Try the world’s first fusion food – in the backstreets of Macau
Mix Chinese flavours with ingredients from Portugal and spices from its colonies across three continents and you have a unique cuisine that dates back 450 years
June 2016
The foodie traveller
Macau’s favourite dish: hot out of Africa
The Portuguese left a delicious culinary legacy in Macau – African chicken, slathered in peanut and chilli sauce
February 2015
China's corruption crackdown hurts James Packer's gambling empire
Profits plunge at Crown Group’s Macau operation in the wake of Beijing’s attempts to curb controversial high-rolling gamblers
July 2014
China's gambling capital Macau is world's fourth-richest territory
World Bank figures show former Portuguese colony overtook Switzerland with gross domestic product per capita at £53,000
April 2014
Observer New Review Q&A
Lawrence Osborne: 'Acclaim. I don't notice it much'
The nomadic British author talks to Rachel Cooke about gambling, ghosts, the allure of his adopted Bangkok and his new novel
January 2014
Macau is betting on a new kind of Chinese tourism
The former Portuguese colony is threatened by a crackdown on its controversial 'junkets'. Now, with new malls and lavish shows, it is hoping to replace high rollers with middle-class families
May 2011
Macau: The serious business of gambling in China - video
Macau – gaming capital of the world
March 2011
Macau: where China likes to spend it
Chinese workers are industrious, committed to saving – and willing to gamble enormous sums in Macau's sprawling casinos
December 2007
Riot police move in as tourists clash with guides
Tourists unhappy with their guides, who took them to the shops instead of the historical sites of Macau, ended up being subdued by police with riot gear
July 2007
My crap holiday
Don't bet your bottom dollar on Macao
The attraction
February 2007
Macau casino pays out to girl, 16
When a Hong Kong teenager walked into a casino in the Chinese territory of Macau, chaperoned by her mother and grandmother, she can have had little idea of the riches that awaited her - nor of the legal storm that her winnings would generate.
January 2007
Taking a gamble on the Asian Las Vegas
With its mega-casinos, Macau is building a reputation as the Asian gambling mecca, but this colourful corner of China is more than just Las Vegas with crispy duck, writes Phil Hogan.
January 2006
Macau ... is the new Las Vegas
It's flashy, rich and decked with neon, and only the lack of Elvis impersonators gives away the fact it isn't the real thing.
