Find traditional eats in modern Macau

Traditional Macanese comfort foods like feijoada and minchi are reminders of a simpler time in Macau's history.

Food is an integral part of culture. But what happens when cultures change, and change rapidly, as is the case with Macau?

The Macau Peninsula has long been influenced by the Portuguese, who established a trading port there in the mid-16th century. In fact, it was a proper colony from 1887 up until 1999, when the Europeans transferred sovereignty back to China—but the region’s unique blend of Portuguese and Chinese roots rarely comes up when people talk about traveling to Macau.

These days, most people know Macau as the “Vegas of the East,” owing to the fact that it’s currently one of two places under Chinese rule where gambling is legal (the second being neighboring Hong Kong, China’s other special administrative region).


“[People] don’t even know what Macau used to be,” says Carrie Costa, who grew up in Macau well before a James Bond movie plot line involved a Macanese casino and world-class boxing matches were held at The Venetian Macao. “That’s sad.”

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