Although Macau is considered as one of the most expensive travel destinations, you can still survive there with a tight budget. What is more, you can eat big on the cheap without missing any important traditional local dishes which are rich in flavor and extremely delicious. Macanese food can be as cheap or as expensive as you want it to be. The island is filled with posh restaurants and expensive casinos, but you can easily dig into cheap food mostly found at street food vendors and small local restaurants.
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Macau is often referred to as the Vegas of the East, and while it is decked out in casinos, there’s also so much more!
Your Right, the food! Street food runs rampant in Asia, and in Macau is no exception. While a lot of the food is the same as in Hong Kong and China, you can also find exotic East-meets-West flavors thanks to Macau’s Portuguese roots. And you want to know the best part about these delicious blends? Most of them come in the form of desserts!
This is what you need to know! You can eat delicious food without spending a lot!
So if you find yourself in Macau, Here are 10 Must-Try Street Eats.
1) Portuguese Egg Tart
The most famous street food in Macau would have to be pastel de nata, or Portuguese egg tarts. Credited to bringing Portuguese-styled egg tarts to Asia in the 1980s, Lord Stow’s Bakery is said to make the best around. Egg tarts can be found all across Asia, but the Portuguese version is definitely king. With its top caramelized like creme brûlée, this was one famous Macau treat we had to try.
2) Pork Chop Bun
The most simple of Macau street food would have to be the pork chop buns, or “piggy buns”. The name of this snack says it all because it’s simply a pork chop on a plain bun; no lettuce, sauce or other surprises– but trust me, they aren’t needed. The buns are toasted until crispy on the outside but remain soft on the inside, and the freshly fried pork chop is juicy and tender. The best part? These buns are all fresh and made to order!
3) Pork and Beef Jerky
Known as bakkwa, this Chinese dried meat product is similar to what westerners would call jerky. Most commonly found in beef and pork, you can also find more exotic meats such as boar and ostrich. Although this snack has a naturally savory-sweet flavor, you can find a variety of added spices or marinades. You’ll find these shops all over Macau, with the employees waiting outside, eager to cut you a sample with their giant scissors!
4) Almond Cookies
These cookies are the most popular souvenir from Macau for a reason. They are made by hand with the mixture being pressed firmly into wooden molds, roasted over a charcoal oven and then slapped on a table for the individual cookies to be released. The texture is very fine and will begin to crumble at the mere touch, and the taste is like shortbread with almonds. I think I’m particularly fond of these cookies because they remind me of cookies my mother always used to make for Christmas!
5) Macanese Seafood Sticks
These Small pieces of seafood including crab , fish ,octopus and may more are served on a stick together with a great variety of veggies – broccoli, carrot, lettuce (great food choice for vegetarians). It’s a boiled food so it’s light and healthy. If you find it tasteless, you can have them with some sauces such as garlic, tomato or mushroom.only 8 min walk to the Senado square and the ruins. Make sure to eat the crab , really tasty, though a bit pricy.
6) Shrimp Dimsum Bowl
If you’re in Senado Square, the city’s famous historical centre, try a local favourite of hand-made firm and springy noodles sprinkled with salty shrimp roe and special shrimp dumplings .made using authentic chinese sauces and cooked with special macanese oil. these handmade noodles is a favorite local eat and the soup is really amazing
7) Double Skin Steamed Milk Pudding
Made using only whole milk, egg and sugar, this sweet dessert can be enjoyed hot or cold. I ordered mine hot and minutes later a bowl of wobbly coagulated milk was placed in front of me. I was a little skeptical, but I took my spoon and skimmed the top layer. I was worried it would have an egg-like taste, similar to that of egg tarts made with only egg whites, but to my pleasant surprise I didn’t taste egg at all. It tasted purely like warm, sugary milk. Yum!
8) Macau Herb Tea
Herbal tea is healthy drink made exclusively of Macanese medicine herbs and does not contain any tea leaves . The most popular version of herbal tea is the ‘Wanglaoji’ (王老吉), which changed its name to Jiaduobao (家多宝) and can be found in streets in Macau
9) Serradura
My other favorite Macanese snack is serradura, meaning ‘sawdust’ in Portuguese. But don’t let the name throw you off. As a pudding hater myself and a probable hater of sawdust, although these words are in its name, it’s merely just finely crushed biscuits layered with tons of sweetened whipped cream. The airy texture of the cream mixes perfectly with the ‘sawdusty’ texture of the biscuits. Pure heaven!
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