries and side streets. Two of the Macanese snacks. Pastéis de Nata (egg tarts) and the “Pork Chop Buns” are currently favoured by Hong Kong people. On Sundays, head to the Island’s Weekly Fair and dine with a difference. More than a flea market, the Taipa Village Sunday Market is more well-planned. Over a hundred markshift stalls will be set up selling local snacks at Rua de S. João. Dining in this bustling market can be a great fun and a real cultural experience. Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro (popularly-known as “San Ma Lo”), Rua da Felicidade, Travessa do Matadouro and Rua do Cunha in Taipa Village are the streets to find local snacks. Packed with shops selling Macau’s delicacies including almond cakes, egg rolls, peanut candies, roasted meat slices and many local specialties with so many options to choose from. Some of the snacks are even cooked right in front of you. All of them are best handy souvenirs for friends.