Upon his first travel to Brazil, then mechanical engineer Barakat heard from his mother that opening a restaurant could be in his path. After gravitating towards other fields, what first was a farfetched idea became a reality, and he’s now chef and owner of São Paulo’s award-winning Arab restaurant Shahiya.
Browsing: comida árabe
Three young Arab descendants created the Falafull restaurant in São Paulo, inspired by Lebanese street food. It already has two units in malls and plans to have ten points of sale by the end of 2024.
Online store Empório Taybe imports Arab premium foods from various brands to Brazil, particularly from Lebanon. What makes it stand out from other stores are ready-to-eat products like hummus and stuffed grape leaves.
Butantã Shopping mall will have an open space for gastronomic and artistic events on the next two weekends, March 3 to 5 and 10 to 12.
Felipe Kaizer researches and produces Middle Eastern cuisine and seafood dishes. The chef was influenced by his maternal grandmother, who was born and raised in Cairo, Egypt.
Food and beverage produced in countries like Lebanon, Egypt and Tunisia arrive at the table of Brazilian people to make the holidays more complete. Import volume in November was up 55% from a year earlier.
Marroquina Couscous has a menu of dishes made with Moroccan couscous. The brand is run by Ana Felipe Ferreira, who prepares the dishes and makes deliveries in São Paulo.
The 4th edition of the Arab Diversity Food Market will take place at the headquarters of the Brazilian Arab Culture Institute (ICAB), in Brasília, on June 11, from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm BRT.
Takeaway created by a grandson of Lebanese grandparents serves traditional dishes from the country. The food by self-taught chef Geraldo Pereira Jr. started being delivered during the pandemic and will get a physical venue in the city of Poços de Caldas.
Amid the pandemic, chef Fred Caffarena and his partner started a business focused on hummus. The Middle Eastern dip is made with techniques from Yemen, Lebanon and Syria.
Prato do Mundo is a free e-book that gathers recipes from Syria, Colombia and Venezuela and celebrates the 70 years of the UN Refugee Agency.
Talal Al-Tinawi donated 300 Arab lunches in late March and plans on repeating the action in late April in a 10-km radius from his house in Campo Belo in the South Zone of São Paulo.
The 10th edition of Hope Store – Arab Handicraft and Cuisine Fair, with items on offer from refugees, is taking place on April 7 in the Vila Mariana area.
Souk Burger, owned by Lebanese descendant Tarik Bechara Leal, has created the Cheese-Salah burger to honor the 2018 FIFA World Cup star. The restaurant serves Arab hamburgers in São Paulo.
