 Did you say I can eat freely? Yeah, like buffet, it's a buffet. It's a buffet, yeah, you can go like 10 times if you want. Oh, oh, yeah. Life is really good in Brazil, man. Wherever food is free, life is always good. Food over everything. Brothers and sisters, welcome to São Paulo. Honestly, this is not a Brazil that I expected, but Brazil has been so amazing to me. I mean, all these videos that we've been coming up with, most of you have really enjoyed it. I've seen the comments section, and I really appreciate it so much. It's about time for us to go to our next destination, but I cannot leave without showing you what we ate in Brazil. You're in Brazil, so you have to try this one. Wow, you're getting more and more excited. You're getting more and more excited. I thought it was more like a juice. And I'm here to say thank you so much for joining the family, but if you haven't, please subscribe to Help Us Reach 1.5 million by December. And our next destination is Suriname. Enjoy the video as we travel to Salvador Bahia to enjoy the Afro-Brazilian means, which has a fusion of African cuisine. I just love street food, man. I cannot see meat and pass by. I really need to buy one. How much is it? One. A six. Six. That's easy, right? Yes. It's just for us. It's too much oil, man. Six. Yeah, this one is oil. 25. Just a minute. So two of them is four. Is it done? Yes, they are perfect. They are okay. They will be mental. Okay. We eat meat everywhere, and that's why we have to eat this meat, man. I mean, let me try authentic. You know, in Ghana, we call it chichenga. Yeah, this one is chichenga. Pepper. You need to have some pepper here. That's a lot. The way like... This one is ketchup. Ketchup. But the pepper is hot. I'm out of the metro, and I'm currently at the most visited place in the whole of Sao Paulo. Because I checked online, that's what they told me. So I have to come and visit. This place is called Nebredaji. So it's basically more like a Japanese town within Sao Paulo, man. Whenever you visit Japanese towns, you need to eat Japanese food. So this is called like jiaoze. In China, we call it jiaoze. It's dumplings. This is more like a fried dumplings. Come on. Come on. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. This is duck. So you hold your steak like this. Steak in the monthly shop. Cheese. You turn the upside down. It's brother. Are you Japanese? Yes. You say Japanese? Yes. Konnichiwa? Konnichiwa. Yeah. In Bidak. Bangauio. You don't speak Japanese? No. Ah, I speak Japanese though. Konnichiwa. Konnichiwa. Boku no namayoha maya this. We say nothing now. You are saying Japanese. You are born here. We say nasiwa ki. Yes. I think this is so cool. This is a Japanese town. The majority of the people in here are Japanese. This place is called Nebredaji. Yeah. Okay. I think it has been in existence for quite a long time. But based on my research, I was told that this is actually the most visited place in Sao Paulo. Yeah. So while walking in the park, I met my brother. He looks like me, even though we don't understand each other. Hola. Hola. Bonjour. How are you? I'm fine. Ah, okay. Are you from Congo? I'm from Congo. I'm from Haiti. Haiti? Haiti is from Haiti. You look like my uncle in Ghana. Look at that. You see? From Ghana? Haiti. Haiti? Haiti is Ghana? Haiti. No, Haiti. Haiti. Togo Benin. Tell him. We're talking about the Republic of Haiti. Benin. So, the Africans are from here too? So he said, we are all Africans, we are together. Nice. That's all I want to know. Yeah. Welcome to Africa. He wants to know if you feel like an African? No, I don't know. I feel like Africa, Bob Marley, Luchedovi. You saw that on TV? Yeah. But... Look, Dubai is from South Africa, Bob Marley is from Jamaica, and we are all from Africa. So we are all from Africa. I come from Africa too, as well as myself. I come from Africa. Can you say I can eat freely? Yeah, like a buffet. It's a buffet. It's a buffet? Yeah, you can go like 10 times if you want. Oh, oh, yeah. You mean I have to pay for it? Yeah, you pay for it. But it's just a... It's like a small... Yeah, a small token. It's not something much. Wow. Yeah. I'm coming to eat Brazilian food. It's a fried rice. Geez. Can I pick it up? Yeah, you can pick it up. Wow. I thought it was fried rice, but... It's a buffet, right? So it's a buffet, so I can't eat more. So I'm just gonna... This is first half. This is first half, and then I'll come for second half. Believe that I am not in Africa, but everything that I'm seeing in here, it's similar to what we do in Africa. The people looks like me. The food they eat, it's similar to what I eat in Ghana. I mean, they got Gari in here. Palm oil. The only thing I've not seen is palm wine. I think maybe they did not bring the palm wine culture. Do you guys have palm wine? It's more like a... Palm wine? Palm wine or just palm oil? They have palm oil. I love the fact that there is a museum in Salvador Bahia that showcases the way of cooking in the days of slavery until today. Don't tell me that this is how you guys used to cook those days. Yeah, not everything. It's used more in the traditional cookery of Bahia. It's a museum of cookery of Bahia and stuff like that. We're gonna try the best juice of Salvador. It's made with coconut water and lemon. Coconut water and lemon? Yeah. Wow, is it fresh coconut? Fresh coconut. I want the juice. He says it's the best juice in Salvador. Is it like fresh coconut or like this one? Like this one. It's not fresh coconut. It's not fresh? It's fresh but it's not... It's more like coconut milk? Yeah, it's more like coconut milk. With lemon? With lemon. It tastes a bit like mojito. Yes. But it tastes better than mojito. It's not very acid. Yeah, no alcohol. No alcohol. Refreshing. It's a perfect mixture. For me, it's the best juice of Salvador. Wow! Can I have the recipe? I see. No? You won't teach me. Is it from Sinai? No. To take you to Ghana. I'm not from Brazil. Come on, man. I need to do this in Ghana. At least something that I took from Salvador to my country. You actually need this in the afternoon. It tastes so good. Very, very good. Very good. This is acarajé. Acarajé da Marigiane. Her name is Mary Jane. Yes, Mary Jane. Wow! And you make acarajé. Yes. Mary Jane makes acarajé. Yeah. Acarajé, Mary Jane. Hello, everyone. Acarajé. Acarajé? Yes. And abará. Wow! Abará? Yeah. Can I have it? Give me. I can't. Oh, you have to cut into pieces. Okay. Sabará. It's also... It looks so African. Yeah, it's also made with beans. Okay, I want to taste it. You finish. No, no. Put it in. Again. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And give me. Yeah, yeah, yeah. How? How ball? How ball? Yeah. Okay. So, here we have... What do I eat with? We have the side dishes. Okay. Those are the main dishes. Okay. Acarajé and abará. You also have the vatapá. Okay. Caruru. Camarão. Which means shrimps. What are you going to put in there? It's pepper. Do you want a pepper? Of course. Caruru. Caruru. Caruru. Yeah, it's made with okra. Okra? Yeah. With palm oil? With palm oil, yeah. You want it? Of course. Yes. Oh, my goodness. Vatapá. Vatapá. Vatapá. Vatapá. It's made out of what? It's a cream of flour, manioc flour, or... milk. This is a meal from Nigeria. Yeah. It's called momoeng. Momoeng. Momoeng in Nigeria. What are the ingredients that was used to make this one? Abará. Yeah. Fish beans. With onion. Salt. And you cook it. You make a small cake with it, or bigger like this. And you cook it with the banana... banana plant. Leaf. And that's all. What is this one? It's coca-cada. We call it coca-cada. What is that? Made with what? With coconut. And sugar. Yeah. It's the white one. It's the brown one. And this one? It's with peanut. Peanut and sugar. Can you believe we have this and that? I believe it. We have it in Ghana. He's saying that they have both in his country. They have coca-cada. Yeah. So much of coca-cada as well as almond. Can I taste it? With this size? Can I taste it? Yeah. What's the coca-cada? The same taste. Yeah. The same taste, man. In Ghana, we call it kubei cake. Kubei cake. Kubei is coconut. Ah, yeah. And the cake. I'm not surprised. To be honest. I'm trying this one, okay? It's just like they cook it in a different way. Because I'll own the slice into tiny pieces. I'll own two. We take the pills off. I believe it's going to taste the same way. And this one? We call it in-kate cake. How long has she been selling? How long has she been selling? 52 years. 52 years. What? 52 years. 52 years? Yes, 5 decades. Wow! How old is she? She's 11 years old. 63 years old. She used to look so young and beautiful. She's saying that she's still pretty and young. Oh, thank you. Wow! Wow, that's amazing. She's an African woman. She's saying that she's an African woman. She's an African woman. Wow! She's proud of that. Thank you. Thank you. I just met our African mommy from Salvador, Bahia. She's 63 years old. Young and beautiful. My mom is 63. His mother is 63 years old. Oh! Yeah! So, yeah, just like my mom. Oh! If you ever get a chance to visit Salvador, Bahia, and you make it to Pelorini. Pelorini. Please, make sure you buy a carajé from Mary Jane. The best carajé that you will ever get. The best, what do you call this? A baracacada. Everything, everything. Just look for her. She's on this street. I mean, this, what's the serial code? Cerreiro de Jesus. Exactly. You heard it yourself. Please come by from her. This one? No. Because it's so small. Yeah. You know, the concept of the coconut, they put ice on it. Yeah. So, it's within an ice chest. Yeah. With ice and everything. So, the coconut water is so chilled. So, people in here, is it like you don't like it? Because all this, they just drank the water and that's it. Yeah. I'm sorry. They drink the water and after drinking the water, they throw this thing away. But, in Africa, the food is even more more important than the water, man. Trust me, it tastes better when I have a straw. How much is the coconut? Yeah. How much is it? That's 10 reais. When you fall into the river, it's very ice. Five in Sao Paulo? You know, here, there's something, some of them, they sell it according to city. You understand? In Sao Paulo, the North Sao Paulo is very rich. So, even they sell it 50 years, people is going to buy it. Here, when you sell this one, for five years, no one is going to buy it. You get it. Costre? Yes. Makes this city very cheap. Yeah. So, we are going to try our third meal for today, and what food are we eating? Yeah, the food here, traditional, is the moqueca. Moqueca? Yeah. And can you tell me what moqueca is made of? It's cooked fish with bomb oil and some sauce like onion and tomato. Oh! Yeah. And pepper and coconut water. Coconut milk. Yeah. Coconut milk! Coconut milk is essential. Without coconut milk and bomb oil, you cannot cook this food. What inspired this meal? What inspired? Three different influence for this meal. We have the traditional, the indigenous, they were used to cook the fish involved in the banana leaves. So, the Portuguese, they came and they introduced the stew and the food. And the Africans introduced the bomb oil and the coconut milk. So, that's why we create the moqueca. So, moqueca is made out of like three different influences here. Influences. Yeah. I really want to try it out because there's bomb oil in it. But I don't know if you guys have capo. You know what is capo? So, what are we ordering? The moqueca. Moqueca. The traditional moqueca is fish. Okay? Fish cooked with basic seasonings like onion, tomatoes and cooked with bomb oil and coconut milk. But we have a mix of like fish with shrimp or fish with clams or clams with shrimp and octopus and lobster. Normally seafood in general is the moqueca. So, which means moqueca is a seafood? Traditional. Traditional. But is moqueca also soul food? Yeah. I mean, you are picked on food, right? It's not religious. It's not. No, it's not religious but when you say soul food I understood like it's part of our sense here in Salvador, our cuisine. So, for example, when I went to the country and I stayed there for four months I was really missing moqueca. So, I had to look for the ingredients in England to make a moqueca in England because I was missing too much my food. So, moqueca can say that is the soul of the Bajani cuisine. The food is here. I've been waiting for so long. Okay. Congratulations. How are you? Congratulations. It feels like I'm back in Ghana, man. I just want to ask are we in Africa? No, no, no, no. I'm so sorry, man. It could be. It could be. Yeah, this is the blackest city, the African city of Brazil. Yes. How do you call this? It's feijão tropeiro. It's beans. It's feijão fradinho. Ah, no. Say gobé. Gobé. Gobé. All right. In Ghana, it's gobé? It's called gobé. This is the food that saves a lot of lives. You know? The base of the... It's cheap and it's for everyone. Okay. And I'm so sorry. I just feel like... And it's also it's cooked with palm oil there. Yeah. And is that gari? It's cassava flour that we call farofa. It's fried with palm oil. So this is called gari. Or yucca, yucca flour. In Ghana, we call it gari. In Nigeria, it's called gari. Oh, it's not gari. No, let me... It's from yucca? One minute. Let me taste. I want to be sure. This is Africa, man. Calm. You didn't get here. Not yet. Blanching. Blanching. It's fried banana. So... This is a whole meal. In Ghana. A whole meal. A meal called gobé. So you do like this. That's it. Right. You guys eat it like this. No. Normally we don't mix like this. It's hard for me to don't eat because I can't. I'm so sorry. It's hard because it smells so good. It's moqueca. Yeah. Fish and shrimp. Fish and shrimp. This meal literally took me to Africa. Yeah. It has coconut milk in there. See, coconut milk, palm oil, many seeds like garlic, lime. Coriander is essential. We need coriander. Peppers. This is good. What can I say about our cuisine after cuisine here is without palm oil, basically we don't have the same food. So palm oil is essential here in Salvador. You see, this comes with palm oil here. Palm oil. Palm oil, palm oil, palm oil. Everything, the garlic, even you put palm oil. I want to eat just the banana. Banana pasta. You can't say no to the food. What is palm oil called? What's the local name for palm oil? I say Dende. I make Dende. Dende. Dende. Only the palm. You know the origin of Dende. Dende is actually an African name. It's taken from an Angolan language called Kimbundu. So that's why the name Dende comes from it. And what does Dende mean? We also have a song that you say Dende. Say you want the Dende. Say you want the Dende. Say you want the Dende. Say you want the Dende. Say you want the Dende. You say Dende. Dende. How do you spell it together? D-E-N-D-E. The same. Right. And you know, the song talks about palm nut soup. Yeah, Dende is the name of the plant. Dende is the name of the tree that produces the fruit. Please, let me know in the comment section if there's any connection with that. I don't know myself. I don't know if you know it. She doesn't know. He doesn't know. And we're on the table to learn. So please, leave a comment if you know anything about the origination of the name Dende. Dende means palm tree. In which language? Kingbundu. Wow, you're right. From Africa, Angola. Jeez. You guys are Africans, man. Yeah, but we don't appropriate saying, ah, this is 100% Brazilian. No, we have a consensus about this, that it's African. And I'm also proud about this to keep, to maintain, to resist. So this food that you are eating is much more than just a feed your body. It's also feeding our history. Ancestrality. Maintain that. Religion. Afri-religion. The world tells a better story. It's done. It's about time for me to try something else because this is the only food that I'm eating in here that takes me back to the motherland. And I really want to go back home without flying. So the food has to take me there. Is there any other food that I need to try out? Should I call this evening or night life in Salvador Bahia? Is it evening or night life? It's evening right now. It's very noisy. It seems people living in Salvador Bahia do not cook at night. Because any time I go out, people are on the streets eating. Yes, there's always street food here available all around 24-7. And the most famous dish people like to eat is called acaraje. Acaraje. I think acaraje is so popular. Everyone is telling me since I Salvador Bahia, this is one meal that you need to try because it's similar to what you guys eat in West Africa. It is? Where are you from? I'm from South Africa. You're from South Africa? I'm not sure if you have the same. I've heard you have the same in Nigeria but you're from Ghana. I'm from Ghana but I need to try it out before I can tell you how we call it in our native language. For now, I don't know. Alright. Where do we buy it? That's a beautiful one. Okay, here's the menu. Acaraje. Acaraje. Acaraje. Acaraje. Camarão. Camarão is shrimp. Okay, with the shrimp. Yes. So, we're going to order a complete one. Is it just one? Two. Two. You look like my mom from Ghana. He sells Ghana and you look like my mom. Hi. Hi. Yeah. They have a lot of experience with 31 years. And that's why they make the best acaraje in town for me. Okay. Do you like spicy food? Yeah, I love spicy food. I'm from Ghana. I love spicy food. Ghana is very spicy. Spices? Yes, it's pepper. Okay, pepper. Oh, pepper. What is this one? Batapá. Salada vinagrete. Yeah. Camarão. Camarão. That's shrimp, right? Is it fried shrimp? Is it fried shrimp? Yes. It's my idea. It feels like you're making a beggar, man. This is a hamburger in Brazil, maybe. Because it's like... Oh, a shrimp burger. You didn't get your order, bro. It looks like a shrimp burger, man. This is the bread and then they put all the cheese. But this one, there's no cheese. The cheese is the pepper. What do you call it? It's rather shrimp, man. So yeah, I mean, I'm waiting for him for us to do the testing together. Because I can't wait. Because everyone is telling me that, hey, since you're going to Salvador by here, this is one meal that you need to try. I don't know why everyone is telling me. But I'm here, and I'm trying it out. And I'm going to give the beddies. Wait for me, man. I wait for you, bro. Okay. So yeah, you will have to try and eat it like a burger, this, you know? Try and eat it like a burger. Try and put it all together. And then take one big bite. What is this made out of? The party is made out of beans. Where? Weijão. They make a dough out of the beans. They grind them, make a dough. And then they fry that. You won't believe that. You won't believe that. We have the same thing in Ghana. They're telling us in the country, they say in Ghana, Africa, the same thing, very similar. The same thing in Nigeria. Oh, Nigeria too. The same thing. The same thing in Togo, Liberia, Sierra Leone. Togo, yes. The same thing in the same way. It's the same. It's the same. Same taste. We call it Akara. Akara. In Africa, Akara J. You can call it Akara J. In Africa, we call it Akara. How do you like it? I eat this in Africa every day. Normal, probably. We eat it in the morning. What is that? Just a little bit more. It makes a huge difference. Careful, careful. It's pretty strong. Don't worry, man. It's delicious. They fry it in red oil? Yeah. Because my hands are red. Palm oil. It's red. It's all palm oil. Yes. A lot of dishes here are made with palm oil. Just like in West Africa, right? No. We don't fry red palm oil. We use this one. Normal oil. I see. It's the main difference. No one can tell me that Salvador is on Africa, man. Specifically, West Africa, Angola and Congo. These are the traits of countries that I see in Salvador by here. Interesting. I don't know how to describe the food, but it has a bit of beans in it. It's so big. Yeah, it's very filling. Very filling. Maybe now. How do you guys call it in your country, man? Do you have it? Togo, Benin, Iberia. The rest of Africa. Leave that in the comments. Wow. Very delicious, man. I'm sorry. I need to save this for later. I don't have the food that I need to. I don't want to feel more stupid. I want to eat more. Thank you. Thank you. I've got a whole evening of eating for you. Let the eating continue. I believe that if you made it this far, you will agree with me that it's food over everything, not women. They are very important. Thank you all so much for watching and I'll see you all in the next one.