A Slow Food Weekend in Macau

This Macau visit is curated by Annabel Jackson. Annabel was a founding member of Slow Food Hong Kong in 2000, and has assisted in the recent establishment of Slow Food Macau. She started writing about Macau gastronomy as a journalist more than 30 years ago, and has just completed her latest book on this subject, hopefully for publication within this year.

Activities are spread across Saturday and Sunday, you can join the full tour, or pick one day to attend. Note that transport and accomodation are not included, please organise them yourself. PLEASE READ FAQs FOR CONTACT DETAILS AND IMPORTANT LOGISTICS.

AGENDA (full details in the "Agenda" section below).
SATURDAY 18 APRIL

Tea Tasting, 3:30-5 pm

Private Kitchen Dinner, 6pm

SUNDAY 19 APRIL

Portuguese wine tasting, 11am-12.30 pm

Macanese Lunch , 1–3 pm

HOTEL RECOMMENDATIONS

Please book personally. The two listed here are closest to event venues.

Hotel Royal - a Slow Food favourite before, located in a well-preserved historical corner of Macau. It is in walking distance from APOMAC where we will be having Sunday lunch.

Hotel Royal, 2-4 Estrada da Vitoria, Macau

澳門皇都酒店 - 澳門得勝馬路2-4號

Sofitel Macau at Ponte 16 - this is the wine tasting venue on Sunday morning, and it is walking distance from Annabel’s apartment. If you stay here, you can use the hotel’s shuttle bus to and from the ferry pier (the hotel also offers a transfer service to and from the HZMB).

Sofitel Macau at Ponte 16, Rua do Visconde Paco de Arcos, Macau

十六浦索菲特酒店 - 澳門火船頭街及巴素打爾古街內港12A號至20號碼頭之間

Info: A Macau local tea company with more than 20 years of experience delivers a tasting of premium teas, alongside insights into tea cultivation in premium China tea mountains. The shop is in San Ma Lo, close to Sofitel Macau.
Location: Hight Tea – 463 Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro, Macau

Info: Teresa, from Lisbon, is a classic non-recipe home-chef who was taught how to cook by her grandmother, because her parents were busy at work. When a dish smells right, she says, it is ready. Her Portuguese dinner at Annabel’s home features bacalhau, chouriço, arroz de tomate, salada mista… If you are a wine-drinker, be sure to bring a bottle, and please let Annabel know what you plan to share, so that there is a good range: [email protected]. Location: Apt F, 1/F Fountainside, 2 Rua da Penha, Macau (adjacent to Largo do Lilau) 澳門西坑街2號, 迎湶, 1樓F (亞婆井前地附近)

Info: Taking place in the Lobby Lounge at Sofitel Macau, we explore the wines of Alentejo estate Howard’s Folly,  and its commitment to regenerative farming. Tasting delivered by founder Dilip Shahani. 
Location: Sofitel Macau at Ponte 16 Rua do Visconde Paco de Arcos, Macau
十六浦索菲特酒店 - 澳門火船頭街及巴素打爾古街內港12A號至20號碼頭之間

Info: Inside APOMAC, the historic club for retired Macanese civil servants, where the kitchen delivers some of the most ‘authentic’ Macanese cooking in Macau, we enjoy shared platters of Macanese food, best enjoyed in a large group! Dishes include chamuça, suckling pig, minchi, and pudim. Corkage: $60 (pay on site).
Location: APOMAC – 49 Avenida de Sidonio Pais, Macau
澳門退休人士協會 - 澳門士多鳥拜斯大馬路49B地下華仁中心

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