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Flamingo: The Classic Taste of Traditional Macanese Cuisine

LifeMag Editor・2016-11-09

Flamingo - opened in 1986 and was one of the famous Macanese restaurants in Macau, has re-launched at Regency Art Hotel and meticulously presented the traditional taste of Macanese cuisine and serves guests with a historical sentiments dining experience. The origin of Macanese cuisine can be traced back to the 16th century when the Portuguese brought along seasonings and ingredients from places like Africa, Malacca, India and so on to Macau. Having its fundament basing on Portuguese cuisine, it combines distinctive culinary skills and dining habits of Macau leading Macanese cuisine to become one of the specialities of Macau food culture. Today, Flamingo still retains the tradition and classics of Macanese cuisine. The restaurant retains the unique Portuguese style décor and tableware. The executive chef and the team prepared different seasonings finely and with their distinguished culinary skills, they not only present the traditional taste of Macanese cuisine to their guests, at the same time revealing the distinctive flavor over 30 years and spreading the classics Macanese culinary culture. Walking through the beautiful and secluded corridor with garden view, the Portuguese-style arched door and rooftop of Flamingo appeared as if encountering of 20th century Macau. With orange and white color as the main tone decorated with wooden and classical furnishings, the restaurant is filled with Portuguese-style décor with the embellishment of the ceiling fan and the chandelier. The side hall is designed with the eastern style of peacock paintings and Chinese porcelains which brings about the restaurant a sense of retro taste. Flamingo, having its tranquil and classical environment, would be a place of remarkable delicacies and a place to enjoy the relaxing ambience and experience the leisure moment of the city. Up to present, a traditional charcoal stove has still been retained for daily bread baking. Its light smoked scent brings a soft texture of the bread and matching with the distinctive seasonings and distinguished culinary skills. Signature dishes of the restaurant include Baked Duck Rice with Cheese and Portuguese Sausage, Traditional African Chicken with Chili Sauce, Curry Crab, Fried Pork and Potato with Claims in White Wine Sauce, Sawdust Pudding (Serradura) and many more bringing an unforgettable dining experience with classic Macanese cuisine to every guest. As one of the signature dishes of the restaurant, the Baked Duck Rice with Cheese and Portuguese Sausage, the chef Mr. Marco Chan will need to go for complex culinary process such as seasonings, baking, bones removing for the duck and mixing the fresh broth into the baked duck rice. The Curry Crab is served in smoked farmer bread with distinctive curry sauce and fresh crab meat. Another signature dish is the Traditional African Chicken with Chili Sauce. The chef presents this dish with traditional Portuguese culinary skills and the fresh chicken is baked in high temperature served with chili sauce. Fresh clams and pork with rich taste and flavour of white wine presented the Fried Pork and Potato with Clams in White Wine Sauce. After enjoying all signature dishes, the dessert is served with the Sawdust Pudding (Serradura). The left over flavor of lemon and cinnamon will be memorable. Flamingo Address：Ground Floor, Regency Art Hotel, Estrada de Lou Lim Yeock, n°1, Taipa, Macau Opening Hours：12:00-15:00 18:30-22:30 (Closed on Tuesdays) Reservations：(853) 2883 2030