Outback

Me and a couple of friends are TAing Molecular Biology to an undergraduate class... To celebrate that classes are almost over (they finished all pratical lessons, now they only need to hand in the final project and do the final exam) we went out to drink at Outback! LOL

It was really fun 'cause several other friends joined in the celebration, it was good to laugh!

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Ana Lucia's Birthday & Brahma Bar

Yesterday we went to this bar that Ana Lucia kept saying she wanted to go and we never did... Well, now it was her birthday so what could we do? XD

The "Bar Brahma" is a tradicional bar located in the historic center of Sao Paulo, preciselly in the corner of Sao Joao Avenue and Ipiranga Avenue, a very poetic place as it was already sang by Caetano Veloso, a well-known singer from the northeast of Brazil, upon his arrival in Sao Paulo in a song dedicated to the city: "Alguma coisa acontece no meu coração, que só quando cruza a Ipiranga e a avenida São João" ("Something happens inside my heart when I cross Ipiranda and Sao Joao avenue" - lousy unrhymed free translation).

Inside the bar there is always people playing samba and there are presentations at night, it can be music or stand-up comedy. The food is rich, we ate something that might resemble as jerkies and manioc... So good! It is always good to know about different interesting places to go! We had a really good time!

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And of course, Caetano Veloso's "Sampa" (tender nickname of Sao Paulo):

Galinheiro Grill and Frozen Yogurt

Yesterday I went out with a couple of friends to a bar at Vila Madalena that I like and they had never been to... Galinheiro Grill! I just love their food... Everything I have ever eaten there was really good and they even have a delivery service... Of course they are really famous for their chicken, with has its own spice and even those who aren't that found of chicken seem to like it! Other portion they are really know for (but we haven't eaten them yesterday are the fried polenta covered with grated chesse... But for a first time we bet on ordering small portions (meia porção) of different things. We started by ordering some beer, and to eat, the chicken, spicy sausage (linguiça calabrea apimentada) and these little, I don't know to trully explain it, meat fried pasties that have this original flavour (samossas de carne). Then we moved to fries (can't go wrong on that one!) and these, again hard to explain, something that might resemble pumpkin and jerkies cake (bolinhos de abóbora com carne seca)... Uhmmmm sooo good! Apart from the food we obviously had a great time, talking mainly (I don't remember how it started anymore) about movies!

After we were full (and boy we were!), we decided to go have desert somewhere else... And we have been stalling to taste these new frozen yogurt places that have been popping all around latelly. I had some before, but not like these new ones... Well, arriving at Blue Berry (the closest Frozen Yogurt place to Galinheiro Grill), we met two other friends we didn't know would be there... Such a coincidence! We sure stayed there for quite a while as well... It was time to decide which combination of frozen yogurt to try, because, for those who doesn't know, you have this frozen yogurt whose texture is just like ice cream, and you can add the most diverse kind of toppings to it... I decided to go for a natural flavoured one with bananas, granola and honey, eventhough I was in doubt about getting a berry flavoured one with blueberries... But uhmmmm it was so good! I really recommed trying some flavours out, you won't regret it! ;)

Chicken

Sausage

Fried polenta with cheese

Frozen yogurt

Some toppings options

PS: OMG I'm getting hungry looking at these photos :(

Achiropita Feast

Since 1926, the Our Lady of Achiropita Feast takes place in Bixiga, the traditional italian quarter of São Paulo. Taking up three streets and presenting 32 tents of typical italian food (pizza, fogazza, pasta, etc.), with decoration and italian music playing in the background, this feast attracts around 250,000 people during the five weekends of its duration.

Yesterday, I went there with a couple of friends from the lab, as we do every year, to pay cheap and eat good food. :) We had a really good time, and enjoyed the food a lot, the only thing is that it is very popular, hence it can get a bit crowded sometimes. And as a popular feast in electoral year, we always meet candidates in the streets... This year was Ronaldo Esper... What a tragedy!! LOL... And he stopped to talk to us... It was all because of Gi that wanted to get a picture with him in the background and Ana that smiled at him when he passed...

In all, it is always very animated, and an interesting event to attend to!! =D Check out the pictures (click on the photos to visit the album in myphotoalbum and see the images bigger and comment the pictures)!