Week 33: Missing Summer

Recipes to Go: 507 204

Weeks to Go: 52 19

Our last week in Brazil featured some of the best food. We made it to the beach and had a tour guide for a few days who was not only a friend, but knew about local cuisine. We had to try the official dish of Espirito Santo, and we were not at all disappointed. This is just the appetizer. Crab cakes, essentially.

And the main attraction--Moqueca Capixaba

Normally I don't recommend tomato sauce with fish, but this was amazing. Clearly, as a state dish, they know what they're doing.

And to finish off the trip, well almost, we needed a street hot dog. Which had corn, of course (everything has corn), shredded carrots, peas, cheese, potato skins, eggs, olives, tempura mayo. To be honest, it almost made me hurl, but that was not because of any of the above, but rather, the actual hot dog, which was boiled instead of grilled or just heated through. It was disgusting, but the rest of the toppings were awesome.