I write “none” in quotation marks because, honestly, our state has been discredited. Last week, Exame magazine released the ranking of the 100 best restaurants in Brazil and, surprisingly, no establishment in Santa Catarina was included.
According to information from Casual Exame itself, the establishments were selected with the help of a jury made up of 72 renowned food critics and influencers.
Each expert named ten restaurants of their preference, in no order of importance. Last year, Santa Catarina had only one representative on the list: Ostradamus, in Florianópolis, by chef Jaime Barcellos.
Considering that I have already been to 22 of the 100 restaurants listed and tried 6 of the Top 10, I can speak with authority on the subject. Several award-winning and renowned chefs have already been cooking here at Villa do Vale for special dinners.
I made a point of counting the ranking by state: São Paulo leads the way with 47 restaurants; followed by Rio de Janeiro with 19; Minas Gerais with 10; Paraná with 7; Bahia with 5; Pernambuco with 4; Rio Grande do Sul with 3; Amazons with 2; and, tied for 8th place, Mato Grosso, Pará and Distrito Federal, all with one representative each.
Santa Catarina is a state full of natural beauty, culture and valuable inputs used by most of these award-winning restaurants. As an example, we can mention the carabineiro shrimp, sent throughout the country via Penha by Saulo do Camarão. Next door, in Blumenau, the Mendes brothers have been producing the highest quality cheeses at Vermont Queijos, so much so that weeks ago they received the award for best in the world at the Cheese World Cup with the Morro Azul product. Not to mention the quality of our native oysters, also used throughout Brazil in the best restaurants.
In terms of restaurants, I will mention just three examples that could easily make the list, excluding Ostradamus which, unfortunately and unfairly, left the ranking this year: Restaurante Dudu, run by the brilliant Chef Dudu Perener, in Balneário Camboriú; Rosso Restaurante, by Chef Alysson Muller, in Florianópolis; and Vistta – Altitude Kitchen, in Praia Grande, Canyons region.
I leave the question: where have the 72 renowned critics and influencers been to even notice a single establishment in our state, or what kind of “influence” would be necessary to appear on such a list? Or perhaps there are just a lack of jurors from Santa Catarina, making me available to the magazine, if that is the case.
Below is the complete list of the 100 winners in order of placement:
1)Lasai – Rio de Janeiro
2) Origin – Salvador
3(The Pig House – São Paulo
4)Oteque – Rio de Janeiro
5)Maní – São Paulo
6)Nelita – São Paulo
7)Mango – Salvador
8)Evvai – São Paulo
9)Fame Osteria – São Paulo
10)Manu – Curitiba
11)Notiê – São Paulo
12)Pacato – Belo Horizonte
13)Ping Yang – São Paulo
14)Mocotó – São Paulo
15)Ocyá – Rio de Janeiro
16)Glouton – Belo Horizonte
17)Metzi – São Paulo
18)Tuju – São Paulo
19)Tupis Kitchen – Belo Horizonte
20)Murakami – São Paulo
21)Picchi – São Paulo
22)Cepa – São Paulo
23) Shihoma Pasta Fresca – São Paulo
24)Aiô – São Paulo
25)Pier – São Paulo
26)Cala del Tanit – São Paulo
27)Goya Zushi – São Paulo
28)Igor – Curitiba
29)Asu – Curitiba
30)Banzeiro – São Paulo/Manaus
31)Capincho – Porto Alegre
32)DOM – São Paulo
33)Dona Mariquita – Salvador
34)Oro – Rio de Janeiro
35) Quina do Futuro Japanese Tavern – Recife
36)Tragaluz – Tiradentes-MG
37)Arvo – Recife
38)Fasano – São Paulo
39)Forestry – Belo Horizonte
40)Haru – Rio de Janeiro
41)Lilia – Rio de Janeiro
42)Ori – Salvador
43)Toto – Rio de Janeiro
44)Valle Rústico – Garibaldi-RS
45)Xapuri – Belo Horizonte
46)Birosca – Belo Horizonte
47)Ca-Já – Recife
48)Casa 201 – Rio de Janeiro
49)Charco – São Paulo
50)Corrutela – São Paulo
51)Hai Yo – Curitiba
52)Imakay – São Paulo
53)Kanoe – São Paulo
54)Kan Suke – São Paulo
55)Kazuo – São Paulo
56)Komah – São Paulo
57)K.sa – Curitiba
58)Kuro – São Paulo
59)Mee – Rio de Janeiro
60)Mesa do Lado – Rio de Janeiro
61)Osso – São Paulo
62)Per Lui – Belo Horizonte
63)South – Rio de Janeiro
64)Tanit – São Paulo
65)Tiara – Rio de Janeiro
66) Tordesillas – São Paulo
67)Aizomê – São Paulo
68)Altar Cozinha Ancestral – São Paulo
69) Beloved – Savior
70)Ama.zo – São Paulo
71)Angá – Petrópolis-RJ
72)Animus – São Paulo
73)Arturito – São Paulo
74)Babbo Osteria – Rio de Janeiro
75)Barú Marisquería – São Paulo
76)Borgo Mooca – São Paulo
77)Carlota – São Paulo
78)Caxiri – Manaus
79)Chez Claude – São Paulo/Rio de Janeiro
80)Chiwake – Recife
81)Cipriani – Rio de Janeiro
82)Cora – São Paulo
83)Cuia – São Paulo
84)Daimu – Porto Alegre
85)Feér – Curitiba
86)Fujii – Curitiba
87)Koral – Rio de Janeiro
88)La Villa – Tiradentes-MG
89)Tangará Jean-Georges – São Paulo
90)Makoto San – São Paulo
91)Ninita – Belo Horizonte
92)Madê – Santos-SP
93)Oseille – Rio de Janeiro
94)President – São Paulo
95)Cozinha 212 – São Paulo
96)Rudä – Rio de Janeiro
97)San Omakase – Rio de Janeiro
98)Mahalo Creative Kitchen – Cuiabá
99)Remanso do Peixe – Belém
100)Tarso Restaurante – Brasília
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