Macau

Essential regional cuisine of China

Everyone has their own idea of Chinese cuisine, whether it’s informed by adventurous cookbook readings or late night trips to local take-out restaurants. You can get a taste of China’s long history through the cuisine of each region, whose leaping Buddhas, lion heads and lychee pork brims brim with stories from the Silk Road, Portuguese traders and wayward monks. The culinary discoveries to be had across China are nearly endless, but this list of notable noms should give any hungry traveller a great head start.

Dim sum at Tim Ho Wan. Photo by Chika Watanabe / CC BY 2.0

Phillip Tang

Lonely Planet Writer

24 hours in Macau

Just an hour from Hong Kong by high-speed ferry lies the former Portuguese colony of Macau. Its heritage architecture sits easily alongside incense-scented temples and shrines, and the Portuguese spoken by some long-time residents intermingles with local Cantonese and the Mandarin of the crowds from mainland China.

Though 24 hours is not nearly enough time to take in all of Macau’s attractions, this itinerary will help you make the most of your day.

Anna Kaminski

Lonely Planet Writer

Secret Macau: dives, designers and stilt houses

Macau is often described in terms of dichotomies: old versus new, Portuguese versus Chinese, flashy versus modest, and for a good reason – the city has plenty to offer from both ends of the spectrum. But sometimes overlooked are the gems that fall between the two – sights, buildings, festivals that are neither or a bit of both, and it’s these things that give Macau a fascinating complexity.

Macau has many hidden treasures. Image by Megan Eaves / Lonely Planet