**THIS ESTABLISHMENT HAS CLOSED DOWN**
Another lovely event for food bloggers. This time at Emporio São Paulo in Parsons Green. I’ve been here before after reading Luiz review and spent a lovely afternoon chatting to Carminha, the Brazilian owner and her partner David. They really know how to make you feel at home. Emporio São Paulo is family run cafe/deli. Eat in or take away this place oozes charm. It’s great atmosphere and service gives them a edge above the rest. They serve fresh bread, gorgeous cakes, deli sandwiches, freshly made salads and juices; cooked meats, quality cheeses, wines and they had a organic food children’s corner. A selection of special diet products can be found here: gluten, diary and wheat-free. Brazilian and non-Brazilian specialities can be found on the shelves, fridges and freezers. They outsource all the food served in the cafe.
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The evening kicked off with Steve introducing us to Salto Brazil, which is a new alcoholic drink, a blend of citrus and Brazilian cachaça. This green bottle cachaça is blended with bitter orange, grapefruit and lime to create Salto, which has a lower abv (of 24%) compared with other cachaças, which range from 38% to 40%. We had a shot of Salto Brazil green bottle on it’s own too and it was powerful! Then Steve demonstrated his version of caipirinha using Salto Brazil, clear bottle (39% and 37% alcohol). The caipirinhas were accompany by Brazilian finger food/street food:
coxinha and empadinha (canape size pies) they are usually filled with a palm heart filling, these ones were filled with chicken. Delicious – this is a dream food and alcoholic drink pairing!
Salto Brazil is available to buy at Emporio São Paulo from £14.70 (green bottle with citrus) and clear bottle @ £21.00.
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Below: Pão de Queijo, which is sold frozen at Emporio São Paulo.
They even have a special freezer for them.
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| Pão de Queijo |
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Next Nicholas Corfe, from Go Brazil wines and spirits, introduced us to Brazilian wines history and background. Nicholas opened a bottle of a high quality methode champenoise sparkler: Casa Valduga Gran Reserva 130 Brut which is sold at Go Brazil.
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The next course was feijoada, black beans stew and a variety of pork meats, this version was a simple starter size. Served with white rice and toasted manioc flour. It was very tasty. I never had feijoada and champagne together. There’s always a first time for everything.
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| starter : mini-feijoada |
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| Carminha, the owner, enthusiastically explaining the dishes |
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| easy drinking zesty unoaked chardonnay from Casa Valduga retailing at the deli @ £11/bottle |
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The main course was moqueca de peixe e camarão, seafood stew, served with white rice and a portion of pumpkin/squash with coconut milk, herbs and spices puree called Quibebe– a dish from Northeastern Brazil. This dish will be available at Emporio São Paulo menu from mid September.
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| Moqueca capixaba (Victoria Estate) |
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Desert:
brigadeiro, Brazilian Truffles, this time fruit and nut version:
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| passion fruit, pistachios & grape flavours |
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| Pistachio version |
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| Brigadeiro filled with grape |
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| passion fruit rolled in coconut |
Emporio São Paulo
Cafe and Delicatessen – UPDATE: This establishment has now closed
some of the lovely products and food sold in the premises
Wow what a fantastic post and very thorough, loved spending the evening with you and others, having caipirinhas and coxinhas!
Luiz @ The London Foodie
It was great to finally meet you that night!
Hi Su-Lin lovely to meet you too.
Luiz – really enjoyed the evening thanks for the kind comments and for organising it.