Macau Hot Pots - Brisket, Tendon and Tripe Hot Pots in Macau

Chinese Hot Pots in Macau

Delicious hot pots and soups using beef cuts

In Macau (and Hong Kong), the brisket is regarded as one of the tastiest cuts of beef and is highly prized for that reason.

Cooking brisket takes some skill, to make sure that the fat melts away whilst at the same time, the meat remains succulent and moist. The Chinese have the art of cooking brisket perfectly down to a fine art.

Tripe

What can I say about this dish? Well, I can tell you without a word of a lie that I loved it. It was without doubt the best tripe I have ever tasted. It had absorbed all of the flavor from the rich gravy and was a beautiful consistency. It almost melted in the mouth when you chewed it

Tendons

Tendons are something you would rarely see for sale in a regular supermarket in the UK or US. Most people would have no idea what to do with a tendon to make it delicious. Well, things are different in China, where every part of the animal is used and indeed, enjoyed.

What surprised me about these beef tendons, was just how tender they were. I had eaten crispy, fried tendons before but never tried them stewed or simmered in a hot pot.

Just like the tripe, the tendons had absorbed the flavor of the hot pot and the texture was actually very nice. They had real texture, but they were in no way chewy, as I had expected.

I would love to get the recipe for the Chinese tendon dish!

Beef Brisket Hot Pot - in a Korean cafe restaurant, this was a perfect example. The meat was perfectly moist and full of flavor and the gravy was deep, rich, with real complexity - I thought I could taste star anise and nutmeg amongst other spices, making it very different from a Western Hot Pot.

Simple and Tasty - served up with rice and some fresh Pak Choi, complimenting the dish perfectly. Other people in the cafe were preferring to have theirs served with noodles.

A Classic Hot Pot and Barbecue Restaurant - this is the restaurant where we bought our tripe, tendon and brisket hot pot. There were so many places with amazing food on offer, making it very difficult to choose which place to choose.