{"id":278859,"date":"2010-08-05T10:12:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-05T08:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stagingapp15670.cloudwayssites.com\/sao-paulo"},"modified":"2010-08-05T10:12:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-05T08:12:00","slug":"sao-paulo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stagingapp15670.cloudwayssites.com\/en\/sao-paulo\/","title":{"rendered":"S\u00e3o Paulo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nEleven short hours of flight and here we are this time in Brazil in S\u00e3o Paulo, the largest city in South America! On the program of our culinary journey, a typical Brazilian breakfast and dinner in a churrascaria with meat at will! A small tour in a supermarket then visit the municipal market… <\/div>\n
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\nSo here we are this time in the center of S\u00e3o Paulo in a bakery! But you should know that a bakery (uma padaria) in Brazil is a place where bread and other pastries are sold, as well as cheese, ham, milk… So it’s a pretty broad concept! Let’s go to the one in Rua Luis Coelho, “Bella Paulista”! A “padaria” a little more sophisticated! <\/i><\/div>\n


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\nBut we find the great classics, like these giant cheese breads (p\u00e3o de queijo or p\u00e3es de queijo in plural!)…<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nIn the window of the counter, a really Brazilian specialty on which we will return largely by putting the recipe, the “coxinhas”! It is pronounced cochignia, and a “coxinha” literally means “little thigh”! <\/i><\/div>\n
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\nThis is not necessarily very typical for breakfast but I couldn’t resist! All this with a great latte and a p\u00e3o de queijo!<\/i><\/div>\n
\nThe coxinha is usually filled with chicken and the dough around it is made of wheat flour, or potatoes (like gnocchi) or even cassava! Then they are rolled in breadcrumbs and dipped in boiling oil!<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nAnd here are the “bolinhas de queijo”, the principle is the same as for the coxinhas, but they are smaller than these and are filled with cheese! A real treat!<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nEarly enough in the morning on the biggest avenue of S\u00e3o Paulo, Paulista Avenue, here I am ready to consume a fresh fruit juice at “Banana Split”! <\/i><\/div>\n
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\nAt the counter, you just have to ask and your wish will be fulfilled in a blender! The pressed paulistanos take their juice on the go! <\/i><\/div>\n
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\nThe fruits are mostly fresh, because if you want a fruit juice that is not in season it will be a frozen fruit. <\/i><\/div>\n
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\nAt 5 Reais a glass, I didn’t mind! On the left, a cashew fruit juice, and on the right a beet-orange-carrot juice!<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nSmall tour in a supermarket (p\u00e3o de a\u00e7\u00facar) with the fruit section which for us are of course exotic! <\/i><\/div>\n
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\nIn the juice section, I couldn’t resist and had to leave with concentrates of my favorite juices, passion and cashew!<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nThe dried meat department to make a delicious “feijoada”!<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nAnd of course the cacha\u00e7a to make caipirinhas!<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nIn the evening, meet with friends from S\u00e3o Paulo in a churrascaria! Whenever I go to Brazil, I pass at least once in these delicious restaurants!<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nThe waiters pass one after the other with long skewers of deliciously grilled and salted meat! They cut them up in front of us for our greatest pleasure! <\/i><\/div>\n
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\nAnd of course there is a buffet for everything else. Lots of non-Brazilian things but there is still the farofa that I love! <\/i><\/div>\n
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\nAnd the black beans for the feijoada (the picture doesn’t give you the desire but it is so good!!)<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nThe next day, we went to the center of the city and \u00d4 surprise at the corner of a street, the chain of stores of cheese breads the “casa do p\u00e3o de queijo”!<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nAnd here we are, finally, at the municipal market! <\/i><\/div>\n
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\nInside the market is huge. It is filled with displays of fruits and vegetables, meats, cheeses…<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nTo begin the exploration of exotic fruits, here is a really delicious fruit, the ‘jabuticaba’ which grows directly on the trunk of its tree… It is used to make very good liqueurs and can be eaten as is!<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nAnd other fruits of extraterrestrial origin! Even Brazilians admit they don’t know much about these fruits! It must be said that in this market, we find a lot of fruits of Amazonia…<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nAnd here is one of my favorites! The cashew fruit that makes an absolutely wonderful juice! When I first tasted this juice, I imagined that it was the juice of the cashew nut without imagining for a moment that there was a fruit underneath! <\/i><\/div>\n
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\nI find it amusing to see how fruit is arranged around the world! There is a big difference between the markets in Montreal, Seattle and S\u00e3o Paulo!<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nThe mountain is formed by a sweet passion fruit… (maracuj\u00e1 doce) much sweeter than the classic passion fruit! <\/i><\/div>\n
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\nThe inside really looks like a fish egg pouch!!! But I really liked the taste and the juice! <\/i><\/div>\n
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\nOne can easily spend more than an hour and a half in this market if one observes all the corners! <\/i><\/div>\n
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\nI really fell for this little fresh pasta vendor! She was really sweet. She makes all this lovely pasta herself!<\/i><\/div>\n
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