WHERE TO EAT - Brazil - page 391

BÚZIOS (Rio de Janeiro) Satyricon

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Av José Bento Ribeiro Dantas 500, Centro Tel [phone]
Miro Leopardo's Satyricon has been serving the best seafood in Rio de Janeiro for over 20 years. The restaurant
is especially known for its oven-baked fish, served with rock salt and accompanied by lightly fried vegetables.
A good selection of wine is available.
BÚZIOS (Rio de Janeiro) Sawasdee

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Av José Bento Ribeiro Dantas 422, Centro Tel [phone]
This seafront restaurant serves Brazilian versions of simple Thai dishes. The restaurant's pad thai is made from egg
noodles fried with myashi sauce, baby squid, mussels, and prawns and garnished with coriander, lemon, and grated
peanuts. The grilled salmon comes with a sliced mango, sweet and sour sauce, mint, and black pepper.
BÚZIOS (Rio de Janeiro) Casas Brancas

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Pousada Casas Brancas, Morro do Humaitá 10 Tel [phone]
This open-air restaurant and bar on the Morro do Humaíta offers sweeping views out over the bay. Popular with
couples, the atmosphere is rendered romantic when the bar and the handful of tables are lit with candles in
the evening. The highlight is light Mediterranean seafood and simple, elegant Italian dishes.
CABO FRIO (Rio de Janeiro) Restaurante La Gondole

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Rua Almirante Barrosa 247, Passagem Tel [phone]
The best seafood restaurant in Cabo Frio, Restaurante La Gondole is run by Swiss chef André Cabrini, who trained
in France. House specialties include feuilleté de la mer, filo pastry filled with seafood and accompanied by stuffed
mussels and saffron risotto.
GUARAPARI (Espírito Santo) Guaramare

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Av Meaípe 716, Rodovia do Sol 65, Rodovia para Anchieta Tel [phone]
Located between a busy main road and the beach resort of Guarapari, this restaurant, with its mock-farmhouse
dining room and rustic ambience, is a haven of peace and at its most magical in the evenings. Highly recommended
for its sumptuous seafood. Chef Vitor Bojovski has received numerous stars from Guia Quatro Rodas magazine.
PARATY (Rio de Janeiro) Catimbau

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Baía de Paraty Tel [phone]
Strikingly built between two giant boulders on a tiny island in the bay by local fisherman, Caca, and his Dutch wife,
this restaurant and bar serves simple but superb fresh seafood amid great views. The caipirinhas , cocktails made with
lime, sugar, and cachàca , are chilled and strong.
PARATY (Rio de Janeiro) Punto Divino

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Rua da Matriz 129, Praça da Matriz, Centro Histórico Tel [phone]
Paraty's best seafood restaurant is run by an Italian scuba diver who fell in love with the bay of Ilha Grande on a
visit here some decades ago. Their Italian pizza, lighter on cheese than customary in Brazil, is a good choice.
Classy live acoustic music plays during high season. There is an excellent wine list.
PARATY (Rio de Janeiro) Vila Verde

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Estrada para Cunha km 7 Tel [phone]
This little rustic restaurant, tucked away in a forest just behind Paraty town, is a big draw not only for the delicious
light Italian fare on offer, but for its tropical garden that attracts giant electric blue morpho butterflies, emerald
hummingbirds, and flame red tanagers, who flutter through the restaurant's open sides to the delight of diners.
PARATY (Rio de Janeiro) Merlin O Mago

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Rua do Comércio 376, Centro Histórico Tel [phone]
Next to Hotel Coxixo (see p371) , a few blocks from the main square, is this delightful restaurant, which is owned
and run by a German journalist turned Cordon Bleu chef. Dishes combine Brazilian, Asian, and European flavors and
are made with the freshest local ingredients. Try the fish of the day or the charcoal-grilled picanha (beef).
PARATY (Rio de Janeiro) Le Gite d'Indaiatiba

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Rodovia Rio-Santos km 562, Graúna Tel [phone]
In the heart of the Atlantic rainforest, next to the Bromelias spa (see p371) , is one of Brazil's finest restaurants.
Classic French cuisine is combined with Brazilian tropical ingredients to create culinary delights. The fantastic meals
are accompanied by excellent wines and jazz performances set amid the sweeping rainforest.
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Alameda das Mimosas 30, Vale Florido Tel [phone]
One of the most distinguished restaurants and hotels, set in a colonial mansion in the forested hills near Petrópolis
and Teresópolis, Locanda della Mimosa has won many accolades. Inspired by French nouvelle cuisine, the hearty
meals are served in Brazilian-sized portions. There are plenty of Italian choices too. The wine list is superb.
VITÓRIA (Espírito Santo) Lareira Portuguesa

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Av Saturnino de Brito 260 Tel [phone]
This is the best of a handful of Portuguese restaurants in Vitória. The cooking and the service are directed by an
owner and chef from Guarda in central Portugal and dishes like bacalhau (codfish) are served by black-tie and
aproned waiters in a bustling dining room.