Macau Taste: One of the Village’s many HK dining spots

With Herbal Cafe, Orient Kitchen, Chao Dian, Mango Box, and Macau Taste…I think The Village is slowly becoming over-dominated by Hong Kong restaurants!

I lunched at Macau Taste for the first time this week. It’s pretty much the only restaurant in the Village that I have not yet tried. It’s located on the ground floor, so a bit out of the way of the other dining spots, which are mostly on the third floor. 

The place was packed during lunch hour and the menu serves up standard Hong Kong treats from a basic selection of dimsum, congee, noodle soup, oven baked rice dishes topped with cheese, along with a few Portuguese inserts (Portuguese egg tarts, Portuguese curry wings and fried shrimp, Portuguese asparagus soup, etc.).

Review of Macau Taste: Sanlitun Village 朝阳区三里屯路19号三里屯Village L-15A   Tel: 6415-1399

Best Part:

• A good lunch spot for quick, casual Cantonese food
• Portions are generous
• DimSum was quite good (better than Chao Dian and equal to Herbal Cafe)
• Prices are reasonable (Avg. RMB 50 per person)
• Service was quick and food served in a timely fashion

Comments:

• When asked to not use MSG, the staff said that everything already has MSG
• Decor was unappealing, but the food was good value and I’ll most likely return
• Definitely more catered to Chinese customers (no spoken English) and no Western customers
• Menu consists of a lot of very “local” dishes – “Macau’s top beef cattle intestinal”  and bad Chinglish - “Shannon Lisboa fried dumplings Fengcheng” and “Wynn rotten fish”.  At least their menu has pictures, which helps a lot.

Rating: (on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being best)

• Food: 6
• Atmosphere: 3
• Service: 4
• Overall Experience: 5