What are the specialties of Macao?

Macao's specialties include almond cake, lard cake, Portuguese noodles, crab porridge, Portuguese chicken and so on.

First of all, almond cake

Macao time-honored Xiangsu Square was founded in 1969. Almond cake is a traditional pastry in Guangdong province, which is developed from mung bean cake. The main raw material is mung bean powder, which is called almond cake because it looks like almonds. The original almond cake was made by grinding mung beans into powder and then making almond cakes. A piece of pork with sugar stains is sandwiched between cakes and baked into mung bean cakes.

Second, lard cake

When the lard cake was first named, it was meant to be soft, smooth and moist, and it did not contain any lard in essence. Main ingredients: glucose, starch and peanuts. Lard cake Lard cake, also known as fat cake, was famous as early as the Qing Dynasty, and Yuan and Wei Tingzhi called it "Wuzhong Jiazhi". The lard cake is white and crystal clear, the onion is fragrant and green, the glutinous rice is soft and moist, and the entrance is oily but not greasy.

Third, Portuguese food noodles.

Portuguese food in Macao can be divided into Portuguese food and authentic Macao food. The improved Macau-style Portuguese cuisine combines the cooking techniques of local Portuguese cuisine, Indian cuisine, Malaysian cuisine and China (mainly Cantonese) cuisine, and caters to the tastes of the orientals.

Four, water crab porridge

Water crab porridge is a Macao snack. Macao is located at the junction of salt and fresh water, and the crabs produced are delicious. Water crab porridge is the essence of water crab, cream crab and meat crab, which is enriched with special oyster porridge.

Five, Portuguese chicken

Portuguese chicken is one of the most representative dishes in Macao. Portuguese chicken is a delicious food, which is made of whole chicken, potatoes, onions, eggs, saffron and curry salt. The Portuguese have absorbed this food from African and Indian foods. It is characterized by rich flavor and delicious chicken. It is the main course of a full set of Portuguese dishes, and it has a better flavor with table wine.

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