Macau Eat: Yi Yan Tang Dessert (一燕糖甜品) @ Macau Peninsula

Rick
Nov 8
2 min read

Updated: 5 days ago

Yi Yan Tang Dessert (一燕糖甜品) is a dessert shop located at the intersection between Rua da Alfândega and Rua da Felicidade in Macau Peninsula. Rua da Felicidade, or Fulong New Street (福隆新街), is a bustling street with restaurants, cafes, gift shops, etc, and easy to find Yi Yan Tang Dessert at one end of the street.

Yi Yan Tang Dessert (一燕糖甜品) @ Macau Peninsula

Yi Yan Tang Dessert's signature and premium dessert is bird nest boiled in coconut (椰皇炖燕窝). There are other signature desserts and most of them seem unique too. Aside from desserts, there were food dishes such as hot-plate rice with different types of meat, wide range of noodle dishes, such as abalone noodle, beef noodle, fresh fish vermicelli, etc, and snacks and pastries too.

The signature Sesame Paste & Almond Paste (太极杏仁拼芝麻糊) is a great way to try two out of three flavours of the traditional desserts — the third being red bean paste. The dual-paste dessert has both white almond paste and black sesame paste presented in a Taichi diagram. Both the almond and black sesame are stone-ground till ultra-fine and are rich and distinct in flavours, not too starchy and of low sweetness level. It is a heathy dessert suitable for hot summers and cold winters.

Yi Yan Tang Dessert (一燕糖甜品): Sesame Paste & Almond Paste (太极杏仁拼芝麻糊)

The Mango Grass Jelly with Taro Balls (芒果烧仙草芋圆) is served with sweet potato balls, taro balls, peach gums, almond tofu, on cold glass jelly, topped with a scoop of mango ice-cream and accompanied by a creamy sauce made using mango too. The dessert has rich mango flavours, light creamy and similarly with low sweetness. It is nice to have, especially on hot summer days.

Yi Yan Tang Dessert (一燕糖甜品): Mango Grass Jelly with Taro Balls (芒果烧仙草芋圆)

The Thai-style Durian Coconut Pudding (榴莲椰皇布甸) is served with coconut pudding, peach gum jellies and a scoop of frozen durian flesh in a cut-open coconut. A pourer containing coconut cream accompanies the dessert for adjusting the sweetness as desire. It is a mildly-sweet dessert with distinct flavours of its ingredients.

Yi Yan Tang Dessert (一燕糖甜品): Durian Coconut Pudding (榴莲椰皇布甸)

Aside from desserts, Yi Yan Tang's hot-plate series are tempting to have for meals. The Sizzling Plate Stirred Rice with Beef & Pork (铁板牛肉拼五花肉拌饭) is served with fresh slices of beef and pork belly with shreds of shallots on sizzling hot-plate with rice topped with corn kernels, chopped scallion, black pepper and other condiments. The meats are nicely-cooked — by the staff after presenting the dish for photos — and tender with sweet shallot flavour and tasty rice. Delicious!