There are Portuguese Restaurants, and there are Portuguese Restaurants with style. And the latter is where I would put this small homey restaurant called Antonio Restaurante at Taipa Island’s Old quarters, owned by Macau celebrity chef Antonio Coelho. We tagged along him that morning while he bought the ingredients he would use for the dishes he would serve that evening.
Macanese at Ristorante Litoral
“This is where we take our special guests” Joao tells us. Of course we felt honored hearing that statement. If one wants to treat guest to try great tasting Macanese food, Ristorante Litoral would be the best place to go. Chinese may have a big part in Macau cuisine being close to the country, but being under Portuguese rule for years, it’s inevitable not to fuse the better of two influences into one distinct cuisine – Macanese. Its Portuguese Cuisine using the best of the local ingredients found in Macau.