When I did research on places to eat in Macao the pork chop bun of Tai Lei Loi Kei kept coming up. Even though I’m not a fan of this unique pairing I decided to give it a try when I saw their outlet in the food court of The Venetian Hotel where I was staying.
While I was perusing the menu I took a quick shot of someone’s order of pork chop buns. To be honest it didn’t look appetizing to me but I was curious to find out why people queue to eat this Macanese delicacy.
Instead of the regular bun I went for the pineapple bun which was soft and had a sweet, crunchy topping.
pork chop pineapple bun HK$36
As I expected it was nothing great. The pork chop was well flavored and seasoned. I could taste 5 spice and lemongrass among the spices used. It was tender but quite boring. There wasn’t any sauce or condiment in the sandwich. I suspect this sandwich was created as a convenient way of eating their favorite pork chop on the go.
Honestly I don’t see myself eating this again.
Restaurante Tai Lei Loi Kei
The Venetian Macao
2620, Level 3 Shoppes Grand Canal
telephone: 2886 6819
Opening Hours:
Sunday – Thursday 10:00am – 11:00pm
Friday – Saturday 10:00am – 12:00am
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was also in macau last week…at senado square there were tons of shops selling the porkchop buns and there were long lines at some of them…same reaction as you had when we bought 3 buns…boring…wala man lang prep involved and condiments…buti na lang tender and tasty naman yung porkchop
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