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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.

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.