In Brazil

Ipanema Beach

It´s winter in Brazil, but not too bad for all that.

This is from a street market on Sunday on Rua Siqueira Campos in Copacabana, right down from our hotel.

If it´s Friday night, it must be Arcos da Lapa. This downtown neighborhood is extraordinarily festive on Friday night. There are parties on the street and vendors galore. Or you can choose one of many interesting restaurants.

Arcos da Lapa

We went here:

Antonio´s, Arcos da Lapa

Antonio´s

It wasn´t a mistake. We had a lovely mango and shrimp salad and a sanuiche de carne seca, i.e. a jerked beef sandwhich layered with grilled onions and farmer´s cheese. I´ll be bloging more on carne seca.

mango salad, antonio´s

sanduiche de carne seca

Here´s some carne seca hanging in a Sunday market in Copa. It is said to keep for a month or so without refrigeration. It´s quite salty, so you have to desalinate it before you use it. Delicious!

carne seca, market in Copa

This is an essential ingredient in Feijoada.