Rua do Cunha (Taipa Food Street)

Get ready, because your taste buds are about to have one of the best days of their lives. Rua do Cunha, better known as Taipa Food Street, is a short, narrow lane packed with some of the most irresistible snacks and sweets in all of Macao. It became the city's first pedestrian zone back in 1983, and ever since, it has been the place where locals and visitors come to eat their way through Macao's extraordinary culinary heritage. The street is named after the eighty-first Portuguese Governor of Macao, but nobody comes here for the history lesson. They come for the food. As you walk down this bustling lane, you will be hit by waves of aroma, toasted almond cakes fresh from the oven, crispy egg rolls being hand-wrapped in tiny shop fronts, blocks of peanut candy being hammered and cut right in front of you. Generous vendors hand out free samples with broad smiles, and believe me, it is nearly impossible to walk away without buying something. The almond cakes, or hang yan beng, are perhaps Macao's most beloved traditional sweet. Light, crumbly, and fragrant, they have been made the same way for generations. Several famous bakeries on Rua...