With over 450 years of history, Macanese cuisine is unique to Macao. It is a blend of Portuguese and southern Chinese cuisines. Many unique dishes resulted from the spice blends that the wives of Portuguese sailors used in an attempt to replicate European dishes. Its ingredients and seasonings include those from Europe, Latin America, Africa, India, and Southeast Asia, as well as local Chinese ingredients. World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... World map showing location of Africa A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ...

Common cooking techniques include baking, grill and roast. It is renowned for its flavour-blending culture. Baking is the technique of cooking food in an oven by dry heat applied evenly throughout the oven. ... This article is about the cooking surface or compartment called a grill or griller. ... Roast is a term used in a number of contexts. ...

Typically, Macanese food is seasoned with various spices including turmeric, coconut milk, cinnamon and Bacalao, giving special aromas and tastes. Famous dishes include "Galinha Africana" (African chicken), and Macanese Chili Shrimps. Screen shot of Spice OPUS, a fork of Berkeley SPICE SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuits Emphasis) is a general purpose analog circuit simulator. ... Binomial name Curcuma longa Linnaeus Turmeric (Curcuma longa, also known as tumeric or curcumin) is a spice commonly used in curries and other south Asian cooking. ... Coconut Milk is a sweet, milky cooking base derived from the meat of a mature coconut. ... Binomial name Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum, synonym ) is a small evergreen tree 10-15 m tall, belonging to the family Lauraceae, and a spice obtained from the inner bark of this species. ... This page is about the possible island called Bacalao, for the Portuguese dish that is also known as Bacalao, see Bacalhau. ...