Streetside bar in Pelourinho
Ladeira do Carmo, 7, Salvador, Bahia
(+71) 966 556 66
Bourdain had: beer.
Beer dates: Jayme Figura, a poet, sculptor, painter, and musician who roams the streets of the historic neighborhood of Pelo in a kind of performance art; Carlos Alberto Da Silva, translator.
Ajeum da Diáspora (Angelica’s)
Rua Amparo do Tororo, 157, Salvador, Bahia
(+55) 71 99160 8933
Bourdain ate: a crab dish.
Lunch dates: two capoeira masters, Janja is Rosangeus Costa Araujo and Paula Cristina da Silva Barreto Paulinia, who teach capoeira in classrooms and on stages.
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Streetside bar in Pelourinho (A different bar than previously mentioned)
Rus Baixa dos Sapateiros, 6, Pelo, Salvador
(+71) 881 814 73
Bourdain had: beer.
Drink dates: Claudio Madureiro and Marília Hughes Guerreiro Costa, at a streetside cafe/bar on a big music and party night in the storied neighborhood of Pelo.
Acarajé da Dinha
Largo de Santana, Salvador, Bahia
(+71) 3334 17 03
Bourdain had: acarajé (a falafel-like wad of crushed black-eyed peas, seasoned with brown brine shrimp and onions, deep-fried until crispy and golden, with chili spice in dendê oil).
A death-defying meal with Bel Borba
Bourdain had: blowfish with lemon, coriander, onion, tomato, coconut milk, and dendê oil; beer; liquor.
Blowfish date: Bel Borba, world-famous local sculptor and painter and blowfish aficionado.
Life is like a boat
Embercosa, SSA-BA, Salvador, Bahia
(+71) 81 0058 42
Tony jumps on a boat with a bunch of friends to have a beach party Salvador-style on an island off the coast of the city.
Bourdain ate: fresh fish and crab.
Where fishermen eat
Salvador, Brazil
Tony heads to a beach popular with fishermen and sits down for lunch with them and Israel ‘Maloca’ Batista, Bourdain’s head of security.
Bourdain had: beer and liquor; spicy salsa of garlic, tomato, onions, and peppers; some deep-fried little smelts; larger catch described as “big red fish”; and tuna.