Casa da Feijoada

There may be restaurants with better feijoada in town -- there are certainly better-decorated ones -- but what they can't offer you is feijoada any old day of the week. (Brazilian tradition dictates that the full-on feijoada meal is only served on Sat.) That's where the Casa da Feijoada comes to the rescue. Get off to a good start with the caldo de feijão (bean soup), washed down with a batida de limão (lime cocktail) to line your stomach, as the Brazilians would say. Next bring on the actual bean stew, served in a clay pot with whatever meat you've a hankering for, be it sausage, bacon, carne seca (dried meat), pork loin, pig's snout, and other more obscure cuts. Side dishes include white rice, stir-fried cabbage, farofa (roasted manioc flour), and orange slices. To spice it up, ask for pimenta, and they will bring you oil-soaked malagueta peppers to drizzle on the beans. Have another lime cocktail standing by in case you underestimate the heat.

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