Ibá Pitanga Restaurante — Restaurant in Região Geográfica Imediata de Canguaretama

This restaurant is located in the Bupitanga Hotel, but is open to the public, so even if you’re not staying here, I recommend you dine here (it was very good!). “Ibá pitanga” means “soft or thin-skinned fruit” in Tupi-Guarani (the language of the indigenous natives of Brazil). It’s the name of a fruit found in South America known as the Surinam cherry or Brazilian cherry. It’s a fine-dining establishment, and the dishes were all delicious and beautifully presented. We started with 2 appetizers: I had shredded dried beef on puffed yucca with avocado sauce, which looked and tasted delicious. My wife had For a main course, I had shrimp served on pumpkin purée with deep-fried leeks, cashews and torched curd cheese; my wife had octopus lacquered with oyster sauce served on puréed sweet potato seasoned with wasabi (which were fantastic). Dessert was a decadent chocolate cake that was to die for. They also have a very good wine menu (at very good prices). Service was excellent (thank you to our...

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