Bairro: Areia Preta
City: Natal, RN
Zipcode:
Phone: (084) 3202-2001
Hours: Daily from 12am to 11pm.
Cost: Under $15.00 (or R$25.00)
Northeast Brazilian The Northeast section of Brazil, principally the states of Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Maranhão, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, and Sergipe, composes geographically of a thin, bursting coastal plain with considerable rainfall where a great deal of the population is established, an equally thin transition zone referred to as the Agreste, and a large semi-arid section called the Sertão, which is dominated by big cattle ranches. All types of tropical produce are grown on the coastal plain, with sugarcane and cacao being significantly abundant. Throughout the State of Bahia the leading cuisine is Afro-Bahian, which developed from plantation cooks improvising on African, Amerindian, and regular Portuguese foods employing regionally available ingredients. Frequent dinners are vatapá, moqueca (both having seafood and palm oil), and acarajé (a salted muffin composed of white beans, onion and fried in palm oil (dendê) which is full with dried shrimp, red pepper and caruru (mashed okra with ground cashew nut, smoked shrimp, onion, pepper and garlic). The predominant staple is a plate of white rice and black beans but other common foods incorporate farofa, paçoca, canjica, pamonha and quibebe. In the remainder of the coastal plains there is less African affect on the food, however seafood, shellfish, coconut and tropical fruit are menu staples. Generally enjoyed tropical fruits in the North-eastern region include mango, papaya, guava, orange, passion fruit, pineapple, sweet sop, "hog-plum," sour sop, and cashew (both the fruit and the nut). Every one of these states have their variants in cuisine and way, being Bahia one of the most distinctive of them. In fact, Bahia is the only Brazilian state where the food is spicy, and bistros will ask you if you want your meal “hot” or “cold”, meaning “spicy hot” or not. They use a whole lot of “pimenta” (pepper) and azeite de dende (a particular kind of oil) to cook their meals. Overall, though, most northeastern states will employ tapioca flour and sun-dried beef (carne de sol). Shrimp and fish are also highly in demand and affordable. Another attribute of northeastern food is the quantity. Often, the meals are pretty giving, and a dish can complete two to three people. Many of the favorites from this cuisine are “moqueca de peixe”, acaraje’, vatapa’, tapioca com coco e leite condensado, cashew juice, acerola juice, acai.
Restaurants in Brazil are normally designed to handle lunch time guests rather than the typical dinner time guests. This drastically changes how they prepare foods, and how they price meals. Many lunch time diners are looking for a fairly simple dining experience, with a nutritious and relatively quick meal. Hot buffets offer them this by having many hot dishes ready. Pricing is frequently by weight or an all-you-can-eat model, most places have both options available.
Sandwiches are considered a snack and not a proper meal! Therefore restaurants normally serve up hot and nutritious dishes for lunch rather than the typical North American simple style lunches.
Meals are normally served and enjoyed on premises, but many dining establishments also offer take away and food delivery services. Of course the restaurants differ greatly in appearance and offerings, including a wide variety of cuisines.
For Brazilians it is very popular to return home for lunch to have their meal with their loved ones. This isn’t always practical, specifically in the larger cities, so restaurants have seized up this opportunity and designed a business model around catering to these people. In many of the less crowded cities it can be problematic to find a traditional sit down and order off the menu style business.
Some of the services offerred, include Cardápio para Crianças.
Nearby Restaurants include Bonna Casa, Mamma Itália, O Bistecão, Peixada do Chorão, Farol Bar e Restaurante, Feitiço da Lua, Restaurante à Portuguesa, Del Mare, Café Capuccino, ?ncora Caipira, Empório do Sabor, Seven Pub, Bigi Restô, Dom Café, Massa Mia, Nemo Pescados, Duas Marias, Confeitaria Atheneu, Shock Bar, Tanaka Lanches.
Restaurants:
| Bar da Paçoca | Rua Baepeandi, 12 |
| Bardallo´s Comida e Arte | Rua Gonçalves Ledo, 678 |
| Café da Dalila | Av. Hermes da Fonseca, s/n |
| Casa do Tota | BR-101, s/n |
| Cia. do Suco | Rua Presidente Café Filho, 1160 |
| Farofa d´Água | Av. Praia de Ponta Negra, 8952 |
| Farol Bar e Restaurante | Av. Governador Sílvio Pedroza, 105 |
| Forró do Pote | Estrada Pium-Parnamirim, s/n |
| Grand Chef | Av. Rodriges Alves, 920 |
| JatoBar | R. Escada José Mauro de Vasconcelos, 1830 |
| Moqueca Capixaba | Av. Governador Sílvio Pedroza, 266 |
| O Amarelinho | Av. Prudente de Moarais, 4354 |
| Picanha Bar e Cia. | Av. Praia de Ponta Negra, 8876 |
| PotiBar | Av. Praia de Ponta Negra, 9088 |
| Sabor da Terra | Av. Nascimento de Castro, 1685 |
| Samba-Bar | Av. Erivan França, 901 |
| São Braz Coffee Shop | Av. Bernardo Vieira, 3775 |
| Tabulêru´s | Av. Abel Cabral, 19 |
Other Cusines in Natal: