(see part one)
Not far from Jobi there’s the padaria where everyday I go and have the classic and very simple carioca breakfast. I adore standing by the counter at Padaria Lisboa, in Avenida Ataulfo de Paiva 1030, in Leblon, +55.21.22941597, and taste a pão na chapa quente and a café coado, the best way to start my day. The second must for breakfast is confeitaria Da Casa da Tata in the residential neighbourhood Gavea.
When here, it seems as if you were in a fazenda in the typical Brazilian countryside and I like to eat bolo formigueiro, pamonha and marquise de chocolate. Another classic in town are empadas, pies made with pastry filled with chicken, heart of palm, prawns or cheese. It’s a sort of habit I grew over time, when living in town, and when I fancy one, I go to Chez Anne for the not-to-be-missed chicken ones.
Bolo Formigueiro produced by confeitaria Da Casa da Tata, one of Roberta Sudbrack’s favourite places for breakfast
The best African food in town is in the traditional neighbourhood of Botafogo where
Yorubá is the temple of all that takes you back to the traditions of the Dark Continent. Here a great chef prepares, among other things, some spectacular
acarajé, meatballs made with a paste of
fradinho beans, fried in
azeite de dendé and then filled with dried prawns, onion, coriander, tomatoes and a marvellous pimenta sauce. A true and wonderful addiction.
Keeping to the theme of great tradition, in this case the
carioca one that have gradually become more solid, the best bistro in town is certainly
Aconchego Carioca in Praça da Bandeira. Here I never miss the chance to taste two dishes among all: the great
bolinhos de feijoada and
as morangas com camarão, the latter being a pumpkin opened up and filled with prawn cream. Marvellous.
Who can resist to As morangas com camarão? It’s a pumpkin opened up and filled with prawn cream
As for grilled meat recalling also my gaucho origins, there are two restaurants I couldn’t do without.
Braseiro da Gavea is a simple and young restaurant in Praça Santos Dumont where the picanha cooked on the embers is paired with a very classic
farofa de ovo. Not far away from this restaurant there’s
Filé de Ouro, a great classic in town, where they serve a traditional and timeless
Filé a Oswaldo Aranha and also the best local
bolinhos de bacalhau .
For great signature cuisine, served by one of the best restaurants in Brazil, I go to Restaurante Olympe owned by my brotherly friend Claude Troisgros. Claude, who belongs to the superb Troisgros dynasty, around thirty years ago was the first to start high quality cuisine in Brazil, introducing the use of Brazilian products in high gastronomy. He still represents the diamond point for this kind of offer in town.
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