Enjoy Macau food in Xiamen
By admin on 2014-12-26

Macau is a place where people take food very seriously, and similarly to other Asian cuisine they consider cuisine as being an art form. Macau cuisine has a main Portuguese feature with a balance between flavours and textures. The characteristic of this cuisine is the fortunate blending of sweet and sour, sharp and blends, hot and cool and sometimes even crunchy and smooth.
 
Being a coast country, one of the most popular foods in Macau cuisine has always been seafood. Fish is one of the main food ingredients; being usually served steamed and garnished with vegetables and rice. The Macau cuisine is quite spicy and savored, combining a lot of exotic ingredients. The Macau cuisine has developed in the Chinese style, but it has its own unique flavors. 
 

Nice dining environment with warm colours of Pu Jin Hui
 
There are few Macau restaurants in Xiamen. Pu Jin Hui, located at Phase II of Huaqiao Haijing Cheng, is where you can have a taste of Macau. It is the first restaurant featured with Macau delicacies in Xiamen. The restaurant is decorated by the style of Portuguese village bar with warm colours, providing a Portuguese style of dining environment to well match with the dishes.
 
The delicacies at Pu Jin Hui are prepared by their professional cook from Macau. The Macau chef is passionate about his traditional dishes and he enjoys presenting them to customers who have never tasted them before. Whether he is cooking traditional dishes that can date back centuries or brand new, modern dishes, the chef takes pride in what he does, and this is readily noticeable in the unforgettable taste of his cooking.  
 

Crispy eggplant with goose liver paste
 

Creamy and tasty dessert
 

Curry sirloin hot pot
 
The chef creatively uses the basic ingredients and cooking method for his traditional Macau dishes and creates original and delicious food variations. Besides some typical Macau dishes, the chef always creates new dishes to bring a fresh dining experience for the customers. 
 
Some recommended dishes are Bacalhau (Portuguese word for dried and salted codfish), Portuguese sardine and fried seafood rice, Lisbon mutton and crispy beef.
 
Address: 5F-6F, Phase II of Huaqiao Haijing Cheng, Hubin Xi Road
Tel: 0592-8477777
 

How to get there: Bus 10, 11, 15, 20, 22, 23, 30, 31, 45, 48, 50, 54, 67, 71, 97, 102, 501, 504, 505, 506, 509, 520, 528, 625, 803, take off at Sibei Lukou Bus Stop (思北路口站).