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Macau is one of Asia's smallest and most charming cities, nine square miles east of Hong Kong along the Pearl River Delta. A Portuguese settlement for over 400 years, here you find a little piece of Portugal in China. Chef Felix prepares the evening meal, Pork Minchi, following a Macanese recipe; then host Sian Richards explores the city, where people come to enjoy its elegant streets, wide-open squares, and historic buildings. She meets Chef Andrew, who makes delicious Lord Stowe's custard tarts daily (in Portugal they're called natas). She sees preparations being made for the annual Dragon Boat Festival; plus gets to experience Folklorico, where performers dress in traditional costumes as they dance the lively Farepeirra. The orchestra sings old folk songs in Portuguese, but the accent is Cantonese. Then she and Graham Blakey visit a traditional Chinese herbal medicine store, where there's a cure for every ill.
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