Street-Food - Six of the best street-food snacks in Macau
A mix of Chinese and Portuguese influences have created a special street-food culture in Macau. Here’s are six snacks to try - or bring back as gifts for friends and colleagues to show you know your stuff.
A mix of Chinese and Portuguese influences have created a special street-food culture in Macau. Here’s are six snacks to try - or bring back as gifts for friends and colleagues to show you know your stuff.
1. Pork chop bun - a piece of bone-in chop on a bun sounds simple, but the humble shack, Café Tai Lei Loi Kei (18, Largo Governardor Tamagnigi Barbosa, Tayopa) turned the basic staple into a cultural institution with a marinated tender meat on a crusty chewy bun. It’s a snack but it’s filling.
2. Portuguese egg tart - Unlike the Hong Kong version, the Macanese tart should have a caramelised top like a crème brûlée. The concept was pioneered by Lord Stow’s Bakery (there are various franchise locations, but the original is at Coloane Town Square, No 1 Rua Da Tassara) whose founder was British.
3. Almond cookies - explore any back street and alley and you’ll find small bakeries producing this type of fragrant and powdery Chinese confection. Inevitably, there will be other biscuits and nut flavoured cookies produced and sold on the premises. Look for the shops around St Paul’s Ruins to see the bakers at work. One of the best is Koi Kee Bakery (locations include 1 Rua Felcidade 70-72, R/C. Tel: 853 2893 8102)
