Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants 2024 Awards revealed the 50 best restaurants in Latin America
The Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants 2024 awards revealed the 50 best restaurants in Latin America, in an event that took place at the Copacabana Palace, in Rio, on the night of Tuesday 26th. In total, nine Brazilian restaurants appeared in the top 50 : two from Rio de Janeiro and seven from Sao Paulo.
Find out how much it costs to eat in Brazilian restaurants that are among the 50 best in Latin America
Lasai (7th)
The restaurant, run by chef Rafa Costa e Silva and his wife Malena Cardiel, is located in Largo dos Leões, in Humaitá, southern Rio and receives only 10 customers per night.
Lasai’s tasting menu costs R$1,250 per person, without drinks and service. It consists of 15 dishes prepared with organic and simple ingredients, coming from the chef’s farms and gardens.
The pig house (15th)
The chef’s award-winning restaurant Jefferson Rueda serves an à la carte and tasting menu, served in 8 courses which costs R$290 per person and can be paired with Brazilian wines for an additional R$210.
Tuju (16th)
Led by chef Ivan Ralston, the restaurant, located in the Jardim Paulistano, features a sophisticated menu with a 10-course tasting menu for R$890 during the Ventania season.
The Dry Season menu, also in 10 stages, costs R$990. Prices do not include drinks and services, which are paid separately.
Yay (20th)
The restaurant menu reflects sometimes Italian and sometimes Brazilian inspirations and draws connections between tradition and contemporaneity, between Brazil and Italy. The tasting menu costs R$895 per person.
Oteca (21)
Award-winning chef Alberto Landgraf’s Rio restaurant offers an 8-course tasting menu, always focusing on fish, seafood and vegetables. The cost is R$1007 (R$895 + 12.5%). It is also possible to include wine pairings: light (R$ 675) and premium (R$ 875). The difference in values is linked to the wine producers, since the quantity is the same: one glass up to 75 ml per course, for a total of eight glasses.
Nelita (26th)
Chef Tássia Magalhães, of Nelita, works with an all-female team and serves signature Italian cuisine. In addition to the tasting menu, the restaurant offers à la carte options: Burrata (R$ 108), Pappardelle with octopus and spinach (R$ 178) and entrecôte (R$ 198) are some of the options.
Metzi (27th)
The Mexican of the chefs and owners of the house, Luana Sabino and Eduardo Ortiz, prioritize vegetables and seafood in the menu with original recipes, served eight times for R$440.
Hands (35°)
The tasting menu with starter, main course and dessert costs R$280 or R$320 if you choose the anchovy. The menu prepared by Helena Rizzo and Willem Vandeven costs R$680. The classic pairing costs R$550.
“Comercial do Maní” is served only for lunch from Tuesday to Friday and offers dishes ranging from R$90 to R$125. The appetizer salad is paid for by the restaurant.
Kotori (50th)
The house focuses on yōshoku cuisine, using Western ingredients and techniques and adapting them to the Eastern palate. The menu includes dishes such as: Chinese broccoli sautéed in miso sauce (R$ 45), chicken karaage with homemade mayonnaise (R$ 58), eryngii mushrooms roasted in butter with chicken broth and tucupi (R$ 78) and courgettes grilled with banbanji sauce (tahini and peanuts). The oyster yakitori with chicken and onion (Negima) costs R$27.
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Source: Terra

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