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event bites
Destinations in Asia are placing food
at the centre of attracting visitors with
Macau declaring a Year of Creative
Gastronomy. Martin Donovan reports
from the Skal Asia conferenceFEASTING
ON FUSION
IN MACAU
ROCK superstar Mick
Jagger singled out
Macau’s famed egg
tarts when the Rolling
Stones performed at
the Cotai Arena. Though
a lighthearted comment
to the audience between
songs, the savoury treats
certainly struck a chord with the
legendary frontman.
However much Jagger may have admired the
baked little wonders back in 2014, Macau’s food
and wine heritage has more recently come in
for enough high praise to merit recognition from
Unesco, the United Nations Education, Science and
Cultural Organisation.
The Macau government of the China special
administrative region has also designated 2018
the Year of Gastronomy with a host of events
highlighting the former Portuguese enclave’s
culinary heritage.
This heritage, along with gastronomy tourism,
was a topic during a panel discussion at the 47th
Skal Asian Area Congress, a gathering of regional