Macau | Lord Stow’s at the Venetian: A Visit: Crossing the Grand Canal for a Fresh Caramel Pudding 🥧✨
#September Good Places 2025
In the Grand Canal Shopping Center of the Venetian Macau, Lord Stow’s Bakery brings the “freshly baked” sense of time to the counter: the outer layer of mille-feuille pastry clicks, the inner core is a slightly trembling milk and egg pudding, holding the box of goose yellow cardboard in hand, shopping seems to have more destination.
Background Story and Development History | How a Portuguese egg tart became a business card for Macau’s taste
In 1989, British baker Andrew Stow opened Lord Stow’s Bakery in Coloane. He tweaked the concept of Portuguese Pastéis de Nata into a version closer to Chinese tastes—crispier pastry, smoother milk and egg filling, and toasted caramel spots on the surface. From the Rowan main shop all the way to the peninsula, Cotai, there is the Venetian shop such as "travelers easiest to buy by the way" branch.
This little dim sum was accidentally written into the city's love history: Andrew's early cooperation and separation allowed Macau to have another "Margaret"-based egg tart branch at the same time. Both factions have their supporters, but "eat freshly grilled and eaten hot" is the consensus of everyone.
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Actual Interview Route | The 20 minutes I bought egg tarts at the Venetian
1. Find a shop: Follow the directions to the Grand Canal Shopping Center to the San Marco Square area, where you will see a small wall of goose yellow cardboard boxes stacked in the distance, a shelf oven behind glass.
2. Order: I usually directly say "six original flavors", plus one while walking to eat; if the day has custard, butterfly pastry to pick two pieces.
3. Time out of the oven: Whole point or half point is often the peak of a new plate; the shopkeeper will remind you to be careful of scalding. The entrance is most charming when the heat is 90 minutes.
4. Eat while walking: the first bite first listen to the sound - the pastry "click" of crispness, then the milk and caramel aroma spread upward; walk to the arcade to see the "sky canopy", feel like a tourist and like people in the album.
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Palate notes
• Original egg tart: surface burnt spots are evenly distributed, the center slightly shakes; the outer ring of mille-feuille is a dry flaky pastry, not oily soft type; the filling milk-egg ratio is not too sweet, most like pudding when warm.
• Custard/Butterfly Pastry: The custard is layered, the crust is slightly crispy;
• Packaging: Yellow box carton has ventilation holes, within 2–3 hours the flavor is still good;
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5 Q&As you may be curious about
Q1. How long does it take to queue?
45-60 minutes is not unusual on weekends/even holidays;5–10 minutes during non-dining hours on weekdays.
Q2.Can I bring it on board?
Purchase on the day of departure is the safest; don't squeeze your handbag, go home and bake again.
Q3.Are there any different flavors?
The mainstay is original; the store occasionally sees other western pastries, but the egg tart is the main stage.
Q4.When is the best time to buy?
Whole point, half o'clock easily encountered out of the oven; before nine o'clock in the evening there will be a wave.
Q5.Will it be too sweet?
The sweetness of Andrew's is medium to low, with caramel aroma arriving first and sweetness collected cleanly.
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Reason for recommendation
1. The sense of time of fresh baking: you can see the oven, hear the pastry peeling.
2. Super convenient location: In the Venetian shopping center, it is convenient to stroll, watch the show, and go back to the room.
3. Classic taste: crispy outside and smooth inside, burnt spots fragrant but not bitter, hot eat invincible.
4. Packaging is easy to carry: yellow box is highly recognizable, suitable for gift giving; there are 6/12 into the choice.
5. Friendly price: a single tens of MOP, stable CP value.
6. Rainy day preparation: all indoor shopping mall, bad weather can also be arranged.
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Practical Information (Slack Guide)
•Address: Golden Light Avenue Connecting Highway, Cotai, Macau | Venetian Macau Resort / Grand Canal Shopping Center (near St. Mark’s Square)
• Transportation: Take the hotel’s free shuttle bus to the Venetian and walk for 3–8 minutes according to the mall guide directions.
•Operation: Subject to mall;high frequency of roasting in the afternoon to evening.
•Price: around MOP$13–15 per tablet;6-pack/12-pack boxed (subject to on-site marking).
• Payments: Swipe/mobile payments and cash can be used in parallel;
•Reserve fresh: 6–8 hours at room temperature, best eaten on the day;rebake please use oven or air fry.
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Surroundings/Accommodation (Turn your sense of taste into an itinerary)
• Venetian Canal & Artificial “Blue Sky”: Find a chair by the arcade with an egg tart and watch the boatman sing while you eat.
• The Parisian/Cinema City Macau: Accessible by footbridge;
• Accommodation: Staying in a Venetian or Parisian, returning to your room at night to bake is the highest perk for egg tart fans.
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Review content (with address)
• Store name: Lord Stow’s Bakery—The Venetian Macau
•Address: Venetian Macao Grand Canal Shopping Centre, Golden Light Avenue Connecting Highway, Cotai, Macau (near St. Mark’s Square area)
• Order: Original Egg Tart 6pcs + Crocus/Butterfly Pastry.
• Comments: The outer layer is crisp, fragrant and not greasy;
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Take photos (mobile phone can post videos)📸
1. 45° depression angle to shoot the "triangular composition" of three egg tarts, the most beautiful focal spots.
2. Natural light against the window makes the pudding layer shine; placemat or yellow box as the foreground.
3. Oven perspective: Put the oven plate and yellow box in the same frame, "just baked" story sense full.
4. Hold in hand: Focus up close to the pastry layer, revealing a little trademark as well.
Real advice (pit avoidance/takeaway/baked back)💡
• Avoid pits: do not shoot for a long time in front of the counter during peak hours, buy first and shoot later;
• Take-out back to hotel: Place the box on the upper level of your luggage to avoid squeezing and return to your room to warm up in the oven or air frying;
• Weather: The pastry drops quickly when the humidity is high;1–2 pieces are recommended to be eaten within 30 minutes.
• Sharing ratio: 6 pieces for 2 people is just right; 12 pieces for 4 people can eat "hot + re-roasted" two tastes.
• Insurance stomach: If you are not sweet, taking black coffee/sugar-free tea will push the caramel aroma cleaner.
• Children: Fresh from the oven very hot, please be careful of the filling;
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