Nandu News 112 catering booths, 34 cultural and creative booths... From 29 September to 6 October, the "Macao International Cultural and Gastronomic Festival (Hengqin Station) and the 4th Guangdong-Macao Cultural and Gastronomic Tour" was held at Legend Pangdu Plaza in the Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone in Hengqin for eight consecutive days. In addition to food, there are also Zhuhai rural revitalization style and new tea display area, interactive games, stage performances, etc.
It is reported that this year's food festival with the theme of "Just Like the First Meeting, Meet and Eat", invited a number of popular catering brands such as August Hall HAZUKIDO, Dali Lai Kee, Dianji Curry and other popular catering brands to participate in the exhibition, whether it is Macao special delicacies such as Portuguese egg tarts, pork chop buns, curry beef offal, or delicacies from all over the world such as fish soup cake from Korea, Tom Yum gong shrimp slip from Thailand, pizza from Italy and croissant from France, tourists can enjoy their taste at the food festival.
In addition to enjoying the food, this year's food festival also brought together a variety of trendy cultural and creative stalls from Zhuhai and Macao, displaying a variety of creative and handmade products. In addition, there are interactive games and other activities on site, providing a wealth of entertainment options for visitors of different ages.
Huang Yujie, Secretary for Livelihood Affairs of the Guangdong-Macao Intensive Co-operation Zone in Hengqin, said in his speech that the landing of the "Macao International Cultural and Gastronomic Festival (Hengqin Station)" is a successful example of the cross-border cooperation model of "one section, two places" based on the new pattern of integrated development of Qinqin and Macao. It is of great significance to strengthen the cultural exchanges and cooperation between Guangdong and Macao, guide the high-quality development of the catering industry in Qinqin and Macao, and help the return of urban fireworks.
Zhu Haisheng, President of the Macao New Media Alliance and President of Macao Commercial Daily, said that by holding the food festival, Guangdong and Macao catering brands can truly feel the potential of the consumer market in the Cooperation Zone, which will play a certain role in attracting Macao characteristic catering brands to settle in the Cooperation Zone and helping them enjoy the dividends of the joint development of Qin and Macao.
In her speech, Chan Chi Ling, Member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, President and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Wynn Macau S.A., said that Wynn will give full play to its international resource advantages and innovative thinking to use the Co-operation Zone as a platform to further expand the popularity of Macao's gastronomic brands in the Mainland, promote the development of cultural tourism and catering in Guangdong and Macao, and actively showcase the charm of Macao cuisine.
It is worth mentioning that this time Guizhou Zunyi also led tea companies to participate in the Hengqin Food Festival. As an east-west cooperation area in Zhuhai, Zunyi has actively promoted the high-quality development of the tea industry in recent years and achieved initial results. Therefore, at this year's food festival, Zhuhai Rural Revitalization Bureau joined hands with Zunyi tea enterprise "Chunshuitang" and the well-known new tea brand "Uncle Qiu" to jointly create a new "tea house" on the spot.
At the opening ceremony of the Food Festival, the representative of the event organizer and CEO of Discover Macau, Choi Yuanbo, also officially released the project plan of "Discover Macao Prepared Dishes". He said that representatives of enterprises related to the whole industry chain of prepared vegetables in Guangdong and Macao will be invited to jointly establish the "Macao Prepared Vegetables Industry Development Association" to give full play to the strength of community organizations and help achieve the goal of high-quality development of Macao's prepared vegetable industry. In addition, it will join hands with more than a dozen Macao time-honored catering brands that have been authorized by the brand, and with the help of Guangdong's perfect catering supply chain and industrial chain, give full play to the advantages of "Macao brand", "Macao supervising" + Guangdong manufacturing two-wheel drive, and jointly incubate Macao's time-honored pre-made vegetable products; And with "Ausnutria Code" and "Discover Macao Supervisor" to empower the identity identification of pre-made vegetable products, to achieve one-click traceability and quality assurance. Assist the transformation and upgrading of Macao's long-established catering brands, and build online and offline platforms through food festival activities to let "Taste of Macao" go global.
The "Macao International Cultural and Gastronomic Festival (Hengqin Station) and the 4th Guangdong-Macao Cultural and Gastronomic Tour", under the guidance of the Publicity and Culture Department of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government of Macao, the Information Office of Guangdong Province and the United Front Work Department of the Zhuhai Municipal Party Committee, supported by Macao Government Tourism Office, Macao International Trade Promotion Agency, Hengqin People's Livelihood Affairs Bureau, Hengqin Economic Development Bureau, Zhuhai Rural Revitalization Bureau, Zhuhai Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports, Social Affairs Bureau of Hengqin Provincial Government, Guangdong Overseas Friendship Association, Zhuhai Federation of Industry and Commerce, Hengqin Federation of Industry and Commerce, and Wynn Macau Co., Ltd. Co-organized by Macao Commercial Daily International Media Group, Zhuhai Hengqin Ideal Weekend Culture Media Co., Ltd., and Discover Macau Technology Co., Ltd.
Produced by Hengqin Studio
Written by: Nandu reporter Zhu Pengjing and Zhao Yuqi
Intern Dai Shiyi