Food prices in Brazil?
well, I can't say if it's expensive or not, since I've never lived in any other place. however, São Paulo - the city where I've always lived in - is said to be one of the most expensive places to eat. I usually spend about 15 reais (between 9/10 dolars) in my lunch if I go to a cheap restaurant. a Coca Cola costs about 1,80 reais (about 1 dolar) if you buy it in a supermarket. in a regular place, like a restaurant or a pub, it would cost about 2/3 reais (about 1,5 dolars). in São Paulo you'd probably eat a Big mac, with french friens and a medium Coke for 16 reais (10 dolars). you can also eat some good pizza in a restaurant for about 30 reais (about 19 dolars). is that expensive for you?
What are the best restaurants to try when visiting Porto Alegre, Brazil? What should you try while you're there?
Porto Alegre isn't a gastronomic city like Paris or Boston nor is it a cosmopolitan city with many spots to go out like São Paulo or New York. So I would say not to bring overexpectations. But on the other hand we, Gaúchos, are worldwide-known by our barbecue. So definitely when in Porto Alegre you MUST try a “churrascaria”, which is a place where you will find the best barbecue (or “churrasco” in Portuguese) in the whole world and will be able to eat as much as you can paying a fixed price! I would recommend Freio de Ouro Churrascaria, but there's a bunch of them, it is up to you to pick out the best one for you. Another interesting spot that I definitely recommend to you is “Pampa Burger”, which is a burger/fast food place but with the distinguished feature of cooking all of their burgers by barbecuing them in a wood-fired grill, which make their burgers taste incredibly awesome. The best burgers I've ever had by far!! Remember, Porto Alegre is the land of the meat, so take advantage of that!!I hope it helps!:)Tiago Koppe
How does Texas de Brazil Work and what are the prices?
The dinner price is $42.99. They have a buffet that you start with, that has mostly salads and appetizers, then they bring the meat to your table. You will have a small round disk that is green on one side and red on the other. Place it green side up and they will bring you every kind of meat imaginable. Red side up and they leave you alone. Your server will also bring you whipped potatos and plantains, which are small sugary bananas that you take a bite of between meats to cleanse your palate. The food and service is amazing. Have fun!
Fogo De Choa or Texas De Brazil? Which is better?
They are run by the same people and serve the exact same meats, cooked the same way. In both places, the gauchos (waiters) walk around with skewers of meat and cut it right onto your plate. Both restaurants have full bars. The differences are that Fogo de Chao is more formal and upscale, the salad bar is bigger there, and it's more expensive. Texas de Brazil has a more casual, laid back atmosphere, slightly different salad bar selections, and is a few dollars cheaper. Both are truly excellent, so it's really just a matter of whether you want a more conservative or casual atmosphere. Enjoy!
What is it like to eat at a Brazilian steakhouse? Is the experience worth the generally higher price?
In the years before I moved to Brazil I had pretty much stopped eating red meat. After I moved, that quickly came to an end. At countless barbecues, the option was to eat beef, or not to eat.Brazilians seem to have evolved a special relationship with beef. In fact, I’ve met several Brazilians who told me they simply can’t digest chicken. In all my years in the US, I had never heard of such a thing.My first experience at a Brazilian restaurant (it was a steakhouse but I didn’t realize it at the time) was something of an abject failure. It happened years ago during a business trip to southern Florida. A colleague at work had so praised Brazilian food that when I saw a restaurant with a Brazilian flag and all of its signs in Portuguese, I had to give it a try.Dinner came with a glass of wine, fresh baked pão de queijo (cheese bread) and an extensive salad bar. Everything was so good that, unthinkably, I filled up. Before the meat came. And come it did, on long skewers, and in large quantities…the rodízio. Little time passed before I told the waiter I couldn’t eat another bite. He didn’t believe me, and periodically returned to the table encouraging me to eat more meat. I paid the bill and hastily made my escape.A typical meal at a Brazilian steakhouse consists of a visit to the salad bar (but save your appetite!), followed by the meats and side dishes such as polenta and mandioca frita (fried cassava). Among the commonly served meat cuts are Alcatra (Top Round Steak), Fraldinha (Bottom Sirloin), Costela (Short Ribs), Coxa de Frango (Chicken Thigh), Coração de Galinha (Chicken Hearts), Perna de Carneiro (Leg of Lamb), Lombo (Pork Loin) and Linguiça (Sausage), but reigning above all other cuts is Picanha. On your first visit try everything, on future visits tell the waiter, ‘just picanha for me’.Before dinner try a caipifruta cocktail of kiwi, red fruits, passion fruit or my favorite, pineapple.Follow dinner with mousse de chocolate (chocolate mousse), mousse de maracujá (passion fruit mousse) or pudim de leite (Brazilian style caramel flan) and an espresso.Vegetarians and fish eaters are likely to find a full meal’s worth between the salad bar and side dishes.
Texas De Brazil VS Fogo De Chao?
I can't decide which one to got to for valentine's day with my boyfriend. If you have been to either one or both could you please tell me the prices, whether you enjoyed your experience, and anything else you would like to add. This would be very helpful thank you!!!!!!!!
How much money would I need to live comfortably in Brazil, particularly Rio/Sao Paulo, for a year?
It depends on where you plan to live and what you consider “comfortable”.Rent for a small studio at Copacabana is around $300/month. I’m not sure if you can actually rent one for 12 months (the default is 30 months here) as a foreigner, but perhaps you can. That gives you around $4k for rent and utilities.If you plan on staying on a good hotel, that would be around $30/day, or about $11k for one year.You then need to eat. If you eat out, you’ll expend around $15 every day for lunch and dinner at not very expensive places. That gives you $5.5k for food.If you move around using public transportation, that will be around $4 per day, so you should reserve around $1k for transportation. If you get yourself a car, it will rapidly escalate.So, with around $12k you should have a somewhat comfortable stay in Rio or São Paulo. Nothing luxurious though!Please notice that for most countries our Brazil's tourist visa only last for 90 days. I’m not sure how you can extend your stay for one year on a tourist visa.