Wednesday, 12 October 2011

Macau Festival 2011 Celebrates in Sydney

People can experience all the excitement, colour and fascination of Macau on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 October 2011, when the inaugural 2011 Macau Festival will be held in Tumbalong Park, Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia. This Festival is being organised by the Macau Government Tourist Office.



The Festival will feature a stage program of contemporary and traditional Portuguese dance, featuring members of the long established Aldeias de Portugal, Lion dancing, song and music throughout the two days.  

There will be a host of activities and rides for children and adults. 

There will also be plenty of Portuguese, Spanish and Chinese food to satisfy hearty appetites. Food stalls will preparing and serving such delicacies as chorizo rolls, Spanish meatball rolls, spicy peri peri chicken, calamari, octopus, barbecued seafood, Portuguese chicken burgers, marinated steak rolls, seafood paella, dim sum platters, steamed dumplings and Peking duck with pancake.

Helen Wong, general manager of the Macau Government Tourist Office Australia, said “Guests will see a merger of cuisines which sums up the dining characteristics of Macau which has its own Macanese cuisine. Make sure to sample as many dishes as possible – at affordable prices.”

Coinciding with the festival will be a Macau Food Week at the Four Seasons Hotel Sydney from October 14-21. The hotel’s restaurant Kable’s will offer a special traditional Macanese menu for both lunch and dinner throughout Food Week, the menu featuring a selection of traditional dishes including the famous Macanese Egg Tarts and African chicken. Macanese food is best described as a combination of Portuguese, Chinese, Indian and African cuisine.

Adding to the authenticity of the experience, two guest chefs from the sister property, Four Seasons Hotel Macau, Gary Wong and Alex Lim, who will be preparing the Macanese dishes throughout the week. Guests who make a reservation will go into the draw to win two nights’ accommodation in Macau with dinner for two.

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