Serendipity Restaurant Finds : New York City's Macao Trading Co

Serendipity Restaurant Finds sometimes appear when I start finding websites. If you like me, you can’t help it. These find are something like a technological “Kevin Bacon’s 6 degrees of Separation”. I find a link, I see it, it looks too interesting, I click on it and it leads me to an article, a review or information. This usually leads me to finding out more about a restaurant that I might visit in the future. At the least, if I am not able to visit and partake at the establishment, I possibly can find a restaurant close by in Kansas City that approximates it in terms of the cuisine, a recipe or something that I would like to explore. There were many at this link

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03/31/dining/macao2-audioslideshow/index.html

One captures my interests because reportedly it married chinese and portugese influences from thethis province . Macau lies on the western side of the Pearl River Delta, bordering Guangdong province in the north and facing the South China Sea in the east and south.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macau

Macao Trading Co
www.macaonyc.com
311 Church St # 1
New York, NY 10013
(212) 431-8642
http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/macao-trading-co/
http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/31/day-dreaming-again-2/
http://www.gayot.com/restaurants/macao-trading-co-new-york-ny-10013_1ny081208.html

Many of the dishes were not fusion. One that is mentioned is a true Macanese called Bacalao fried rice

It was features in the article best new restaurants in 2009

http://nymag.com/restaurants/wheretoeat/2009/53177/

New Yorker restaurants
Click on the restaurant at the top and explore with the pulldown menu
http://nymag.com/restaurants/wheretoeat/2009/53177/

I love the idea of Fusion recipes, foods and restaurants. I love Ming Tsai’s East- West collection and what he offers at his (near Boston) restaurant Blue Ginger, which I experienced in 2008.

One of their signature dishes is a a Macao type friend rice dish. I think I found a similar one. This website has a nice list of links to interesting rice dishes.

http://www.recipesindian.com/south_indian_recipes_rice

I n d i a n C o o k i n g R e c i p e : B a k a l a B h a t h

I n g r e d i e n t s :
2 c u p s b e a t e n r i c e
3 c u p s c u r d s ( The word "curd" as used in India usually refers to a liquidy, sour, unsweetened yogurt(
º t s p s a l t
1 g r e e n c h i l l i
1 s m a l l p i e c e g i n g e r

F o r s e a s o n i n g :
1 r e d c h i l l i ,
1 p i n c h m u s t a r d ,
1 t s p g h e e

M e t h o d :
C o m b i n e t o g e t h e r c u r d s a n d b e a t e n r i c e .
A d d c r u s h e d g i n g e r , m i n c e d g r e e n c h i l l i a n d s a l t t o t a s t e .
M i x w e l l a n d s e a s o n w i t h t h e i n g r e d i e n t s n o t e d a b o v e .
T e n d e r c u c u m b e r g r a t i n g s c a n b e a d d e d , i f d e s i r e d .
R e a d y t o s e r v e .