VEGETARIAN
XAROPE DE FOLHA DE FIGO
(Fig leaf cordial)
This delicious drink was reputed to have curative properties.
ARROZ CARREGADO
(Pressed rice)
This simple rice dish was always served with the sweet-and-sour Porco Balichão Tamarinho.
FOFINHOS DE INHAME
(Yam fritters)
Deep fried battered yam snack or side dish
SARANSURÁVEL
(Steamed coconut cake)
This sponge cake with roasted bean topping had its origins in Malaya.
COQUEIRA
(Coconut tartlets)
Mini coconut tea pies in a delicate lemon-zest crust
BEBINGA DE LEITE
(Coconut and milk pudding)
Coconut and milk pudding
PÃO DE LÓ
(Sponge cake)
A light Portuguese sponge cake. Unlike other cakes and breads, it does not use yeast or baking powder, but relies on beaten egg white to provide suspended air bubbles to produce a light cake.
GENETES
(Shortbread cookies)
Soft cookies that just melt in your mouth.
BAGI
(Glutinous Rice sweet)
An old coconut sweet.
ARROZ DOCE
(Sweet rice pudding)
Making this delicious dessert with fresh coconut was once rather tedious, but is now simple with canned coconut milk.
BOLO MENINO
(Sponge Cake)
This was named after the Christ Child (menino) and was served at Christmas time but there is no reason why it should not be enjoyed throughout the year.
PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE
FIOS DE OVOS
(Egg threads)
CREME CARAMEL
FARTES
(Christmas pastry)
Eaten at Christmas, these are meant to represent the pillows of the baby Jesus.
COSCORÕES
(Sweet pastry sheets)
These sweet, crisp pastries are traditionally served at Christmas time and represent the sheets on the bed of the baby Jesus.
SONHO
(Sweet or savoury deep-fried choux pastry)
BICHO-BICHO
(Shortbread biscuits)
Feather-light gluten-free corn starch biscuits, piped into wriggly shapes and called bicho-bicho (“worms” in the Macanese patois).
BATATADA
(Sweet Potato Cake)
A moist cake made with sweet or ordinary potatoes.
TORTA DE LARANJA
(Orange roll)
SERRADURA
(Sawdust dessert)
A rich, creamy dessert whose biscuits crumbs resemble sawdust
CHEESE TOAST
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This has long been a staple of Cha Gordo (Macanese afternoon gatherings)
SOPA DE LACASSÁ
(Prawn soup)
This soup is made only with prawns, and traditionally is eaten on Christmas eve and Good Friday. Despite its name, it bears little resemblance to the Southeast Asian dish laksa.
CASQUINHAS
Crab meat in crab shells
This is a stunning dish. A bit more work but well worth it.
BICHO-BICHO
(Shortbread biscuits)
BISCOTTEN-TORTE
Biscuit tart
A dessert made from biscuits that looks and tastes like cake, but needs no cooking.