São Paulo`s on the go streets eats.
São Paulo`s streets fare should not be overlooked. In fact, if your stomach were Odysseus, the cheap, tasty, and sometimes even healthy snacking that abounds might be a tougher gastronomic siren to resist than some of the city`s most desired evening dining spots. The go-go attitude of Paulistanos and the lack of spare time for an actual meal has made Brazilian finger food a way of life.
For just R$1,00 or R$2,00, you can eat buttery, salty sweetcorn fresh from the cob, or buy a cup of creamy, sweetcorn juice. Slices of pineapple, watermelon and other tropical fruit are found on many streets corners. For drinks on the move, there is freshly squeezed orange juice, agua de coco (coconut water) still in the coconut and accessed by straw, and for those with a very sweet tooth, caldo de cana - pressed sugar cane juice which you can watch being grinded into your cup by a cross between a juice machine and a wood shredder.
Brazilians love their salgadinhos (appetisers), and with good reason. Little plastic sools by the food stands allow you to sit briefly as you devour the famous pastel - a crispy, thin, deep-fried pastry with a variety of fillings, such as cheese, chicken, palm hearts, minced meat or the brazilian catupiry (soft cheese).
The coxinha may have the finest of all salgadinhos. Made from minced chicken and seasonings, and enclosed in a deep-fried, wheat batter, it is roughly shaped to resemble a tear drop. The bolinho de bacalhau, a delicious, deep-fried cod croquette, and the kibbeh de carne, based on the Lebanese favourite and made from ground beed, wheat, onions and herbs, are also near impossible to resist. Arab immigration has had a strong influence on Brazilian eating, and open or closed esfihas, a sort of mini-pizza made with soft dough, filled with meat, cheese and vegetables, are very popular too.
Pão de queijo (cheese bread) is a staple for breakfast, and many street vendors set up in the early morning selling it alongside homemade chunks of cake plus café puro (black coffee) or café com leite (coffe with milk) for the hungry morning work commuters.
Brazilians have a very sweet tooth, and you wil find plenty of street vendors selling cocada, grated coconut cooked in syrup of white or brown sugar, and brigadeiros, a chocolate fudge made with condensed milk. Sickly but superb.
quinta-feira, 14 de fevereiro de 2013
A Moveable Feast
São Paulo`s on the go streets eats.
São Paulo`s streets fare should not be overlooked. In fact, if your stomach were Odysseus, the cheap, tasty, and sometimes even healthy snacking that abounds might be a tougher gastronomic siren to resist than some of the city`s most desired evening dining spots. The go-go attitude of Paulistanos and the lack of spare time for an actual meal has made Brazilian finger food a way of life.
For just R$1,00 or R$2,00, you can eat buttery, salty sweetcorn fresh from the cob, or buy a cup of creamy, sweetcorn juice. Slices of pineapple, watermelon and other tropical fruit are found on many streets corners. For drinks on the move, there is freshly squeezed orange juice, agua de coco (coconut water) still in the coconut and accessed by straw, and for those with a very sweet tooth, caldo de cana - pressed sugar cane juice which you can watch being grinded into your cup by a cross between a juice machine and a wood shredder.
Brazilians love their salgadinhos (appetisers), and with good reason. Little plastic sools by the food stands allow you to sit briefly as you devour the famous pastel - a crispy, thin, deep-fried pastry with a variety of fillings, such as cheese, chicken, palm hearts, minced meat or the brazilian catupiry (soft cheese).
The coxinha may have the finest of all salgadinhos. Made from minced chicken and seasonings, and enclosed in a deep-fried, wheat batter, it is roughly shaped to resemble a tear drop. The bolinho de bacalhau, a delicious, deep-fried cod croquette, and the kibbeh de carne, based on the Lebanese favourite and made from ground beed, wheat, onions and herbs, are also near impossible to resist. Arab immigration has had a strong influence on Brazilian eating, and open or closed esfihas, a sort of mini-pizza made with soft dough, filled with meat, cheese and vegetables, are very popular too.
Pão de queijo (cheese bread) is a staple for breakfast, and many street vendors set up in the early morning selling it alongside homemade chunks of cake plus café puro (black coffee) or café com leite (coffe with milk) for the hungry morning work commuters.
Brazilians have a very sweet tooth, and you wil find plenty of street vendors selling cocada, grated coconut cooked in syrup of white or brown sugar, and brigadeiros, a chocolate fudge made with condensed milk. Sickly but superb.
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