Gastronomic establishments in Rio are always ready to surprise their visitors with unusual dishes. Brazilian cuisine is one of the most piquant and exotic in the world, which is why restaurants serving national cuisine are extremely popular among vacationers. In the city center there is a restaurant Café Gaúcho, which offers visitors a huge selection of meat dishes, as well as the most popular national drink - aromatic coffee. Most often, restaurant guests order Pernil sandwiches with fried pork or pork ribs with spicy sauce.

Fans of European cuisine will prefer the Confeitaria Colombo restaurant, which is reminiscent of gastronomic establishments in Paris. The menu offers a huge selection of first courses, salads and cold appetizers, fish and meat delicacies, as well as desserts and exotic cocktails. In addition, at Confeitaria Colombo you can order rare wines that will be the perfect complement to any meal. The Doce Delícia restaurant, whose menu is based on national dishes, is very popular among vacationers. The restaurant's signature dish is salmon in soy sauce, as well as salads with papaya. For dessert, guests usually order chocolate cake and unique Brazilian coffee.

Exotic lovers should definitely visit the Espírito Santa restaurant, where you can try rare namorado fish meat and exotic fruits. Among establishments specializing in the preparation of oriental dishes, the Asia restaurant is the most popular. In addition to excellent delicacies and everyone’s favorite oriental sweets, the establishment attracts visitors with its original design. Exquisite interior items make the Asia restaurant look like a fairy-tale sultan's palace. Copyright www.site

Among the variety of national dishes that deserve special attention in Rio, it is necessary to highlight “feijoada”. This is the name of a hearty meat dish that is prepared with a special variety of black beans. To prepare this dish, a mixture of a variety of deli meats is used, including pork, corned beef and smoked pork sausages. The dish is served with a side dish made from cassava or rice.

Visiting restaurants is as integral a part of a tourist holiday as spending time on the beaches, excursions and shopping. Brazil is a fairly large country, so a variety of dishes are prepared here according to the recipes of many local nationalities. I will try to describe the most typical Brazilian dishes that would be worth ordering while vacationing in this exotic country.

Feijoada

First, I’ll tell you about something like feijoada. It's not God knows what, black bean stew with pork, but feijoada is the most famous Brazilian dish. Try it now that you're in Brazil. This dish is served with white rice and farofa - fried cassava flour. Along Rua Prudente de Morais (this is the tourist area of ​​Ipanema) there is a popular restaurant specializing in preparing this particular dish. This place is called "House of Feijoada".

Caipirinha

Caipirinha is a Brazilian refreshing alcoholic cocktail. To prepare it, use lime, lemon, cachaça, cane sazar and ice. But be careful: this drink is easy to drink, and you can get drunk quite quickly and unnoticed. Caipirinha Vm will be served everywhere - both in an expensive restaurant and in the simplest street bar.

You can buy freshly squeezed juice in almost every point of the city. It is prepared from pineapple, mango, papaya and other exotic fruits. To the delight of tourists, fresh coconuts are sold here.

Gastronomic establishments of Rio de Janeiro

Now let's talk about places to eat in Rio. There are typically Brazilian rodizios - barbecue meat restaurants or churrascarias. In Brazil (as in Argentina), cattle breeding is very developed, and the meat served in local restaurants is of excellent quality! There are two types of churrascarias in Rio de Janeiro - rodizio and self-catering.

A rodizio restaurant is when at the entrance you pay a certain amount (around thirty to forty reais) and eat whatever you want and as much as you want. You only have to pay for desserts and drinks. You are also not limited in time; you can take breaks, even take a walk, in order to rush into battle with renewed vigor. How does lunch happen: You just sit at the table and wait until the waiter comes to you. If you like the meat dish that is on his cart, he puts it on your plate, if not, wait for another waiter. The process of servicing a client here is like some kind of theatrical performance: they show you the carcasses, you choose the part you like, they cut it off and... you're ready to eat. And this happens ad infinitum, one waiter is followed by another, and you eat as long as your greed allows and as long as your health allows...

Rio de Janeiro's Michelin-starred restaurants were scrutinized by this renowned expert ahead of the Rio Olympics. Six restaurants in the Brazilian capital received well-deserved stars. Their list, compiled by Michelin this spring, is presented below by Traveler's Assistant.

1. Restaurant Lasai

In the Basque language "Lasai" means "calm". What else does a tired person need after a long day of work? Calm, measured atmosphere of a cozy restaurant, delicious dinner, polite waiters... You will find this set (and even more!) in Lasai. The “more” is an amazing combination of the chef's skill, offering world-class cuisine, and the charming setting provided by the Botafogo area.

Lasai opened to visitors in 2014; an old historical building built in 1902 was found for this wonderful establishment. The restaurant's interior has absorbed natural and modern materials; it is filled with noble wood and illuminated with interesting designer lamps. The Lasai terrace offers amazing views of the famous landmark in Rio de Janeiro - the statue of Christ the Redeemer.

The chef of the Michelin-starred restaurant is Rafael Costa e Silva, his friends and fans call him Rafa. Rafa received his culinary education at the Culinary Institute of New York, then worked for many years in Europe. Typical Lasai dishes are delicious sweet yam with coconut and egg yolk, complemented by the thinnest sheet of dried beef, scallops “in partnership” with aromatic herbs, which are always served with the best Brazilian wines and original local drinks.

• Address: Rua Conde de Irajá, 191 - Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22271-020, Brazil, Tel. +55 21 3449-1854.

2. Restaurant Mee

Celebrity chef Ken Hom opened the first luxury pan-Asian restaurant in Rio at the luxurious Copacabana Palace hotel. The name of the restaurant - Mee - means an amazing female name in Korean, which in translation sounds like “beauty”. The restaurant's chef, Rafael Hidaka, is originally from Japan; he previously worked in famous restaurants in Sao Paulo - Kinoshita and Osaka.

Mee's exotic menu will allow visitors to take a gastronomic journey through Thailand, China, Cambodia, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and even Japan. The restaurant's chefs will be happy to prepare spicy Thai salads, famous Vietnamese crabs seasoned with pepper and salt, and luxurious special fish dishes from the chef using secret Asian culinary methods.

To explore the wide variety of dishes from Japan, guests will be accompanied by a sake stewardess, who will organize a tasting of each dish and complement it with an introduction to more than 25 varieties of sake imported from Japan. For dessert, you should definitely try the tofu cheesecake with Japanese soy sauce and fruit.

• Opening hours: daily 19.00 -01.00.
• Address: Belmond Copacabana Palace - Av. Atlântica, 1702 - Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22021-001, Brazil, tel. +55 21 2548-7070.

3. Olympe, modern restaurant

As the regulars say, the food of the gods is always waiting for them here, the chef, the Frenchman Claude Troisgros, knows a lot about it. The master masterfully combines exquisite dishes of traditional French cuisine and the most diverse gifts of nature and spices of Brazil, as if they receive a new sound, a new taste and a new style.

• Address: R. Custódio Serrão, 62 - Lagoa, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22470-230, Brazil, Tel. +55 21 2539-4542.

4. Restaurant Roberta Sudbrack

This is the name of the local gastronomic restaurant, located in the Botanical Garden area in Rio and created by the former chef of the Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso. Locals love this place very much, because on quiet days of the week they often offer significant discounts, and this is a good reason to try something delicious.

The restaurant's eight-course tasting menu changes daily based on what Rio's excellent food markets are offering today. Urban fashionistas will especially enjoy the excellent desserts of chef Roberta Sydbrak.

Restaurants in Rio de Janeiro will satisfy the gastronomic preferences of any tourist. Here you can taste dishes and national Brazilian cuisine, and European.

In the city center there is a national cuisine restaurant Café Gaúcho (R. São José, 86). Visitors here will find a huge selection of meat dishes, the most popular of which are pork ribs in spicy sauce and local Pernil sandwiches.

Considered the best restaurant in Rio de Janeiro with oriental cuisine Asia, reminiscent of the palace of the Turkish Sultan.

The highest prices in restaurants in Rio de Janeiro, located in fashionable hotels. For example, in Carretao. One cup of instant coffee here costs 15 BRL.

The Rio de Janeiro restaurant (290. Atlantica) enjoys an excellent reputation, reviews of which on traveler forums are extremely positive. The entrance fee here is fixed - 250 BRL. You pay and eat as much as you want. The buffet offers salads and cold appetizers. And when you sit down at the table, the waiter brings cocktails and hot dishes that you can try or put aside.

You can enjoy a breathtaking panoramic view of the city and the bay in the restaurant Real Astoria(Av. Repórter Nestor Moreira, 11 - Botafogo). In the evening, calm music plays here, candles are lit on the tables, and an amazing landscape with city lights and Guanabara Bay opens up before the guests.

Inexpensive restaurants in Rio de Janeiro - this is a chain Churrascaria. You pay for admission, desserts and drinks. You take everything else (meat, fish, salads, snacks, seafood) from the tables in unlimited quantities absolutely free!

The best cafes in Rio de Janeiro stretch along the coast. They are located every 30 meters. You will be served aromatic Brazilian coffee and treated to a signature dessert from the chef. Prices in cafes in Rio de Janeiro are not bad: a standard set (coffee + dessert) will cost about 13 BRL.

Of course, you can’t do without Russian restaurants in Rio de Janeiro. The most famous of them is Restaurante Dona Irene(Rua Tenente Luiz Meirelles, 1800 - Bom Retiro, Teresópolis - RJ).