Tuesday, October 29, 2013

St. Roque 34 Cafe in Macau


Note: Not in HK, but Macau's close enough, easy to get to and this place is delicious and not well known.

A place we stumbled into after our reservation at Albergue 1601 was not honored. Were told on the phone that no reservations were taken. Arrived to a near empty restaurant around 1130am on a Sunday and were told  it was full. Apparently full of bookings (didn't they say they don't take them?) and despite our efforts to say that we were told no bookings were taken on the phone...

Walked around nearby charming area and came across St. Roque 34 Cafe. Small, charming place and easy to miss. Ordered chicken stew, fish curry, croquettes and a "hamburger." Croquettes (pictured below) are minced cod and deep fried. Crispy and light outside, moist and flavorful inside. Perfect. Chicken stew and fish curry flavorful and full of different layers of spices though without overdoing it. Not Asian style and worked well with both rice and bread. "Hamburger" was the star, 2 patties which appeared to be pan fried, with crisp edges on the outside, but moist, tasty inside and not heavy. Was not beef, tasted actually like Indian-style tuna cutlets mom used to make but apparently (we found out later) was pork. Oops. Very tasty and a mistake worth making. Repeatedly. Was topped with a dollop of a sort of thousand island-like dressing sauce on which sat a fresh shrimp. Served with salad. A must try. Lots of stuff on menu needs 24 hours advanced notice but looks tasty.


MC/Visa accepted (I think - we used cash)
Reservations accepted

HKD/MOP 150-200 per person 


Rua S. Roque, N. 34, R/C Macau (near Igreja de. S. Lazaro)
澳門聖祿杞街34號文輝大廈地下. 
 +853 2835 4011 / +853 6640 8385

1 comment:

  1. sounds good. I was just in macau last week for an agm. Wish I had read your blog before heading there. Need to go back now....

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