I think Portugal’s sweetest contribution to China are its custard tarts.

In Chinese cuisine, there are the bright yellow egg tarts (蛋撻), which are said to be influenced by Britain, and then there are Portuguese tarts (葡撻), which are made with a bit of coconut milk and have a brown caramelized top.

The Portuguese tarts [...]]]> http://ugonnaeatthat.com/2009/02/18/macau-portuguese-tarts/feed/ 5 http://ugonnaeatthat.com/2009/02/17/macau-the-madhouse-at-fernandos/ http://ugonnaeatthat.com/2009/02/17/macau-the-madhouse-at-fernandos/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:00:19 +0000 are you gonna eat that? http://ugonnaeatthat.com/?p=1668 Fernando’s is an institution in Macau, a former Portuguese colony and now special administrative region of China. Online searches reveal excellent Portuguese food, and sometimes arrogant and inattentive staff proportionate to increasing clientele.

Our visit certainly confirmed the former. And as for the latter, I’d say we got overly attentive service especially from the restaurant’s namesake [...]]]> http://ugonnaeatthat.com/2009/02/17/macau-the-madhouse-at-fernandos/feed/ 1 http://ugonnaeatthat.com/2009/02/15/macau-fast-boat-to-pork-chop-bun/ http://ugonnaeatthat.com/2009/02/15/macau-fast-boat-to-pork-chop-bun/#comments Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:14:24 +0000 are you gonna eat that? http://ugonnaeatthat.com/?p=1704 Like Hong Kong, Macau is a former European colony. Portugal controlled the region from the 16th century until it was transferred back to China as a special administrative region in 1999. Macau was China’s first and last European colony.

Just an hour’s ferry ride away from Hong Kong, Macau is an easy getaway to a very [...]]]> http://ugonnaeatthat.com/2009/02/15/macau-fast-boat-to-pork-chop-bun/feed/ 3