Aconchego Carioca pop up in the Avillez neighborhood, in Lisbon

Directly from Lisbon, I went to visit the Aconchego Carioca Pop-up in Bairro do Avillez! Until March 14th, chef Kátia Barbosa invades chef Jose Avillez’s restaurant with her popular Brazilian cuisine. Certainly a great choice for those who want to enjoy the Rio summer in the middle of the Portuguese winter! Take the opportunity to follow my journey in real time on @youmustgoblog.

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With the chefs

Aconchego Carioca pop up in the Avillez neighborhood

A reference in Brazilian cuisine, Aconchego Carioca, originally from Rio de Janeiro, is run by chef Katia Barbosa and her daughter and culinary partner, Bianca Barbosa. Anyone who is in Lisbon until March will be able to discover a cuisine that expresses the chef’s creativity and life experiences!

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The menu

From Tuesday to Saturday, at dinner, the Aconchego Carioca Menu covers the best of Brazilian cuisine, with classic dishes from Kátia Barbosa’s restaurant. Priced at €30, the menu includes a cover charge of cheese and butter bread, starters, main courses, desserts, water, coffee and caipirinha. Among the snacks, for example, are the feijoada cake with crackling and lemon shake, the pastry stuffed with beef rib and crab shell.

Bean stew cookie

Among the main dishes, the highlight is the Bobó de Camarão, shrimp sautéed with coconut milk and cassava, served with white rice and palm farofa. In addition, there is also Baião de Dois, rice, string beans, bacon, sausage, dried meat and curd cheese, with fried cassava and dried meat, or sun-dried meat.

To finish, Romeo and Juliet and Cachaça Pudding. And on Saturdays, at lunch, there is a Brazilian feijoada buffet (€35 per person), with black beans and savory meats, as well as kale, farofa, fried cassava and orange. Entrance, dessert, a caipirinha, water and coffee are also included.

The caipirinha bar

You certainly can’t miss the caipirinha, so Aconchego Carioca in Bairro do Avillez has its own bar! The drinks are prepared with Anumará cachaça or Seleta aged cachaça, and can be made with lime, pineapple, tangerine, mango, guava, etc.

Caipirinhas certainly cannot be missed