🇬🇧 Typical foods from Porto Alegre, Brazil

I have already talked about typical dishes from countries around the world and also from Brazilian states. Now I will talk about the typical foods of the 4 Brazilian cities in which I lived. A text for each city. This is the third text.

Porto Alegre - RS

In my first year in the city, I often ordered food from restaurants (delivery). I have seen that if I had to make a certain dish at home it would cost me X, plus the work of making and washing the pots and other utensils. And if I were ordering the same dish from a restaurant, even with a delivery fee, the cost would be very close, without having to cook, and I'd just wash the dishes and cutlery. Then I started cooking at home, which was a ridiculous decision, especially since I moved to a neighbourhood where there was no supermarket and the cost to go to the supermarket was high. The first year I used to go out for a while and usually go to metal shows, go for walks around the mall or go to the movies, things that I went on alone.

As in Uberlândia, I was more interested in trying things I couldn't find in previous cities. Or the already known dishes such as pizzas and fillet parmesan (there was a wonderful restaurant specialising in fillet near the apartment I lived in the first year, that the fillet was generous, and it was my meal for a few days, making up for it the investment).

When I moved to Porto Alegre, my intention was mainly to enjoy the international metal shows that didn't exist outside capitals in Brazil. My interest in immersing myself in the culture of places through gastronomy has only recently manifested itself, together with the pleasure of tasting different dishes, haute cuisine, etc.

The most famous dish of Rio Grande do Sul and, of course, of the capital Porto Alegre, is the barbecue. I'm not the biggest fan of beef, the most used in barbecues, but I have tried barbecue gaucho and it is very good.

Another very iconic dish is the gaucho "Xis". The Xis are sandwiches. I never ate, because going to the bar alone didn't appeal to me and the only time my friends went to eat Xis was after a Nightwish concert in 2004, but I was very tired and preferred to go home, which was close to the place where the concert happened. Read more about this concert in the old texts on this site. One thing that makes Xis different from regular sandwiches is the bread size compared to a burger bread from those popular fast food places. The bread of the Xis is much larger. It's like burger bread, but much bigger. It seems to me that the fillings are also different. When I get back to town I try it and let you know how it goes.

The text talks about food, but I can't talk about Porto Alegre without mentioning chimarrão, the traditional drink of the gauchos. The closest comparison I can make is with a sugar-free tea, but I recommend trying it as this description is far from what chimarrão really is. There is a ritual for preparing and drinking mate, affectionately called "chimas" by some.

Carreteiro rice is another popular dish in the region. This, curiously, I tasted it in Minas, but not in RS. Soon I'll post the recipe I have here for you to try at home. Is very good. Perhaps a legitimate gaucho carreteiro is even better.

In the state, and in the city, there are many "galeto" restaurants, a small chicken, butchered younger than a normal chicken, usually roasted. I have never tried it because I prefer boneless meat. I really like the taste of chicken upper leg, for example, but I rarely buy it. Roast chicken tastes good, so galeto shouldn't be bad, but I'm still a bit picky about some things like bones, fish bones, bananas, watermelon seeds, etc. I'm a lot less picky than I was in childhood and adolescence, but I still have my frills.

Cucas are a type of cake with a sweet crumb on top. The dough is a little dry. They are very good to accompany a coffee. In addition to farofa cucas, there are other flavours such as cuca with guava paste, in which the paste mixes with the dough, reducing the feeling of dry cake.

Another very typical dessert is sago. Another one I haven't tried, even though it's one of the most typical desserts in the state. It is made with sago and wine, served with a vanilla cream.

If you want to add some food that I haven't mentioned, correct the information I've posted, or make other comments, feel free.

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Nycka, the Nomad