A must-eat in Macau! Yongcui Palace Eight Treasure Roast Duck
Because of Master Zhu, I followed him to Macau, and because of #Yong Cui Palace#, I followed him to #Wynn Palace#. Unexpectedly, our fate was not yet fulfilled. When I arrived in Macau, I found out that Master Zhu had gone on vacation, leaving behind only the Yong Cui Palace that was as lush as emerald, the lake fountain that was still sparkling outside the floor-to-ceiling glass windows, and the skyscrapers of Cotai that were still shining into the clouds.
I thought I would never be able to eat Master Zhu's Jianghuai cuisine with a Cantonese foundation, but I didn't expect that the Emerald Hibiscus and Wensi Pine Leaf Crab, which were cooked with great effort, and the Huaiyang classic Yellow Croaker Lion Head, were still firmly on the menu, and the taste was still familiar. I always felt that Master Zhu should still be in the kitchen.
Eight Treasure Roast Duck
Shouldn’t it be the traditional Huaiyang dish Eight Treasure Duck? How did it become roast duck? ! As expected of Chef Zhu, who comes from a Cantonese background, he has combined Huaiyang and Cantonese cuisines seamlessly, and grasped the essence of both cuisines to perfection!
The whole duck is boneless, and every inch of meat, from the duck breast to the duck legs, has skin that is thin and crispy, without a trace of fat under the skin. The best parts are left on the platter, and the unique sauce of Cantonese roast duck makes people salivate at the first smell.
The best part is its filling! High-end ingredients such as sea cucumber, abalone, and sturgeon tendons are all mixed into glutinous rice and then fried with roast duck sauce to make eight-treasure glutinous rice. Every bite is full of surprises! When you bite it, the crust is crispy and the filling is fresh, fragrant and soft. Every bite is really unforgettable!
It should have been the main dish, but it quietly appeared in the appetizer platter. It was just a roll, but it seemed like a stunning stroke, which really surprised me.
Crispy Marbled Beef with Finger Lime Sauce
I thought I had eaten Wagyu beef in Shanghai for so many years that it was nothing special. But after taking a bite, I found out that I was wrong again. It was obviously just A3 Wagyu, but the thin crispy coating, the bright sauce, the overly rich aroma of tangerine peel, mixed with the aroma of black pepper, and garnished with sour finger lime, the taste was neither dry nor greasy, and I couldn't find a single flaw even if I tried to be picky.
There was also a Cantonese dim sum platter served before the soup. Although I believe it must have been delicious when freshly baked, it was a pity that there were too many of them. There were four kinds in total and I didn't know where to start. I would feel like I was missing out if I ate any of them first. It would have been better if they were served one by one. I could only secretly sigh that it was a pity.
There is also the soft fried rice that is fried to the driest and most fragrant taste, and the walnut and black grain rice cake that is so glutinous that it sticks to your teeth… Even though the stomach is so full of carbohydrates that it is about to burst, the mouth still keeps eating uncontrollably.
I took a sip of the 2003 ripe Pu'er tea, and my stomach was full and my eyes were full of greed. I was thinking about the next time I come, I look forward to meeting Master Zhu, and those Yongcui Palace signature dishes that I haven't eaten in Shanghai... For example, the crispy eel shachima, which I was curious about, hahaha, so that there will be no regrets.