Street Foods and Snacks

Acaraje
The omni-present king of all street snacks in Bahia: Black-eye pea cake deep fried in palm oil, then filled with dried shrimp, vatapa and okra , all optional. Reject the peppers or you`ll die (“sem pimenta!”).

Abara
A banana-leaf-steamed Acaraje. Good for those avoiding deep-fried stuff.

Bolinho de Estudante
A dry tapioca pressed into shape, grilled then rolled in cinamon sugar.

Pão de Queijo:
Cheese puffs like you never had them before. Absolute must.

Pastel de Carne:
Very much like a deep fried ground beef wonton. Must try.

Empada de Camarão:
Shrimp cup pastry.

Kibe:
Arabic snack made from deep fried whole-wheat surrounding a spicy ground beef center

Coxinha:
String chicken pastry inside deep-fried dough.

Bolinho de Aipim:
Deep-fried cassava dough with a ground beef center.

Cachorro Quente (hot dog):
A variation of the NY style hotdog: bread, hot dog link, tomato paste with onions and peppers, then optionals: corn, string potatoes, parmesan and other stuff. Forget the other stuff.

Esfiha:
A tri-folded pizza of Arabic origin. Must have.

Churros:
Deep fried dough filled with none other than doce de leite (caramel’s rich cousin). Then rolled in cinnamon sugar. Mmmmm good.

Misto Quente:
Ham and cheese sandwich, made with stringy mozzarella. A must and usually very safe.

X-Tudo:
Double cheese burger with everything they have to offer: bacon, fried egg, sausage, pulled chicken, string potatoes, etc etc.

Pastel de Forno:
Oven baked folded pie with various flavor fillings. Great usually.

Bolinho de Bacalhau:
Cod fish cake in ball format. Very good. Eat it with olive oil. Don’t try the peppers.