I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but my 老公 has some roots in Macau. His mother's family lived there for a couple of generations before moving to Hong Kong. So he has an ongoing obsession with the place which is really all too easy to understand as Macau is an altogether fascinating place. It's a city with a history nearing 500 years, one of the first trading posts in the Far East, and was and still is exquisitely poised inbetween East and West.
This unique characteristic shows through in both the people of Macau, the Macanese, and the Macanese cuisine. They are both a mix of all the different cultural influences that touched upon the tiny trading port, from Chinese to Portuguese, to Malay and Japanese, Sinhalese and even Indian. The cuisine of Macau is really the world's first 'fusion' food, using and mixing elements of all these cultures together to form a truly distinct cuisine. So fascinating and truly unique, a thing hard to find in the current 'global' world.
As part of his recent Macau obbsession, my 老公 made this deceptively simple looking soup noodles and it was SO YUMMY! This Macanese Shrimp and Vermicelli Soup Noodles 澳門蝦湯米粉, or Sopa de Lacassá, is a traditional Macanese dish usually prepared as a light lunch or perhaps an afternoon snack and is, as traditional and truly tasty food ought to be, a bit more complicated and time consuming than your average instant noodles, but TOTALLY worth it!!
