Portuguese cuisine is a special dish of Portuguese cuisine in Macao.

Learn about Portuguese specialties through a Portuguese restaurant in Macau. Portuguese restaurants always continue a faint traditional flavor from southern Europe; One chair, one chair and one decoration reveal the conservatism and elegance of the Portuguese.

Walking into the door, several carefully restored green plants became the first scenery. European-style stairs gracefully spiral to the second floor, and apricot light is gently sprinkled between the stairs and the lobby, such as the rain curtain in Gin, which is warm. Walking into the second floor, behind the bar, a wall is green and peppermint, and glasses and wine bottles are spliced into changing geometric patterns. Pale colors, refreshing tablecloths, English seats and quaint wine walls clearly depict Portuguese customs; There are golden smiling buddhas painted in front of the door and China antique screens scattered on the four walls. It seems that a kind of incongruous thick ink was placed in the design, which surprised me a little.

As soon as he was seated, the restaurant owner introduced the decoration of the four walls with a few treasures. It turns out that these are all private treasures he found in antique furniture stores. China's antique furniture is his lifelong hobby-the layout here has mixed the owner's feelings for China and the old country.

We savor the host's complex feelings, such as drinking cocktails, with a hint of sweetness between our lips and teeth. Portuguese stuffed crab cover with AVELEDA BRANCO white wine

The appetizer is familiar, but it is different when you taste it carefully. Generally, the Portuguese stuffed crab cover is fried with fresh crab meat with onions in the crab shell, and eating one is enough. In this restaurant, crab meat is mixed with light salad dressing and onions, and then baked with cheese-I think this will better set off the umami flavor of crab meat.

Food comes first, and we are all a little careless about manners. What we grabbed was a snack platter composed of Ma Jiexiu meatballs, Samosa and shrimp horns. Samosa's skin seems to be too thick; Ma Jiexiu's ball is quite satisfactory, and he can throw the taste of Ma Jiexiu in mashed potatoes. It is worth mentioning that the fried shrimp horn, the delicious shrimp meat under the crispy skin is intact.

The appetizer is AVELEDABRANCO white wine, which is another feature besides Portuguese port wine. The color is light yellow, the taste is light and sour, and slight bubbles can be felt on the tip of the tongue.

The elder of the master is a family of Portuguese winemakers, who has inherited rich knowledge of Portuguese national wine. He told me that the traditional way of brewing is to put Portugal, which has just finished fermentation, into oak barrels, let the second fermentation take place in the barrels, and then bottle it for sale after bubbles appear. This is a quite fresh and delicious pale white wine in the local area. Raise your glasses and look closely. Wine is as clear as the morning of grape picking season. When sipping, the tip of the tongue is slightly irritating, slightly sour, and the fresh and pleasant taste beats in the mouth. Portuguese seafood conference with BORDA red wine.

Portuguese seafood congress

The host seemed to deliberately challenge our taste, and the first main course was served at the Portuguese seafood conference. The soup made of tomato, onion and curry is the most wonderful and fragrant, but it does not take away the sweetness of seafood. The meat crabs, scallops, mussels and prawns reflected in the bright red soup seem to be carefully selected, full and tender, which confirms the cooking concept of "making the best dishes with the best materials" in Portuguese cuisine.

The history of Portuguese red wine has a glorious page, and its famous sweet wine, Porto, has replaced French wine as a popular drink of the British royal family.

The red wine for the main course is MARQUESDEBORDA. After opening the bottle, the fragrance is already very strong; Try it before it is completely oxidized. This kind of grape has a strong taste, but it is a bit astringent. After a period of time, the aroma turned into a unique orange peel flavor, and the taste was smooth. Although it is still a little astringent, I think I have drunk several kinds of Portuguese red wine before, and this astringency is similar. Perhaps this is the maritime climate in southern Europe and the shale in the undulating valleys that have created the Portuguese wine character.

Stewed tripe with triangular beans with unique flavor

Chatting, the host gave us an unexpected stimulus and added a triangular bean stew tripe. Triangle beans are also called chickpeas in Spanish and chickpeas in English. It tastes very similar to peas and is a common bean in Portugal. This dish is very simple. Stewed triangular beans and tripe are soaked in a special sauce. Fragrant but not greasy, very tasty.

There was a dish that impressed me the most that night-Portuguese duck rice: fresh ducks were salted and baked, the skeleton was removed to make broth, and then the rice was cooked in the broth. Finally, the cooked duck meat was buried in the rice, wrapped in Portuguese sausage and baked in the oven a little, and the smell of duck meat sneaked into the rice.

Portuguese duck rice

The exquisite dishes at the dinner finally realized our long-cherished wish to know Portuguese cuisine. The host told the history of Portuguese cuisine. In fact, Portuguese food here can be divided into Macao Portuguese food and authentic Portuguese food. Since the Portuguese arrived in Australia in the17th century, they have brought Chili barbecue, curry, spices and shrimp paste from Africa, India and Malaysia, accompanied by fresh fruits and vegetables, meat, seafood and poultry, which are cooked by skilled chefs in the ancient Portuguese and oriental ways, making them unique Macao Portuguese dishes in the world. Chocolate Mu Si with vanilla ice cream

Friends from the same trade have introduced me to a dessert here-chocolate Mu Si with vanilla ice cream, which really deserves its reputation. Orange board is a very common thing, but using orange juice and orange wine as sauce and ice cream, several different flavors are mixed together, giving people a fresh feeling. Banji orange

It was late at night when he left, and the host went to the door to see him off. Wave, the restaurant is still brightly lit, brightly lit. Thinking of tonight's banquet is like drinking Portuguese wine, and it will be memorable in the thick aroma of wine.