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20, 21, 22, 23, etc
yee sap, yee sap
30, 40, 50, etc
saam sap, say sap,
yat, yee sap yee,
mm sap
yee sap saam
100
yat bat
1000
yat cheen
FOOD AND DRINKS GLOSSARY
Ordering food
Mai daan
Jook
Rice porridge
congee
Bill/check
Fai tzee
Chopsticks
How aap
Roast duck
La sow ho choy
House speciality
Dow foo
Tofu
Gay dor cheen?
How much is that?
Wun dung tong
Wonton soup
Ngor hi fut gow toe/
I'm a Buddhist/
Vegetables and eggs
Dun herng goo
ngor tzee sik soe
vegetarian
Braised mountain
Ngor serng yew …
I would like …
fungus
Choy daan/toe choy/
Main/set menu/
Dow foo soe choy
Fried beancurd
Ying man choy daan
English menu
with vegetables
3
Drinks
Beh tsow
Herng la ke tzee tew
Spicy braised
Beer
aubergine
Ga fay
Coffee
Soe choy tong
Vegetable soup
Char
Tea
Dim Sum (Yum Cha)
Char sew bao
Kong tuen soy
Mineral water
Barbecue pork
Poe toe tsow
Wine
bun
Staple foods
Ah choy
Hai yok ha gow/gow
Crab and coriander
Bean sprouts
dumpling
Ow yok
Beef
Daan tat
Custard tart
Faan sue woo gow
Fried taro and
Dou chi jiang
Black bean sauce
mince dumpling
Gai
Chicken
Lar jew
Chilli
Gow tzee
Joazi steamed pork
Hi
Crab
dumplings
Daan chow faan
Egg fried rice
Leen yong bau
Lotus paste bun
Yuet beng
Moon cake - sweet
Yue
Fish
bean paste in
Lok yip soe choy
Green leafy
vegetables
flaky pastry
For war
Hotpot
Ha peen
Prawn crackers
Yok choon
Kebab
Ha gow
Prawn dumpling
Tzee ma ha dor zi
Prawn paste on
Meen tew
Noodles
fried toast
Tong meen
Noodle soup
Jew yok
Pork
Wo teet
Shanghai fried
Ha
Prawns
vegetable
Bak faan
Rice (boiled)
dumpling
Chun goon
Spring roll
Chow fann
Rice (fried)
ADDITIONAL MACAU PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
November 2
All Souls' Day
December 8
Feast of Immaculate Conception
December 20
Macau SAR Establishment Day
opera performances at temples, with
plenty of noise and offerings - food and
paper goods that are burned as gifts to
the dead. he normal Chinese holidays
are celebrated in Macau, plus some
Catholic festivals introduced from
Portugal, such as the procession of Our
Lady of Fatima from São Domingos
Church annually on May 13 (although
this is no longer a public holiday).
As the Chinese use the lunar calendar,
many festivals fall on different days, even
different months, from year to year; for
FESTIVALS
With roots going back hundreds (even
thousands) of years, many of Hong
Kong's festivals are highly symbolic and
are often a mixture of secular and
religious displays and devotions. On these
occasions, there are dances and Chinese
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