it's our most expensive dish i think by far tons of beans there is some sausage
in there this is a traditional bowl that you'll see that a lot of things are cooked in here
i don't know
it's almost like there's like a whole different city on a different level so there's this whole
level here where we've been all day and then you get to this viewpoint and it
it's a whole different city way down there and that brings us to the next
place we're going which is this elevator brings you down to the next level so
this i think is the famous elevator that brings you down that's where we're going next
okay here we are the elevators in this building elevator
and let's check it out
today as we've been walking around pellerino we've been seeing a ton of people with this
white paint on their arms and legs so i think we're going to get it done
we don't know the meaning behind it but if we can find someone who speaks english we will try not
looking good
symbolism of music this is what i'm gathering they wanted to charge us
20 royale each but we talked him down to 10 real each so two dollars each
he told us there's going to be a samba dance party in the historic center where we're staying
in pellerino so that will be a separate video we plan to go tonight check that out
i've been wanting to try samba and this is the perfect place to do it because of the strong
afro-brazilian culture in this area of the country so perfect all right we're all done up arms legs
and now we're gonna take the elevator so it's 15 centinos to go down and that is about three cents
u.s so i'd say it's probably worth it i don't know if we can handle this it's almost free
she had the change right there already let's see what this famous elevator is all about i've never
really been to a famous elevator so i don't know if there's a view or what all right we're gone
this was 27 passengers and it's 72 yeah and it's 72 meters high here we go no view
so much for pretty that there uh 30 seconds down no view or anything
but uh we are in a different part of the city now pretty cool and what's cool is locals actually
use this it's practical to get down to the lower part of the city it was built in 18 it
was built around 1870 and it was renovated in 1930 to fit an art deco style which is like uh
chrysler redeemer's art deco style so pretty cool they're keeping to the style in brazil
we're outside of mercado modelo and we're in the lower city of salvador now so we always
love seeing markets when we come to different cities because they're always very interesting
with people watching what they sell the fruits vegetables food in general
so we're gonna go check that out but before we do we're gonna get a coconut
guess how much it is this time one rail that's 20 cents so this area
seems to be a lot cheaper than sao paulo and rio where we were before
one rail is this for a cup or the whole cocoa let's find out
oh
i guess the one rail was for a cup it's three real for a coconut which
is still cheaper than what we've been paying which is five rails
all right here's mercado modelo let's go inside
so far lots of souvenir shops that are selling these musical instruments
salvador is very much into music
yeah in the morning we notice when we're trying to find breakfast or like places open to eat if we
get up too early like at 8am there aren't many places open but music shops are open
they seem to be the only thing open early in the morning so yeah big part of the culture here
so this market seems to be mostly like souvenirs kind of like afro-brazilian souvenirs clothing
sculptures carvings and bags that kind of thing there is some spices and alcohol and nuts
but mostly it's generally the same kind of thing
so if you come to this market you know what to expect now souvenirs it looks like if you
go upstairs there might be restaurants or some more shops something different let's check it out
okay so we've walked through pretty much the whole thing and yeah just like we thought from
the bottom it's similar stuff upstairs so if you want clothing or carvings this is your market
okay so that's about the expense of this market but they do have this restaurant here up at the
top so we're gonna hopefully try that looks like you get a view here the ladies are wearing like
traditional dress we're gonna look for peijawanda we're hoping they have it because we've been
hearing so much about it and we're curious what it's like wow look at these traditional ladies
oh so one person wants us to go one way one wants us to go the other
place they have a new one did they have it yeah they have it here and it is
61 rails how much was it at the other one 70. all right is she about to tell you
i think she asked if she could just do it for one portion instead of paying for two
because otherwise it's kind of expensive it's like twelve dollars for a theater
this is so interesting we've made a decision this place has a better view
it's a little bit more expensive we're probably way overpaying for this dish but what can you do
so this one definitely gives you better views you get the water over here the other restaurant
you get no water but the sun is shining hard over here we just ordered our feijoada so this
dish is typically consumed on wednesdays and saturdays we're breaking the rules a little bit
doing it on a tuesday so we paid 70 real for this which is 14 for two portions so it's
probably a huge thing it's our most expensive dish i think by far since we've been in brazil
which is interesting because it's supposed to be a low-cost dish or at least it used to be
traditionally it's able to be consumed by every class because it's just made of beans beef and
pork so there's really not a whole lot to it but the thing is we're eating at a restaurant that
has a view so i'm sure this is probably the most expensive out there ours must be made of gold or
something it's actually good so this is brazil's national dish so we're hoping it's gonna be good
our face water has arrived finally took a while the long awaited feijoada
very expensive one too so it's gonna be good brazilian feijoada is a black bean and pork
stew and it's often served with feropha or a toasted cassava flour it's a comfort food
and sometimes it's called the national dish of brazil it gets its name from the main ingredient
the black beans which is feijoa so brazilian cuisine is really regionalized each region has
its own typical dishes and it's a mixture of the different european indigenous and african
ingredients and influences so up here we have the afro-brazilian influence which really influences
the style the and of course the food so first i'm going to start by putting some rice on the plate
this is the stewie kind of soupy consistency kind of reminds me of chili tons of beans
there is some sausage in there and some bacon so yeah typically it's made with beef or pork
but i think the more typical thing is the pork i think it always has pork at least in
brazil it comes in this thick black hot stone so we can't even touch it it's so hot right now
this is a traditional bowl that you'll see that a lot of things are cooked in here it comes hot
comes with some cassava flour that you can put on top of it and some chili chili chili ooh it
looks like there's some cilantro onions kind of like a salsa he said there are chilies in there
you have kind of like a salad here not sure if you eat that separately or somehow with the feijoada
and then some rice plain white rice so this is a main main dish here in brazil let's try it
first i'm going to start with just some beans and a little bit of rice just to get the flavor
it's like a salty stew chili it's good so this is a very heavy rich dish you don't
really want to eat this right before bed we're even probably having it a
little later in the day than we ideally should but yes it's very heavy it's good
this you could probably have one bowl of this and it'll be enough to keep you satisfied for
your whole day it's rich it's a lot of food it's very honest protein party the meat and the beans
so one interesting thing about this dish and a few other dishes here in brazil is a lot of times
at restaurants they don't let you just get one portion so you have to pay for two portions we
just wanted one of these but the only option they had was for two so we got a ton of food we asked
them multiple times if we could just get one like i don't see why we can't get half of this for one
person because one person wants to try it or what if you come alone you still have to get two it's
weird even when they were fighting over us trying to get us to go to one restaurant or another
we basically told them that if you could do one person's worth we'll pick your restaurant over
this other one but nobody would budge that's just how they do it i'm not sure if that's a feijoada
thing or if that's just a brazil thing i don't know let us know in the comments because we've
never really experienced that anywhere else some of this cassava flour here and sprinkle it on top
and add some of this chili i'm hoping it's not too spicy
but it just gives it a nice flavor let's try it
it's good with that salsa on it because it kind of offsets the saltiness of the beans and meat
we're getting full already this is a super filling dish especially on a hot day
one thing that we haven't really talked about much while being in brazil
is the tipping customs here so a lot of times you aren't expected to tip but what they do is they
include a 10 service fee in your build sometimes at these places it is optional i think so you
can tell them hey i want to take that off and leave your own tip or whatever you want to do
but it's kind of nice because you don't have to really think about it they just include a 10
service fee and that's it so we are on our way now to bara a popular beach in we
just grabbed an uber and it's about three dollars to go 15 minutes in the car to the beach
but we are actually feeling already a much safer vibe than where we were
earlier there is a lighthouse beautiful and then some random street food carts and
a lot of people just hanging out walking it's a beautiful evening
so this is borah the beach of salvador yeah
so this guy's making sugar cane juice you put it in the press that it comes out here so he puts the
sugar cane in here and then it filters through the strainer once it comes through did you pay
it them tastes like um let me explain it it's just like a sugar it's like a sugar juice but it's not
sugary in a gross way it's like smooth almost
citrusy some cheese
okay we just finished walking around burra we found an area here with a little outcrop of
palm trees and it looks like people are waiting here as well for the sunset so i think we'll
probably watch the sunset here and let it go down great way to end the day bar looks super nice
it's more of a local feel we don't know if it's always like that or if it's just because
it's a weird time in the world with the pandemic but
we found the perfect little spot to sit on this grassy cliff hill and we're gonna take them
hello
so this is samba night during coven
i have a feeling there would be a lot more people here usually
i think it's over
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