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Time to Eat!
The following restaurant was converted from an original car dealership which had the traditional scalloped roof design. It was a great renovation of keeping the old and restyling the architecture into something new. That is going on in a LOT of old buildings throughout Recife, and I believe it serves the city well.
~ Having a List of Good Eats ~
In his 4th year at Recife, our son is the longest teaching American faculty at this time, and he continues to document and keep records of all places of interest - to visit - to see & learn about - to eat at - where to buy groceries (including a Sam's Club), and the list goes on, so when new faculty get to Recife, he offers them an intro list which he never had when he arrived. Also, during these years, he has had an alignment with a Brazilian family which has greatly increased 1) his Portuguese (with a 1st year of language classes included in the teaching contract), 2) their English, 3) his travels & knowledge of areas within the 4.5 million city population he otherwise might never have known about. He definitely has that spirit of interest and curiosity.
Therefore, for our month with him, we probably made 3 dinners in the apartment, as he wanted us to try all of the various & different dishes he discovered and knew we'd like (which was correct!). Many were familiar foods, but prepared in ways we've never had before . . . especially the shrimp or chicken in a variety of cheese sauces (wish I had the ingredients and recipes). So here's a parade of dishes I can now only dream about :).
A Mural of the People & their Culture above a Buffet
The Steak Buffet w/Friends
Another very tasty evening experience!
an amazing rice, shrimp, & fried cheese casserole w/a border of potato straws - enough for 3
To the right, 1 1/2 bananas sliced lengthwise, covered with a thick sweet creamy cheese, coated with the thickest cinnamon-sugar ever, & topped w/a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Was enough for the 3 of us & all for $37.40 w/sodas & tip.
very enjoyable decor
The restaurant, itself, was quite a showcase with its displays, in-house bakery, and gelato bar.
Smile!
You know what you're eating.
A wonderful door handle.
their gelato & bakery
basics w/a twist of flavors
There are food courts in the malls. Here & there in an airport, or a city that has a heavy tourist area, there might be an American chain restaurant. Overall, we saw a Pizza Hut, Popeyes, KFC, McDonalds, Subway, Dunkin Donuts; the Outback Steak House, Dominoes, & Taco Bell in Rio de Janeiro; & such. And all the "fast food" ones have delivery if you know how to order & pay online. Very convenient at times!
Repurposing Old Colonial Mansions
Strolling through bakeries, a grocery store, a mall . . .
Many flavors of dried/toasted
Many meat-stuffed potato rolls.
puddings
a sweet vanilla custard that's also in Portugal, England, ...
Cocada Recheada - coconut bars - maybe $5-7 for 12 - so sweet & chocolaty! Should have bought more varieties!! Found some recipes & just as I thought . . . coconut mixed w/sugar & sweetened cond. milk.
Talk about melt in your mouth - a brioche cheese bread! $1 a loaf.
$15 - $21.00
lightly-flavored, airy-puffy cheese balls; at an airport
breads & kinds of crackers are
Great breads of a good variety.
Brigadeiro "candy" balls (& photo below); $ .50 each; bakery
8oz, $2.40; like mashed figs, dates, raisins, prunes all mixed together. Maybe that's what "guava" & this is?!? V. good.
Needed more time to try everything!
Napoleons (top) $1.55; flans (bottom) $1.65 - $1.95
sweets $3-3.60 each; airport
available for dipping in warmed
"rustic" sandwich breads -$1 loaf
$11 - $13.00
Yummy choc-filled croissants; grocery above; bakery below w/tempered hard chocolate!
passing by in a mall
cheese sauces. (We use chips.)
The same cheese melted on pretzel bread in Germany!
Famous in the area: Bolo de Rolo - up to 16-18 layers rolled, filled w/guava - above & the squares on the left; below, chocolate w/guava: dry & snapped when bought, but softened over time.
meringues
chicken pot pies; $3.20; airport
Acaraje at Johnnie Walker's
(Recife)
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