Food and Drink

Brewing a Cultural Shift

Macao’s café culture is undergoing a transformation, with imports of unroasted coffee beans nearly doubling between 2014 and 2024. We speak to people involved in two thriving specialty coffee shops to better understand how this shift is playing out on the ground.

May 2025

Pasteis de nata may look familiar but the taste is uniquely Portuguese

There’s a New Egg Tart in Town, the Portuguese Pastel de Nata

In a city famous for its custardy confections, it’s about time real pasteis de nata entered the scene. They’ve arrived courtesy of the celebrated Lisbon bakery Manteigaria – a brand dedicated to preserving the sweet legacy founded by 18th-century Portuguese monks.

April 2025

Yea Yea Noodles are an ode to Wong Yu-fei’s beloved grandfather (their name is Chinese for ‘grandfather’). This box’s imagery depicts a young boy and his granddad

Riding the Bamboo Pole

In Wong Yu-fei’s family, every son learns the art of jook-sing noodle making at the age of 15. “This is when we are tall and strong enough to manage the bamboo pole,” he explains, describing the highly physical practice of straddling a thick bamboo stem

April 2025

Lam’s on-the-fly recipe for egg rice rolls unexpectedly became his most popular order – earning him praise from from foodies around the world

Macao Street Food Makes the Michelin Guide

Local cook Lam Won Lun has taken a dim sum staple and made it his own. His innovative fare recently won over the taste buds of the Michelin Guide, earning the humble Lun Kee Rice Roll a spot on every foodie traveller’s itinerary of Macao.

January 2025

Casa Maquista’s walls display photographs of the building’s past residents

Casa Maquista: Reinventing the Macanese Kitchen

The newly opened Casa Maquista offers an array of traditional dishes that encapsulate Macao’s rich gastronomic history, served up with love in a heritage home.

December 2024

Ma Hing Hong has been run by the same family for almost a century in Macao

Macao’s Cha Chaan Tengs are Changing with the Times

Amid Macao’s world famous fine dining scene, a less glamorous but deeply beloved option thrives: the cha chaan teng. Traditionally no-frills cafés offering budget-friendly comfort food, a new wave of tea restaurants is developing – still serving up nostalgia, but packaged for the modern age.