One of the reasons I love visiting Macau is for the inexpensive wine. Yes, the food is wonderful, but wine is the only thing I get to tote back to mainland China and enjoy weeks (okay, days) later. The former Portuguese colony used to have no import taxes on Portuguese wines. Even now the import [...]
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Restaurante Litoral, Macau
If you have never been to Macau, or Restaurante Litoral, I urge you to get on a plane or ferry this instant. Macanese food is one of the best little-known cuisines I have come across. It dates back almost 500 years, from when the Portuguese settled on a little peninsula of fishing villages and married [...]
Eating in Coloane, Macau
In my previous trips to Macau, I had only explored the Central and Southern parts of Macau island. On Valentine’s Day, Jacob and I took another day trip to the former Portuguese colony and headed to a part that wasn’t engulfed in casino and resort construction. After crossing the border, we hopped on a free [...]
Macanese Egg Tarts and Other Street Treats
Central Macau is full of food stalls selling a variety of Macanese and Cantonese treats. It’s possible to spend an entire day eating without resting your feet, though resting your feet has its own merits, of course. The street in front of the Forteleza de Monte is especially appealing, and one of the first spots [...]
Portuguese / Macanese at Restaurante Escada
As a frequent traveler, I have crossed political borders in many ways: by plane, train, bus, car, and boat. On our day trip to Macau yesterday, I walked across a border for the first time after taking a bus from Zhongshan to the Chinese/Macau customs. On the other side lay a place that is very [...]
Video: Street food in Macau
The "Las Vegas of Asia"? That’s not the Macau we found. Before casino developers raze the entire peninsula, we wander the back roads in search of authentic Macanese street food.
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