Macau — Food and Dining
Cuisine
Dine on everything from Portuguese dishes to cuisine from China, Japan, Korea and Indonesia. Local Macau food is spicy, a unique combination of Chinese and Portuguese cooking methods with influences of Indian and African spices. Portuguese red and white wines and sparkling vinho verde, as well as port and brandy, are usually offered. There are no licensing laws.
Regional specialties:
• Bacalhau (baked, grilled, stewed or boiled cod).
• Caldo verde and sopa a alentejana (rich soups).
• Spicy, grilled Galinha Africana (African chicken).
• Galinha a portuguesa (chicken baked with potatoes, onions, eggs and saffron).
• Minche (minced meat with fried potato and onion).
Legal drinking age: There is no legal drinking age in Macau.
Tipping: A 10% service charge is added to most hotel and restaurant bills. A small tip should also be left.
Nightlife
Most nightlife is centerd on the hotels and casino resorts, many of which have nightclubs with cabaret, Portuguese folk dancing, lively dance bands, discos, international menus and bars. Nightclub music often has local touches, with international pop sung in Cantonese, Mandarin, Thai and Japanese. In summer, there are several open-air esplanadas serving soft drinks. Locals tend to relax in the evening in some of the many lively restaurants. A lively bar strip has developed along Avenida Dr Sun Yat-sen, near the Kun Iam Statue, with many bars offering live Filipino cover bands each night.
Gambling is a big attraction for visitors to Macau. Casinos are open 24 hours, providing famous entertainers, baccarat, blackjack, roulette and Chinese games like fantan and dai-siu (big and small).
At Cineteatro, international and Chinese films can be seen.
