Eating and Drinking

Eating in Macau:
Macau has a particular cuisine and excellent restaurants and bars recognized worldwide as Macanese food. Its cooking is characterized by a combination of European and Asian elements with some exotic savors of the antique Portuguese colonies including Brazil, Goa and Angola.

The city with 4th centuries of Portuguese influence, offers a great gastronomic adventure. The local specialties include:

Bacalhau: dried salted codfish, a Portuguese favorite.
African chicken: grilled in piri piri peppers and spices.
Galinha Portuguesa: chicken cooked in the oven together with potatoes, onions, egg and saffron.
Linguado Macau: sole fried and usually served with green salad).
Caldo verde: vegetable soup).
Dim sum: Cantonese breakfast).

There are numerous Portuguese restaurants in the city, particularly in the Peninsula, but there are also very goods restaurants in Taipa and Coloane. As Macau is a cosmopolitan place, is available to find cuisine from the whole world, such as Italian, French, American, Brazilian, Japanese, Korean and Southeast Asian food.

Drinking in Macau:
Aside from fresh bread, the Portuguese elements include excellent wine and coffee. There are also a wide variety of drinks that Macanese residents enjoy after work in clubs and bars, but the most common is beer.

Especial drinks are vinho verde, a Portuguese white wine that accompanies salty food; and caipirinha, a delectable cocktail from Brazil.

Some main restaurants, bars and cofes of Macau are:

Name:	Address:	Telephone:	Type:
Xinkou Li Hao Seafood Restaurant	124-126,Lixin Mansion, Gaomei Shi Street, Xinkou Bank	7005 511	Seafood
Dang Zai Italian Restaurant	No.46, Ye Street, Dang Zai Palace	8027 420	General
He Shun Shao La Cake	No.141, Lian Sheng Road	2011 420	General
Man Gu Restaurant	No.31, Dongwang Yang Street	561 419	General
Xinkou Pu Guo Restaurant	L Pu, Zhong Yu Mansion, Gaomei Shi Street	7003 276	General
Yin Du Restaurant	3 Zhan Deng Fei Neng Bian Du Wei Jinli Lai Mansion	210 411	General
Gold Coastal Restaurant	No.1, Su Ya Li Yi Shi Street	355 100	General
Bao Lian Fine Food Center	A Di Pu, No.6, Da 3 Bafu Hua Lane	3058 097	General
Fulong Seafood Snakes Restaurant	No. 364 - 374, Dang Zai Dalian Street	8032 882	Seafood
Fo Xiao Building Da Restaurant	Fulong New Street	5073 580	General
Alfonso III	Rua Central 11	586 272	General
Bolo de Arroz	Travessa de S�o Domingos 11	339 089	Cafe