Brazilian Brands is back! Today’s item in the spotlight has a somewhat romantic association which reminds me of a British confectionery favourite. Rolos were (and possibly still are) milk chocolate covered caramels that came in a tube-shaped wrapper. The tag line was “Do you love anyone enough to give them your last Rolo?”. I suppose […]
Last weekend Mrs Eat Rio and I were feeling a little too lazy to make lunch, so we decided to seek out somewhere new for sustenance. After some internet research and short bus ride, we found ourselves in a modest little bar called Boteco DOC which just opened in the neighbourhood of Cosme Velho. The […]
Hi everyone – nice weekend? I made a couple of rather delicious discoveries that will need to be written up when I can find a moment. In the meantime, take a look at this cool jumping spider that I spotted hopping about on the roof yesterday.
In Zona Norte, just to the east of Maracanã and just to the south of São Cristóvão lies the unremarkable neighbourhood of Praça da Bandeira. In the middle of of this neighbourhood is a street that in passing looks just like any other in the area, Rua Barão de Iguatemi. However, to foodophile Cariocas, this […]
As a kid I spent quite a lot of time staring out of the window when I should have been concentrating. My teachers used to say I was “staring into space” which always confused me as I thought they meant outer space! I hadn’t seen a single planet, comet or asteroid. I was just looking at the […]