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We Rate Macau's Almond Cookies - But Do Locals Actually Like Them? | City Bites Macau Edition Ep3 

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Almond cookies are recommended as a must-buy souvenir of Macau, a city whose economy heavily relies on tourism. Due to their popularity among travelers, more and more pastry stores here sell these Chinese cookies. But the locals don’t actually eat them that often. So how did they become such an iconic item in Macau? And where can you get the best ones? Here, we search for the answers.
0:00 Are almond cookies a thing in Macau?
2:22 Becoming the city’s iconic food
5:07 Making almond cookies by hand
6:31 Where to find the best pastry store
11:29 A family that sticks together, stays together
12:38 Producer’s thoughts
14:22 Behind the scenes
Restaurant address:
📍Pastelaria Chui Heong
Edificio Mang Fat, 12 R. do Gamboa, Macao
Special thanks:
Sheila Leong, Content Creator
Follow her at @sheilawithcat on Instagram!
This City Bites edition is supported by the Macao Government Tourism Office.
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Producer: Yoyo Chow
Videographer: Wayne Hon, César del Giudice
Editor and Mastering: César del Giudice
Narration: Dai Qian
Animation: Stella Yoo
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Комментарии : 67   
@Goldthread
@Goldthread 6 месяцев назад
What’s your favorite Chinese pastry🥮?
@mon6745
@mon6745 6 месяцев назад
BBQ pork buns, then almond cookies
@PapuaKini
@PapuaKini 6 месяцев назад
Egg tart
@Obscurai
@Obscurai 6 месяцев назад
Wife Cookies 老婆餅
@Obscurai
@Obscurai 6 месяцев назад
Note that there is another type of almond cookie also from Zhongsan that is a lot looser. It is made with a carbonate leavening agent that fluffs up the dough in the oven.
@s._3560
@s._3560 6 месяцев назад
Sak Kei Ma when young. Prefer Tau Sa Piah (salty green bean flavour) as an adult.
@user-yb6tk1ru6x
@user-yb6tk1ru6x 6 месяцев назад
It's like eating dust 😂
@viviankate7240
@viviankate7240 6 месяцев назад
As a Malaysian chinese, I'm more inclined towards the almond dessert soup. Its amazing. Uses northern almonds.
@jimmyjimmyeegalok
@jimmyjimmyeegalok 2 дня назад
As a child, I did not like almond cookie, but as I grow older, my taste has changed and I enjoy a good almond cookie made in Macau. A few years ago, Costcos in the US started selling almond cookies made by Yeung Kee (sold in metal tin boxes and labeled made in Macau).
@TD1237
@TD1237 6 месяцев назад
These videos always brighten my day. Also love hearing your thoughts in the end. Wonderful series indeed. 😊
@kiyoshitakeda452
@kiyoshitakeda452 6 месяцев назад
Almond cookies and daan tat custard tart are my favorite Chinese pastries. Easy to find in H.K. and nice with morning tea. Enjoyed your Macau series. Looking forward to future Goldthread episodes. Thank you.
@JorisSatyadharma
@JorisSatyadharma 6 месяцев назад
Personally, I prefer the peanut candy from Koi Kei so much more. Every time I visit Hong Kong I always buy bags of them. So good. Tried the almond cookie and they were just ok.
@ChillingOut247
@ChillingOut247 6 месяцев назад
That texture seems so much fun to me tbh. I want it.
@mon6745
@mon6745 6 месяцев назад
Love thisbseries- great hosting 😊
@jorgegoncalo
@jorgegoncalo 6 месяцев назад
Amazing series!
@TheSmokey1523
@TheSmokey1523 6 месяцев назад
My cousin brought some fresh ones back for me. They are freshly roasted nuts and very crumbly not hard. The ones in the red and green box feature in this video. They got wolfed down fast. She didn't even get to eat any haha.
@user-to9fw1wv9l
@user-to9fw1wv9l 6 месяцев назад
Love your show. Have learned so much on your food travels show. Have a blessed Christmas. 🌟🎄❄️⛄️🛍️🎁 Take Care and Stay Safe. 🙏🙏🙏
@misubi
@misubi 6 месяцев назад
I ate these as a child when my family would visit Macau in the 80s. Love their powdery goodness!
@CrimsonEclipse
@CrimsonEclipse 6 месяцев назад
I usually don't like the Almond cookies from the Asian market in the US but I got the fresh one from Macau and they were delicious. Probably can't beat the fresh cookies. Also probably depends on the brand and who made them too. Some taste dry and terrible like dust and some just have a nice sweet almond taste.
@ShiNoMiRenge
@ShiNoMiRenge 6 месяцев назад
The one in the US is horrible. I love some certain brands from Macaus
@gwing96
@gwing96 6 месяцев назад
Omg it’s that host again🥰🥰 Wanna eat almond cookies wif her😳
@pslaw
@pslaw 6 месяцев назад
Awesome video, told by young locals (well, not quite but close) about the local culture in English and the local language. You guys beat the BBC and PBS 😱Great job! 👍
@AsianPoshDorene
@AsianPoshDorene 6 месяцев назад
Listening to your Chinese makes me realize how much I don’t know! Cantonese speaker here… or at least I thought I was! :)
@v7ran
@v7ran 6 месяцев назад
4:27 “these cookies have cookie flavor” 😂😂 lmaoo what
@ShiNoMiRenge
@ShiNoMiRenge 6 месяцев назад
As a person grow up in Hong Kong, I like the almond cookie because I love almond
@kumbackquatsta
@kumbackquatsta 6 месяцев назад
great season, great job
@Goldthread
@Goldthread 6 месяцев назад
Glad you enjoyed it! 😃
@henryang8103
@henryang8103 5 месяцев назад
Arriving in Macau in in a few days., I am using your helpful info to maximise my time. I have been to Myanmar a few times. Its interesting to see what is the difference. The first bake is always the freshest. I reckon its bout 630am?
@jorrypalada1149
@jorrypalada1149 6 месяцев назад
I like the almond crisp cookies better. They are thin and crisp with almond flakes on top
@peonygalxs3
@peonygalxs3 6 месяцев назад
Please dont stop!
@effys7810
@effys7810 6 месяцев назад
as a hongkonger, i loveee almond cookies
@matthewtam1
@matthewtam1 6 месяцев назад
i think it's just like the "wife biscuit' of hong kong. i, the local, don't eat this much but tourist like to buy and believe local people eat wife biscuit every day
@SL-lz9jr
@SL-lz9jr 6 месяцев назад
My mom loves it. She buys them in SF Chinatown. She’s from the village in China.
@RaymondHng
@RaymondHng 6 месяцев назад
老婆餅 ( lou5 po4 beng2) is *sweetheart cake* or *wife cake* or *marriage pie* . It is a traditional Chinese cake with a thin crust of flaky pastry, made with a filling of winter melon, almond paste, and sesame, and spiced with five spice powder.
@RaymondHng
@RaymondHng 6 месяцев назад
It's like eating a biscuit of chalk. Dry, powdery, and hard. Prefer the yellow ones with egg wash and a single almond in the center.
@Xeqcme
@Xeqcme 6 месяцев назад
The first time I had almond cookies, they were soft and shaped like a cookie. Yellow, had almond bits, and a red dot in the center. I loved them. Then some time later, these came around- and I hated them. I thought they were fake! Hard, not sweet, sandy, not buttery, they're not good.
@SL-lz9jr
@SL-lz9jr 6 месяцев назад
Two different kinds of almond cookies! I like both kinds but the soft one is definitely better
@TheBigBananaaa
@TheBigBananaaa 3 месяца назад
👍✅😲✅👍
@user-sm3ru1fm6g
@user-sm3ru1fm6g 6 месяцев назад
I like them.
@JulianJohnston919
@JulianJohnston919 4 месяца назад
This place must be good, event the renowned food critic said those cookies taste like cookies....
@Jo-lz4ie
@Jo-lz4ie 6 месяцев назад
Costlier and costlier
@parrotcracker6629
@parrotcracker6629 6 месяцев назад
They are like rocks. When you bite into them it feels like you might lose a tooth. I managed to bite off a piece and my jaw hurt as well as my head from biting it. It's not worth the pain to eat.
@user-sm3ru1fm6g
@user-sm3ru1fm6g 6 месяцев назад
You eating a low quality one?
@lauraqueentint
@lauraqueentint 6 месяцев назад
lol what cookie did you buy! its supposed to crumble in your mouth not be rock solid
@Happy-fudd
@Happy-fudd 6 месяцев назад
Already different from those days,melted inside mouth😅😅
@Goldthread
@Goldthread 6 месяцев назад
😅
@realm_dweller
@realm_dweller 6 месяцев назад
Whaaat daisy’s voice sounds different
@cesardelgiudice8506
@cesardelgiudice8506 6 месяцев назад
Heavy duty voice coaching from me
@Goldthread
@Goldthread 6 месяцев назад
Cesar has a film director inside him :)
@vickihooo
@vickihooo 6 месяцев назад
@@cesardelgiudice8506 please post a behind-the-scenes
@BBme
@BBme 6 месяцев назад
Most tourist are stupid, not food savvy, nor know how to taste and follow the crowds who had been con by marketing and advertisements. Most lied and comfort themselves that to say its good after queued for an hour. Most Macau food are not nice at all except only the Portuguese Tarts which is good. Everywhere in world, when a shop is famous, tourist swamp in and the owner stop making himself. With mass tourist, owners employ foreign workers and qualities begin to deteriote. This resulted, many shops quality had plunged to be worse than average shops.
@aaronmoy27
@aaronmoy27 6 месяцев назад
Ask yourself , where can you buy almond cookies in USA as good….None
@soothingmoments2139
@soothingmoments2139 6 месяцев назад
It's pronounced as Ah ..mond.. The L is silent.. Just like salmon.. It's Sa MON..
@Goldthread
@Goldthread 6 месяцев назад
Hi there! Both are technically correct if you check the Merriam-Webster Dictionary :))
@bangkok1817
@bangkok1817 6 месяцев назад
As a 5th generation Macanese, I can assure youuuuuuuuuu, nobody really cares.
@hentisenti
@hentisenti 6 месяцев назад
These are the driest things known to man!
@MaharZahid-ij4me
@MaharZahid-ij4me 6 месяцев назад
😢😢
@xyyyyx3247
@xyyyyx3247 6 месяцев назад
You are no75, therefore there are 74 ahead of you. If you are in a race and you overtake position 2, it does not make you the leader if the race.
@ihatekpeng
@ihatekpeng 3 месяца назад
How do the hosts have accents in both English AND Cantonese?
@adis.g6569
@adis.g6569 6 месяцев назад
Don't like them. Aunt always buy those from Koi Kei whenever shes abroad. Just as souvenir. Easy no thinking lol.
@jasonreviews
@jasonreviews 6 месяцев назад
i don't like those cookies either.
@surewinner
@surewinner 5 месяцев назад
Personally, I don't like them. Marketing work on the mind, but not necessary the taste.
@user-hg1ur7fo3s
@user-hg1ur7fo3s 6 месяцев назад
Not a fan 😂
@Goldthread
@Goldthread 6 месяцев назад
😅
@ptaing8
@ptaing8 6 месяцев назад
Junk foods!
@philchinamusical
@philchinamusical 6 месяцев назад
Very dry and tasteless. Waste of money and tooth.
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