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Roast bacalhau · 烧马介休 · AI dish illustration
Macau

Roast bacalhau 烧马介休

The cod is firm and flaky, with concentrated savory flavor rather than the delicate taste of fresh unsalted fish. Potatoes absorb the cooking juices.

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AI illustration: A deep ceramic bowl of cooked bone-in fish chunks in pale broth.
Macau

Boiled Bacalhau Salt Cod 白烚马介休

Boiled Bacalhau Salt Cod (白烚马介休) is a Macanese dish found in Macau (澳門). At Kun Kei (坤記餐室), a restaurant featured in a food guide bearing Macao Government Tourism Office branding, the fish is cooked with cabbage, sour onions, olives, beans and olive oil.

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Steamed Macau Sole (清蒸澳门龙脷) — dish photograph
Macau

Steamed Macau Sole 清蒸澳门龙脷

Steamed Macau Sole (清蒸澳门龙脷) is sole (龙脷) steamed plainly. In 2018 the China Cuisine Association (中国烹饪协会) named it one of Macau's ten classic dishes, and a decade earlier an old-style steamed golden-edged sole (古法清蒸金边龙脷) was among ten Macau dishes chosen for the Chinese Culinary Culture Encyclopedia (中国烹饪文化大典).

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AI illustration: A plate of rolled thin wheat wrappers cut diagonally.
Macau

Phoenix Rolls 凤凰卷

Phoenix Rolls (凤凰卷) are egg rolls with a filling added, sold in Macau (澳门) as souvenir snacks by the city's bakeries.

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Egg Roll Biscuits (蛋卷) — dish photograph
Macau

Egg Roll Biscuits 蛋卷

Egg Roll Biscuits (蛋卷) appears in the local food directory for Macau. The Chinese introduction below explains the named food and its preparation in the linked culinary reference.

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Taro balls · 芋圓 · AI dish illustration
Taiwan

Taro balls 芋圓

They have a soft elastic bite and a mild taro aroma, contrasting with icy liquid or tender beans. Color alone does not establish the taro proportion.

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Aiyu jelly · 愛玉 · AI dish illustration
Taiwan

Aiyu jelly 愛玉

It is soft and lightly springy, with little inherent sweetness; lemon or lime syrup supplies a refreshing tart flavor. Its texture is gentler than a firm gummy jelly.

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Preserved Radish Omelette (菜脯蛋) — dish photograph
Taiwan

Preserved Radish Omelette 菜脯蛋

Preserved Radish Omelette (菜脯蛋) is egg cooked with chopped caipu (菜脯), salted and sun-dried radish, sometimes with spring onion. It is a home dish in Taiwan and also in Fujian and the Chaoshan (潮汕) area of Guangdong.

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