Brazilian traditional cuisine uses a wide variety of readily-available ingredients. But most are cooked with simple culinary techniques: boil it or fry it. This makes the different dishes seem almost rudimentary and very 18th Century. At the same time, most of the ingredients are rich in flavor, and therefore do not need complicated culinary improvement.

Bahian Food

Muqueca (Seafood stew)	Vatapa (fish piree)
Bahian food is where Brazilian ingredients meet African recipes.  Coconut milk, palm oil, black eye peas, okra, cassava and thank God:  seafood. Most take the form of a stew or puree: Muqueca de Camarao (Shrimp stew in coconut sauce), Bobo de Camarao (Shrimp  again) and Vatapa .

Churrasco 

Picanha (Top Sirloin)	Aipim (Cassava)
Churrasco is a barbecue with different kinds of meats. It’s of  Argentinean influence. With the exception of salt, the meats are cooked with no spices or sauces, because the chef wants to show his guests that the quality and flavor of the meat does not need to be camouflaged.A Churrascaria serves endless rounds of meats on an all-you-can-eat price basis, with drinks and deserts served  separately. Good for more relaxed nights, as binge eating will slow  you down on the dance floor.

Boi Preto Av. Otávio Mangabeira , s/n,Jardim Armação (71) 362-8844 Barbacoa Av. Tancredo Neves , 909 (71) 342-4666 Sal e Brasa Rua Carimbamba 917, Pituaçu (71) 461-1999 Rincão Gaúcho Rua Pedro Silva Ribeiro 429, Jardim Armação (71) 461-4035

Feijoada 

Feijoard (bean stew)	Couve&Aipim (kale&cassava)
Probably the most typical dish from Brazil: a black bean stew with  hearty sausages, sun-dried beef, served with rice, couve, cassava  flour and orange. This will also slow you down on the dance floor.

Health

  Prato de Verao (fruit dish)

It is hard to find nightime healthy-food restaurants, as most locals would rather eat healthy during the day.

Portuguese

Bacalhau Portuguese (cod)	Bacalhoada Espanha (cod stew)
If you are not planning on going to Portugal in the near future, try their cuisine here! Given all the ingredients the Portuguese had access to in the last 800 years, they use just about everything you can imagine.

Seafood 

Camarao na Moranga (pumpkin shrimp)	Filet de Badejo (Seabass  fillet)
There are 3 sea-food recipes that I urge gringos to try: the   Bacalhoada (cod fish stew, developed by the sailors during  colonial voyages), the Cavaquinha (slipper lobster, with the tastiest tails in the world) and the grilled fish wrapped in banana leaves.

Solar do Unhao An old slave quarter with a great seafood buffet.     Includes an African-roots show (Candomble and Capoeira) that always wows visitors. Ask your concierge for tickets. Av. Contorno s/n° - Comércio 329-5551or 329-5331

Maria Mata Mouro Rua Inácio Accioli , 8, Pelourinho   (71) 321-3929

Mamma Bahia Pelourinho

Contemporary

The contemporary-cuisine chefs in Brazil are making an impressive rediscovery of local ingredients, by adding new twists to old recipes, or inventing altogether new dishes. If you want to taste the new wave in culinary  talent, then these chefs will blown your taste buds away.

Salvador Pub Rua do Meio 154, Rio Vermelho

Trapiche Adelaide Av.do Contorno Comercio

Bar da Ponta Av. do Contorno, Comercio

Pereira Av. 7 de Setembro , 3959

                                  Pizza

Brazilian pizza is a must: They are paper thin,  wood-oven baked, and come in fl avors Florence with it had.

Companhia da Pizza Praça Brigadeiro Faria Rocha , s/n Rio Vermelho 334-6276

Northeastern

  Aipim com carne seca (cassava with sun dried beef)

Northeaster food has sun dried beef at the center of attention and cassava as the main source of carbs, as this was what was appropriate, given the heat and lack of vegetation in Brazil’s dry lands.

A Porteira Rua Dom Eugênio Sales 96, Boca do Rio (71) 461-3105 / (71) 461-3328

Comida a Kilo/Buffet

  Prato Feito (daily dish of rice, beans, salad and steak)

Food by the pound. You pile your plate from the buffet, weight it, and pay on weight. Prices range from $ 0 to $28 per kilo.

Panorâmico Rua das Laranjeiras 18 / 20, Pelourinho (71) 321-2243 Coliseu Bar e Restaurante Rua Cruzeiro do São Francisco 9 and 13, Pelourinho (71) 321-6918 / (71) 321-5585 Rabune Grill Avenida Centenário 2992, Shopping Barra / 1st Floor (71) 267-2811