Sao Paulo 🇧🇷 Chinese food

🏠 East | Kitchen & Bar 🗺️ R. Leopoldo Couto Magalhães Júnior, 382 - Itaim Bibi, São Paulo - SP, 04542-000 🌿 When a Jiangnan Courtyard Meets South American Chic Pushing through the carved wooden doors, warm yellow lanterns and bamboo-woven chandeliers form a starry canopy overhead. partitions hide velvet booths—this Itaim Bibi speakeasy translates "wine-soaked spring dreams" into reality. Daylight filters through diamond-patterned windows, casting soft glows on glazed pottery bowls. Celadon teapots and copper flasks rest on raw wood tables, perfuming the air with a blend of star anise and dried tangerine peel. 🍖 New Menu Unlocked: Braised Pork Belly Bao, a Carb Lover’s Fantasy The dish I’ve nicknamed "Braised Pork Belly Bao" is actually slow-cooked Berkshire pork belly served with lotus leaf buns. Three layers of fat and lean meat absorb six hours of aged huadiao wine, oozing amber juices at the light prod of a chopstick. Sandwiching the melt-in-your-mouth meat between fluffy hand-rolled buns, the sweet-savory glaze creates a symphony—think sticky caramel notes balanced by a hint of Sichuan peppercorn. Pro tip: order extra buns to mop up every drop of that reduced sauce. 🥢 Beyond the Pork: A Menu of Modern Chinese Wonders • Crispy Mapo Tofu: Silken tofu fried to golden perfection, smothered in a sauce that layers numbing Sichuan pepper with fermented black beans. • Chrysanthemum Tea Smoked Duck: Served in a glass cloche billowing with floral-scented smoke, the duck breast slices melt like butter. • Lychee & Osmanthus Cocktail: Sake infused with fresh lychees, shaken with osmanthus syrup—like sipping a blooming garden. 🌙 Ambiance: Where Tradition Meets Trend By night, paper lanterns cast warm shadows on calligraphy-adorned walls, while a DJ spins downtempo beats fused with guzheng melodies. The bar—lined with vintage Chinese medicine drawers repurposed as liquor shelves—serves cocktails in porcelain teacups. Note: request the hidden patio for al fresco dining under string lights. 💰 Price Tag & Pro Tips • Average spend: ~200rs/person (worth it for shareable plates and craft cocktails) • Go for: Date nights, special celebrations, or when craving elevated Chinese fare • Insider trick: Visit during happy hour (18:00-20:00) for 2x1 on selected dim sum #OverseasChineseFood #SpeakeasyBar #BraisedPorkLove #HiddenGemsSP #CulinaryFusion