Whilst in Sao Paulo we stayed with a couple called Antonio and Ellen. They rent out rooms in the their apartment just of av. Paulista, the main street in Sao Paulo. One of the great things about staying with people that live in the city is their recommendations. One of the places they recommended was a bar called Veloso, near the Santa Ana metro stop.
The bar was on a quiet street, and we would never have found dead it if it weren't for the directions, but the bar itself was packed. We later found that the barman has been named best in Sao Paulo for several years running, and certainly his caipirinhas were some of the the best we had.
The thing Veloso is best known for though is it coxinha. Coxinha is a population snack though out Brazil, and is often sold from many of the stalls around Sampa and Rio. It is chicken, with onions and spices, covered with potato and deep fried. They are perfect beer food, and we're well washed down with several glasses of 'chopp', or draught beer.
Veloso was an excellent bar, from the drinks, the people, to the Brasil shirt signed by Pele on the wall, but the coxinhas will be what I really remember it for.
Tom
The bar was on a quiet street, and we would never have found dead it if it weren't for the directions, but the bar itself was packed. We later found that the barman has been named best in Sao Paulo for several years running, and certainly his caipirinhas were some of the the best we had.
The thing Veloso is best known for though is it coxinha. Coxinha is a population snack though out Brazil, and is often sold from many of the stalls around Sampa and Rio. It is chicken, with onions and spices, covered with potato and deep fried. They are perfect beer food, and we're well washed down with several glasses of 'chopp', or draught beer.
Veloso was an excellent bar, from the drinks, the people, to the Brasil shirt signed by Pele on the wall, but the coxinhas will be what I really remember it for.
Tom
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