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When it comes to food, we have a clear ranking: No. 1: Amazon fish, followed by seafood and then the baian specialty Moqueca = fish or shrimp in coconut sauce and Dendé oil. Feijoada, a bean stew with meat and sausage, is also delicious. Now it's getting harder for us: in the popular churrascarias, there is a lot of grilled meat; pizza and hamburgers can also be found on every corner in different qualities; none of this is really our thing. We are always happy to try any small regional specialty, such as Acaraje from Bahia (a dough made from black-eyed peas, deep-fried in Dendé oil and filled with shrimp and a special sauce, Vatapa). We had Tacaca in Manaus, a soup made from manioc and cabbage with shrimp; manioc and rice are served as a side dish, often with farofa (manioc flour baked in butter); empanadas and tapiocas, pastry filled with cheese, meat, fish, or spinach made from different types of flour, are also delicious, as are salgados or bolhinos, small balls similar to croquettes. Vegetables are rather rare, but the juices and fruits are exciting. In addition to fruits known in Europe, there are species that are completely unknown to us, such as graviola, cupuacu, umbu, caju or acaí, which is considered a 'superfood' in the USA and has many followers here, especially among athletes. We don't like the bitter purple fruit at all🙈. We love acerola juice, mango, passion fruit, pineapple or simply orange and lime, the latter also as caipirinha 🍹🍸😋. The portions, by the way, are huge and one meal often serves 2 people. In a nice restaurant in the trendy Santa Teresa district, we found variations of German cuisine 🤣, and there are also new beer varieties in every city, we are slowly losing track. If the distracted waiter forgets our order, we simply order the appetizer again, bolhinhos de bacalao, get full and it tastes good too😋