The Adventures of Fat Rice: Recipes from the Chicago Restaurant Inspired by Macau

With 100 recipes, this is the first book to explore the vibrant food culture of Macauan east-meets-west melting pot of Chinese, Portuguese, Malaysian, and Indian foodwaysas seen through the lens of the cult favorite Chicago restaurant, Fat Rice.

An hours ferry ride from Hong Kong, on the banks of the Pearl Riverin China, lies Macaua modern, cosmopolitan city with an unexpectedhistory. For centuries, Macau was one of the worlds greatest tradingports: a Portuguese outpost and crossroads along the spice route, wheretravelers from Europe, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and mainland Chinatraded resources, culture, and food. The Adventures of Fat Rice is thestory of how two Chicago chefs discovered and fell in love with thisfascinating and, at least until now, unheralded cuisine. With dishes likeMinchi (a classic Macanese meat hash), Po Kok Gai(a Portuguese-influenced chicken curry with chourio and olives), andArroz Gordo (if paella and fried rice had a baby), now you, too, can bringthe eclectic and wonderfully uniqueyet enticingly familiarflavors ofMacau into your own kitchen.