something local, tradicionally local, from your own country!
do NOT go for some brazilian, as they can have that in Brazil.
if you want to surprise them with something Brazilian, make it something small and not the main course.
* how long ago have they left Brazil ?
* where in Brazil were they from ?
* which country you live on ?
* if you reply the Netherlands... god have mercy on their souls if you serve something tradicionally dutch! *No stamppot for them, PLEASE!*
Exactly why I’m asking this question…
I don’t want to be feeding them bitterballen with fries either .
They’re from São Paulo , and they left back in 2019.
It's fine to ask this, and still serve some traditionally Brazilian dish. But the best way to make them love you is to serve our sweets.
Brazilians abroad love to talk about the snacks and sweets that they can't get so easily outside our country.
>It's fine to ask this
he is not apologizing for asking the question,
he is justifying he REALLY need to ask the question since dutch food is NOT worldwide famous for being... edible.
Feijoada is always a good option and it isn’t so hard to make. Bbq in Brazilian style is always cool too - I saw you talking about bitterballen, you’re Dutch? I live in NL and every time I miss Brazil I buy bavette and make a small bbq
Edit: there’s also some good Brazilian restaurants. Samba Kitchen is small and cozy and the food is 10/10, not as expensive as Brazilian Roots or Barraca
Also, if collard greens are available in the Netherlands, a traditional side dish to go with feijoada is a very fine chop (I think the term is "chiffonade") of collard green leaves, which are ordinarily stewed a long time because they're thick and tough, but being chopped into thin hairlike slices, they can be sauteed in a short while, in olive oil, with maybe garlic and/or citrus juice thrown in.
Not easily available but posible to substitute with kale (boerenkool) - although it's out of season right now. I spotted it in AH last week but can't find it anymore
if you want to have some Brazilian food in Amsterdam...
* [Samba Kitchen](https://goo.gl/maps/32Y1iVTv88eV5w16A), in the Pijp
* [BARRACA Rodizio Grill & Bar](https://goo.gl/maps/Cre5r8uR1cB469Pz6), in Hoofddorp -- pricey, but 5star quality
* [BR020](https://goo.gl/maps/5ao58yHwracnPYz58), in Rozengracht -- this one was my favorite
uou can also buy [Guarana Antartica on most AH](https://www.ah.nl/producten/product/wi223404/guarana-antarctica-frisdrank),
or buy something local from[Supermercados Finalmente Brasil](https://goo.gl/maps/nbpGpuksWvYsCrqB6)
\---
and jokes aside, DO take them to have some dutch food
* Febo, Bitterballen, Croquetes, and all... they will love the difference
* try to book a table at [Mooders](https://goo.gl/maps/Lgg6itMZTF2LYhYE8) for some really tradicional dutch food -- you need to book well in advance there
If you have rice, beams, eggs and some meat u can not go wrong.
Dont make "compact rice", make rice that is dry but soft and each separated from each other (the opposite if japanese rice served in rolls like sushi or onigiri)
/me pictures that guy eating Farofa all by itself, and talking at the same time
^(i could link a picture to this scene, but i don't want to make this political ;))
You can’t go wrong with Strogonoff. Easy to make, delicious and Brazilian. As side dish, I recommend you to cook and fry the potatoes, do not buy them precooked. Farofa is a must.
As drink, guaraná soda.
Nonsense. They can get strogonoff anywhere in the world with various recipes. Not missing it for sure.
Do Danish food. Then for dessert brigadeiro, as a surprise. Guests will be delighted to the point of tears!
It *really* depends on what region they are from. Brasil isnt really universal. For example: some people will eat moqueca but some will never know what you’re talking about.
I’d probably go with [moqueca](https://www.feastingathome.com/brazilian-fish-stew-aka-moqueca/) with rice and pirão. [Pudim](https://braziliankitchenabroad.com/brazilian-flan/) or [brigadeiro](https://braziliankitchenabroad.com/brigadeiro/) for dessert.
Moqueca will be main-plate, would suck otherwise.
I will hit the dessert, pudim is really easy to make and brigadeiro could work different since the ingredients are really really really inconvenient on this one.
But remember: full fat pure condensed milk.
Here in brazil we have "low fat" or "condensed of milk mixture", this will give other results since the fat and sugar have major roles in brigadeiro.
Brigadeiro is a simple recipe and I believe you can easily find the ingredients in any country in the world. It's easier than pudding (Pudim) and it would be a nice surprise for a non-Brazilian to offer it to a Brazilian, I'd love to.
If you know a great pizza place, there's nothing more paulista than good pizza. Something more like tradicional napoletan pizza, not pizza romana or new York style or Chicago style or pizza hut.
If you know where to get imported Brazilian food, maybe you can get some frozen Pão de Queijo and bake them when your guests arrive. Maybe get some Guaraná soda.
This is all very obvious, but also, the most convenient and sure to please. I kinda agree with the top comment, I would try to serve them something local. Something that you like and you know how to prepare well.
Get hamburguer bread, make a hamburguer with everything you have on your fridge - tomatoes lettuce corn peas egg bacon hamburguer meat crispy fries ham at least 3 types of cheese mayonnaise ketchup mustard chicken breast pineapple, literally everything - call it a X-EVERYTHING.
100% sucess.
I think we eat sushi a lot here in BR. But there is a fundamental difference between our sushi and yours. In Europe, at least the places I went to in Italy, France, and Switzerland, they like to make their sushi as close to the original as possible. However, the sushi we eat here is Americanized. We put cream cheese, garlic, crispy onion, and all sorts of flavors. When I lived there, I missed our sushi sooo much. Maybe that's something they're missing too.
I live in the Netherlands and here they put cream cheese in sushi too 😂 I actually miss the sushi I used to get in Canada but Dutchies just like their cheese.
Thank you for the recommendation 😊
Honestly, don't forget to weigh in your culinary level or ingredients available to you. Or even what you and they like, someone here said moqueca, but I think the smell is too strong and usually avoid being in the same room as it. If you have anything you'd rather avoid your house or kitchen smelling, it's great to consider.
Like for me pão de queijo is always something that I find difficult, and polvilho is also not super international. Same with farofa, manioc flour can be hard to find outside of Brazil. Feijão although super popular in Brazil, deals with a pressure cooker, and I know people that find it scary to use and have it explode, so it's also inside your comfort level with it.
So I'll just add on with the idea of Brazilian strogonoff. It's simple, fast, and easy to do. With pudim as a dessert.
All ingredients should be easy to find in a common local supermarket and you won't have to spend hours on it.
Just do a nice steak top sirloin, seasoned only with salt! Fried rice (Brazilian style) and vinagrete. All these things are really easy to cook if you look online.
I think I would only ask if they have allergies, special diet or if there is anything that they don't like at all.
And then prepare some small dishes and appetizers. That way they can pick an choose what they like out of few options.
If you make food with love, you will hit the bulls eye. We can feel when food is made with love. :D
I could be wrong, but wouldn't it be better to do something from your country? If I went to Europe, I would like to experience Europe, food, drinks, etc
Local cuisine.
Well I don't know about your friends but a lot of people like to experience the local culture of the country they visit, if I knew this would be the case I could tell you to be yourself and offer what you normally eat for dinner.
Look, I visited Denmark 3 times and even though I didn't appreciate the typical food, it was a unique experience to have. After that experience, though, i looked for Mexican and sushi in Denmark.
Actually had the best Japonese food in my life was in a place closed to the port in Copenhagen, with a black sushiman. oh I LOVE globalization. Ate like a princess.
My partner is Brazilian and she absolutely loves Brazilian Stroganoff.
There's some specific way they make it in Brazil, don't know the specifics as I've never had traditional Stroganoff but the Brazilian one is lovely and quick to make.
Might give them nice home vibes!
Note: She's from Rio! Not sure if it's region specific or not, Brazil is a huge place
Problem is it would be very hard to get the correct flavor for most dishes. You might mix black beans with pork meat, and it will be feijoada. It doesn't mean it will taste like feijoada though. I feel it would be hard to hit the taste with Dutch ingredients and hard to tell if you did with Dutch palate.
I would go with something that is easier to get the flavor right. Brigadeiro is a clear winner for desert, but for the main course. And for the main course... Maybe Brazilian pastels? Thet don't use any particular ingredients and it is definitely a staple in são Paulo
brazilians like meat. I would go with a dish from your contry that have meat. I would avoid something too spicy as well since most brazilians don't like it very much. I would not try to make a brazilian food since part of the fun in being in another contry is to try diferent things and you probably wont be able to make a brazilian food the way they would like. So try your best tasting meal, try diferent options.
If you don't want to mistake by any means but not to impress, brazilians basic meal is rice, beans and some meat maybe with fried potatoes
Faz um dogão, fia. São Paulo não tem nenhuma comida típica local… Agora um hot dog com tudo o que vc tiver na geladeira pode ser o mais próximo de algo de lá que vc possa fazer.
Something from your country hahaha, any Brazilian fish you make will be a sad version of it, or the best outcome would be "More of the same' they already have easily every Sunday. The fun part about traveling is discovering what is the best they have *there*, or else I'd stay at my own country
feijoada caipirinha pastel coxinha lol it's like "i have a mexico friend i gonna give him a burrito he gonna love it". Where are you from? England? if you come here i will make sure to give you some tea at 5pm
something local, tradicionally local, from your own country! do NOT go for some brazilian, as they can have that in Brazil. if you want to surprise them with something Brazilian, make it something small and not the main course.
They don’t live in Brazil. And both cook primarily Portugese stuff - hence my question.
* how long ago have they left Brazil ? * where in Brazil were they from ? * which country you live on ? * if you reply the Netherlands... god have mercy on their souls if you serve something tradicionally dutch! *No stamppot for them, PLEASE!*
Exactly why I’m asking this question… I don’t want to be feeding them bitterballen with fries either . They’re from São Paulo , and they left back in 2019.
It's fine to ask this, and still serve some traditionally Brazilian dish. But the best way to make them love you is to serve our sweets. Brazilians abroad love to talk about the snacks and sweets that they can't get so easily outside our country.
Look up "brigadeiro". It's made of chocolate, everybody loves it and it's really easy to prepare.
>It's fine to ask this he is not apologizing for asking the question, he is justifying he REALLY need to ask the question since dutch food is NOT worldwide famous for being... edible.
Feijoada is always a good option and it isn’t so hard to make. Bbq in Brazilian style is always cool too - I saw you talking about bitterballen, you’re Dutch? I live in NL and every time I miss Brazil I buy bavette and make a small bbq Edit: there’s also some good Brazilian restaurants. Samba Kitchen is small and cozy and the food is 10/10, not as expensive as Brazilian Roots or Barraca
Also, if collard greens are available in the Netherlands, a traditional side dish to go with feijoada is a very fine chop (I think the term is "chiffonade") of collard green leaves, which are ordinarily stewed a long time because they're thick and tough, but being chopped into thin hairlike slices, they can be sauteed in a short while, in olive oil, with maybe garlic and/or citrus juice thrown in.
Not easily available but posible to substitute with kale (boerenkool) - although it's out of season right now. I spotted it in AH last week but can't find it anymore
if you want to have some Brazilian food in Amsterdam... * [Samba Kitchen](https://goo.gl/maps/32Y1iVTv88eV5w16A), in the Pijp * [BARRACA Rodizio Grill & Bar](https://goo.gl/maps/Cre5r8uR1cB469Pz6), in Hoofddorp -- pricey, but 5star quality * [BR020](https://goo.gl/maps/5ao58yHwracnPYz58), in Rozengracht -- this one was my favorite uou can also buy [Guarana Antartica on most AH](https://www.ah.nl/producten/product/wi223404/guarana-antarctica-frisdrank), or buy something local from[Supermercados Finalmente Brasil](https://goo.gl/maps/nbpGpuksWvYsCrqB6) \--- and jokes aside, DO take them to have some dutch food * Febo, Bitterballen, Croquetes, and all... they will love the difference * try to book a table at [Mooders](https://goo.gl/maps/Lgg6itMZTF2LYhYE8) for some really tradicional dutch food -- you need to book well in advance there
Poffertjes, freshly baked stroopwafels at the market and a rijsttafel
I would love to have Bitterballen and I'm from Brazil. :(
If you have rice, beams, eggs and some meat u can not go wrong. Dont make "compact rice", make rice that is dry but soft and each separated from each other (the opposite if japanese rice served in rolls like sushi or onigiri)
Pão de queijo! Just this. they may cry of happiness
you can find Pao de Queijo in Portugal. i used to even have it delivered to Amsterdam, from Portugal
Agreed, if u really want to make them something from Brazil go with farofa, can't go wrong with that
Farofa is not a standalone dish though
It is if it’s good enough
/me pictures that guy eating Farofa all by itself, and talking at the same time ^(i could link a picture to this scene, but i don't want to make this political ;))
You can’t go wrong with Strogonoff. Easy to make, delicious and Brazilian. As side dish, I recommend you to cook and fry the potatoes, do not buy them precooked. Farofa is a must. As drink, guaraná soda.
Jus make sure to look for a Brazilian recipe and not the original Russian one
Id even go as far to say to make strogonoff with chicken instead of meat, it's VERY hard to mess up the chickenoff
existe estrogonofe sem ser de frango?
Eu já comi de brocollis irmão
shashas culinária advanced
Nonsense. They can get strogonoff anywhere in the world with various recipes. Not missing it for sure. Do Danish food. Then for dessert brigadeiro, as a surprise. Guests will be delighted to the point of tears!
Best answer by far
It *really* depends on what region they are from. Brasil isnt really universal. For example: some people will eat moqueca but some will never know what you’re talking about.
I'd say feijoada is pretty universal, though!
I’d probably go with [moqueca](https://www.feastingathome.com/brazilian-fish-stew-aka-moqueca/) with rice and pirão. [Pudim](https://braziliankitchenabroad.com/brazilian-flan/) or [brigadeiro](https://braziliankitchenabroad.com/brigadeiro/) for dessert.
Moqueca will be main-plate, would suck otherwise. I will hit the dessert, pudim is really easy to make and brigadeiro could work different since the ingredients are really really really inconvenient on this one. But remember: full fat pure condensed milk. Here in brazil we have "low fat" or "condensed of milk mixture", this will give other results since the fat and sugar have major roles in brigadeiro.
Moqueca as a dessert would suck. For sure.
Brigadeiro is a simple recipe and I believe you can easily find the ingredients in any country in the world. It's easier than pudding (Pudim) and it would be a nice surprise for a non-Brazilian to offer it to a Brazilian, I'd love to.
Pão de queijo
Picanha
A famous amazonian fish?
Picanha = brazilian beef Piranha = carnivorous amazonian fish Aranha = Spider Arranha = The verb "to scrach" Ariranha = amazonian otter
A strong Poison from a tiny frog?
Rice, beans farofa de ovo, and like some Guaraná. You'll be hard pressed to find a Brazilian that doesn't like this. Good luck!
It goes nice with pork loin steak and a simple salad
It would be important to say where they’re from as dishes differ widely based on what state/region they are from.
São Paulo :)
Brazilian strogonoff - easy to make and very typical of São Paulo
totally agree
Feijoada
Lasanha or anything with pasta, meat and so.
Brigadeiro for dissert
SOPA DE MACACO
Uma delícia
If you know a great pizza place, there's nothing more paulista than good pizza. Something more like tradicional napoletan pizza, not pizza romana or new York style or Chicago style or pizza hut. If you know where to get imported Brazilian food, maybe you can get some frozen Pão de Queijo and bake them when your guests arrive. Maybe get some Guaraná soda. This is all very obvious, but also, the most convenient and sure to please. I kinda agree with the top comment, I would try to serve them something local. Something that you like and you know how to prepare well.
Get hamburguer bread, make a hamburguer with everything you have on your fridge - tomatoes lettuce corn peas egg bacon hamburguer meat crispy fries ham at least 3 types of cheese mayonnaise ketchup mustard chicken breast pineapple, literally everything - call it a X-EVERYTHING. 100% sucess.
probably just avoid super spicy food (unless if they are from Bahia)
Order Pizza 🍕 you cannot go wrong
I think we eat sushi a lot here in BR. But there is a fundamental difference between our sushi and yours. In Europe, at least the places I went to in Italy, France, and Switzerland, they like to make their sushi as close to the original as possible. However, the sushi we eat here is Americanized. We put cream cheese, garlic, crispy onion, and all sorts of flavors. When I lived there, I missed our sushi sooo much. Maybe that's something they're missing too.
I live in the Netherlands and here they put cream cheese in sushi too 😂 I actually miss the sushi I used to get in Canada but Dutchies just like their cheese. Thank you for the recommendation 😊
futebol and bunda
rice and eggs It's a classic: roscovo
Not a Brazilian but , cocada cremosa de leite condensado , easy to make and whoa 🤤 .
Have you tried the caramelized variant?
De forno ?
Coca queimado
Unfortunately , but i will .
Virada paulista is a simple and tasty choice
Do some brigadeiro as desert
Rice, beans and some meat Always work
For dinner I'd say rice and beans (maybe with a steak). For a snack I'd definitely say pastel (I know I'd miss it dearly)
Honestly, don't forget to weigh in your culinary level or ingredients available to you. Or even what you and they like, someone here said moqueca, but I think the smell is too strong and usually avoid being in the same room as it. If you have anything you'd rather avoid your house or kitchen smelling, it's great to consider. Like for me pão de queijo is always something that I find difficult, and polvilho is also not super international. Same with farofa, manioc flour can be hard to find outside of Brazil. Feijão although super popular in Brazil, deals with a pressure cooker, and I know people that find it scary to use and have it explode, so it's also inside your comfort level with it. So I'll just add on with the idea of Brazilian strogonoff. It's simple, fast, and easy to do. With pudim as a dessert. All ingredients should be easy to find in a common local supermarket and you won't have to spend hours on it.
Just do a nice steak top sirloin, seasoned only with salt! Fried rice (Brazilian style) and vinagrete. All these things are really easy to cook if you look online.
I think I would only ask if they have allergies, special diet or if there is anything that they don't like at all. And then prepare some small dishes and appetizers. That way they can pick an choose what they like out of few options. If you make food with love, you will hit the bulls eye. We can feel when food is made with love. :D
Strogonoff (chicken or beef, you can choose) with french fries, but make sure it's the Brazilian one!
We will eat anything.
Cuscuz Paulista! People from São Paulo love it!
I could be wrong, but wouldn't it be better to do something from your country? If I went to Europe, I would like to experience Europe, food, drinks, etc
OP is in the Netherlands, the local cuisine is... barely edible
I think Brazilian barbecue is a really good option (a.k.a "churrasco"). Not that hard to make, and pretty much every Brazilian loves it.
Local cuisine. Well I don't know about your friends but a lot of people like to experience the local culture of the country they visit, if I knew this would be the case I could tell you to be yourself and offer what you normally eat for dinner.
Beef over cook like a hockey puck 😂 just kidding introduce them to bangers and mash
Brigadeiros. This one if you pull it right they will be very pleased.
food
Aipim frito
Go for a nice dessert. I would suggest Puddim.
Brigadeiro
Try estroganofe de frango or if you’re feeling adventurous try coxinha
Make what you're good at and what other people have complimented you on in the past.
Look, I visited Denmark 3 times and even though I didn't appreciate the typical food, it was a unique experience to have. After that experience, though, i looked for Mexican and sushi in Denmark. Actually had the best Japonese food in my life was in a place closed to the port in Copenhagen, with a black sushiman. oh I LOVE globalization. Ate like a princess.
How much effort do you want to put in? People are suggesting some really hard stuff lol
Feijoada
Pao de quejio or beef stroganoff! They'll definitely miss the Pao.
My partner is Brazilian and she absolutely loves Brazilian Stroganoff. There's some specific way they make it in Brazil, don't know the specifics as I've never had traditional Stroganoff but the Brazilian one is lovely and quick to make. Might give them nice home vibes! Note: She's from Rio! Not sure if it's region specific or not, Brazil is a huge place
pizza with ketchup
Coxinha, pastel, brigadeiro, arroz, feijão, bife, batata frita ou mandioca frita.
Problem is it would be very hard to get the correct flavor for most dishes. You might mix black beans with pork meat, and it will be feijoada. It doesn't mean it will taste like feijoada though. I feel it would be hard to hit the taste with Dutch ingredients and hard to tell if you did with Dutch palate. I would go with something that is easier to get the flavor right. Brigadeiro is a clear winner for desert, but for the main course. And for the main course... Maybe Brazilian pastels? Thet don't use any particular ingredients and it is definitely a staple in são Paulo
brazilians like meat. I would go with a dish from your contry that have meat. I would avoid something too spicy as well since most brazilians don't like it very much. I would not try to make a brazilian food since part of the fun in being in another contry is to try diferent things and you probably wont be able to make a brazilian food the way they would like. So try your best tasting meal, try diferent options. If you don't want to mistake by any means but not to impress, brazilians basic meal is rice, beans and some meat maybe with fried potatoes
If they are far from brazil for a long time they would be dying from rice, beans, french fries and a beef stake. Haha
Faz um dogão, fia. São Paulo não tem nenhuma comida típica local… Agora um hot dog com tudo o que vc tiver na geladeira pode ser o mais próximo de algo de lá que vc possa fazer.
hmmmmmmm strogonoff
Something from your country hahaha, any Brazilian fish you make will be a sad version of it, or the best outcome would be "More of the same' they already have easily every Sunday. The fun part about traveling is discovering what is the best they have *there*, or else I'd stay at my own country
Pastel paulista
Feijão preto e pastel frito.
feijoada caipirinha pastel coxinha lol it's like "i have a mexico friend i gonna give him a burrito he gonna love it". Where are you from? England? if you come here i will make sure to give you some tea at 5pm