![]() There’s Pao De Queijo – these are stuffed cheese bread, formed into balls and fried, served with smoky pulled pork, eggs, and a spinach and hollandaise sauce. Diners can take on brunch, select from a short list of staples at lunch, or take a more traditional “Trip to Brazil”.įeature brunches seem traditional, too. Staff swoop in from behind to introduce the menu, and then we’re left to decide. There’s greenery everywhere, a nod to the jungles back home, and a frontage that opens out onto the lake a mesh blind gives a bit of protection from the wind, but it is there to bring the outside in.Īs gulls cry overhead and water laps on the rocky, sandy shore, we’re seated – propped up at a table made from a recycled… bike? (I learn later that urban cycling is a long-held Brazilian tradition, so it begins to make sense.) There are tables, too, of course, but this is clearly the best seat in the house. It’s more of a built-in pergola, perhaps an afterthought to the building adjacent, but it’s cute. Step through a nondescript side door and into a compact alfresco area and you’ll see that Nosso is a bright white space that probably took a little optimistic vision to create. Let the mural of hand-painted tropical leaves guide your way. Since then, I’ve made a dedicated effort to seek out the true taste of Brazil, eventually landing here, at Nosso.įrom the shores of São Paulo to the controlled tides of West Lakes, this little water-side venue might be just a stone’s throw from the shopping centre nearby but feels like a world away. But on that trip to Portugal I learnt about bacalhau (a dried salted fish reconstituted and turned into everything from snacks to dessert), many different rice dishes (beyond paella), and plenty of new ways to serve chicken and seafood (that each made my tastebuds spin). Plenty of “South American” restaurants and dishes once had me assuming the food had all come via Spain. With a little more time, I expect we’ll come to understand more of the borders between the cuisines. ![]() Sure, we’ve known broader Latin American influence with venues like Casablabla and the Hispanic Mechanic ticking along nicely for years, and then there’s Hoosegow in St Morris with its Latin American-Asian-fusion. In SA, this culture is slowly but surely weaving its way into our thread. The Brazilian population in Australia has tripled in the last 20 years: our melting pot continues to runneth over. ![]() It’s a connection I can now see is obvious, through tradition, culture, music and, of course, when it comes to food.īrazil might have since attained its independence and certainly has access to indigenous ingredients, but there’s no question that the staple dishes are still packed with Portuguese flavour and flair. It wasn’t until I took a trip to Portugal that I realised its close connection with Brazil, the fifth largest country in the world, which was colonised by the European seafaring nation in the 1500s. ![]()
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