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LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
MACAU CHOW
A typical Macanese menu features an enticing stew of influences from Chinese and
South Asian cuisines, and the cooking of former Portuguese colonies in Africa, India
and Latin America. Coconut, tamarind, chilli, jaggery (palm sugar) and shrimp paste
can all feature.
A famous Macanese speciality is galinha africana(African chicken), made with
coconut, garlic and chillies. Other popular dishes include casquinha(stuffed crab),
minchi(minced meat cooked with potatoes and onions) and serradura(a milk pud-
ding).
You'll find Portuguese dishes here too, such as arroz de pato(rice with duck confit)
and leitão assado no forno(roasted suckling pig).
PRACTICAL TIP
MEAL PRICES
This price guide is for the approximate cost of a two-course meal with drinks.
$ under MOP$200
$$$ MOP$200-400
$$$
$$$ over MOP$400
EATING
While Macau's Chinese cuisine is excellent, most people come here for Macanese or Por-
tuguese food. Whatever cooking you're after, making reservations is a must in midrange and
fine-dining places.
CANTONESE
LUNG WAH TEA HOUSE
cerda;dim sum from MOP$14, tea MOP$10, meals MOP$50-180; 7am-2pm; ; 23, 32)
There's grace in the retro furniture and the casual way it's thrown together in this airy
Cantonese teahouse (c 1963). Take a booth by the windows overlooking the Red Market
