Brazilian food has a strong taste, and Bahia’s cuisine is famous for its spicy food. Most Brazilians love to eat red pepper (pimenta). If you add too much, it may be unbearably spicy. If you add the right amount, it may be very spicy. However, most of the chili sauce is prepared separately, so guests can use it as they like. Most restaurants serve specially prepared chili sauces, and sometimes the secret recipes are carefully known.

Brazil’s signature dish is feijoada, which is made by simmering black beans and various smoked dried meats over low heat. When this dish was originally made, all the ingredients that were unnecessary in the kitchen were cut because they were for slaves. Nowadays, pig tails, pig ears, pig feet, etc. have become ingredients for slow cooking. In Rio de Janeiro, it has become a local habit to eat feijoada for lunch on weekends. The complete meal (Completa) includes rice, finely chopped cabbage (Coure), creamy cassava flour (farofa), and sliced ??oranges.