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Food and drinks
Rio de Janeiro has a large and good selection of restaurants where most culinary traditions are represented, from traditional Brazilian, native streetfood – but also influences from Africa and the French and Japanese kitchen.
You should visit the “Churrascaria” which is Brazilian steakhouse. On a Churrascaria you can eat meat grilled over an open fire. You can also get Barbecue in the Chapeu Mangueira above the district of Leme last Sunday of each month. The people in Rio de Janeiro eat late and restaurants usually do not fill up until nine o’clock.
There are plenty of affordable lunch places, galetos, where you can enjoy a quick snack at the bar or lanchonetes, cafes such a reasonable price serves a traditional meal of meat, beans and rice.
You also have the botequim which is a mixture of noisy bar and simple bistro. Areas like Flamengo, where once a large part of the diplomatic corps was nesting when Rio was the capital, has received its botequim-renaissance. The bars are shared by residents in two different flavours: simple bar where you stand and places where you will be served at the table.
Famous places in Rio
Botecobelmonte
One of Rio’s most cool venues. Crowded, cluttered and noisy
www.botecobelmonte.com.br
Bar Luiz
One of the oldest bars in the Centro for the intellectuals.
www.barluiz.com.br
Confeitaria Colombo
One of the most beautiful dining rooms in South America
www.confeitariacolombo.com.br
Club Sandwich
Rio de Janeiro’s latest hip eaterie with cool design launched by legendary restaurateur Rogério Fasano and featured in the trendy magazine Wallpaper.
Address: Rua Aníbal de Mendonça 112
Ipanema
Bondinho de Santa Teresa
Brunches at Santa Teresa
Brunch at Santa Teresa with a magnificent view over the city. Santa Teresa is an area with large height differences. Along the steep cobbled streets are county upper class houses with towers and pinnacles. A very bohemian, but beautiful area.
www.aprazivel.com.br
Cafezinho – cafés and coffee shops
www.confeitariacolombo.com.br
www.largodasletras.com.br
Other specialities in Rio
Why not try the Brazilian national meal feijoada? Feijoada is made on black beans, salted-pork, sausage and onions served with rice. You also have the famous Filé à Oswaldo Aranha which is one of the best known dishes in Rio, served at Cosmopolita, and named after the politician Oswaldo Aranha. Several of the Brazilian home cooking dishes come from Minas Gerais.
Casa da Feijoada
Popular place for all feijoada enthusiasts.
Address: Rua Prudente de Morais 10
Phone. +55 21 2247 2776
www.cozinhatipica.com.br
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Siri Mole
Beautifully seafood from the region Bahia in Northeast Brazil – influenced by Africa and a lot of seafood. Here you can eat the delicious Siri Mole. Among the specialties are exotic dishes like acarajé, a mixture of fried white beans and shrimp, and moqueca de Siri which is stewed small crabs in coconut milk.
Address: Rua Francisco Otaviano 50
Phone +55 21 2267 0894
www.sirimole.com.br
Azumi
Brazilians have embraced the Japanese kitchen and many argue Azumi is the best Japanese cuisine in town. This restaurant offers excellent sushi and sashimi.
Address: Rua Ministro Viveiro
de Castro 127
Phone +55 21 2541 4294
Yoruba
Afro-Brazilian cuisine in top class
Try African menu, a selection of West African dishes, or piripiri – a spicy rice dish with strong ginger, coconut milk and shrimp.
Address: Rua Arnaldo Quintela 94
Phone +55 21 2541 9387
Gero
Italian restaurant on the top-class with homemade pasta and risotto. They also have a good selection of vegetarian dishes.
Address: Rua Anibal de Mendonca 157
Phone +55 21 2239 8158
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Bacalhau
Salted codfish
Bolinho the bacalhau cod in a ball
Moqueca
Seafood stew with coconut milk and palm oil from Bahía. Ok I know Bahía is another state but it taste delicious so try to get it.
Peixe
Fish
Farofa
Toasted manioc flour Brazilians put it on beans and many other dishes.
Queijo
Cheese browned over a hand-held charcoal oven often served at beaches often eaten with sweet molasses.
Salgados
Street food
Icecream
If you like eating ice cream than Rio de Janeiro is the area to be as you just might discover it on pretty much every corner of the city in a bundle of assortments like passionfruit, acai or mango.
Watch up for the pizzas…
Brazilians put ketchup and mustard on it…and the best place to get a brazilian pizza is Bráz.
www.casabraz.com.br
Drinks
Academia de Cachaça
Cachaça is the national liquor of Brazil but remember sugar cane rum from Brazil have different qualities.The cheaper ones that are chemically produced are usually white in color and there are Cachaças with a better quality often with a brown color.
www.academiadacachaca.com.br
Then you have different alcoholic drinks like: Capeta, Caipirinha, Caipivodca (Caipirinha made with vodka), Caju Amigo and Leite de Onça (Jaguar Milk).
