Egg tarts are the most popular desserts in Macau and Hong Kong. People like having 2 egg tarts and a cup of coffee or milk tea for breakfast or high tea. Paying a visit to Macau, the egg tarts of Margaret's Café e Nata are the must-eat.
See! The long queue. The egg tarts here are the most famous, so visitors from Hong Kong, mainland China, Taiwan and other countries waiting here to have a taste of the egg tarts. It is recommended to get here earlier to avoid such a long long queue.
The crispy pastry and milky stuffings make the egg tarts in Margaret's Café e Nata a hot dessert. Egg tarts are usually made from short crust pastry, eggs, sugar, milk or cream, and vanilla, sprinkled with nutmeg and baked.
Price: MOP 9
Recommended shop: Margaret's Café e Nata
Like many classic Hong Kong dishes, the origins of the egg tart are a bit murky, but it seems likely that they are yet another example of British tea time snacks -- custard tarts, in this case -- that were adapted to local Chinese tastes. Since they became popular in the 1940s, two varieties of egg tarts have emerged: one with a flaky puff pasty shell and another with a sweet shortbread crust. Both are filled with a rich custard that is much eggier and less creamy than English custard tarts or Portuguese pastéis de nata.
Recommended shop: Tai Cheong Bakery, 35 Lyndhurst Terrace, Central, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2544-3475
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