Gourmet products local specialties and wines Bahia

Georges Laporte moved to Bahia from Normandy in 2002. Since then, he has adapted his family know-how, brought back from France, to create ice creams with local flavors in harmony with the seasons, all made with fresh fruit, without colorants or preservatives. The blends are as original as they are delicious: Pé de moleque (with peanuts), Cocana (coconut with cachaça), Martinica (orange and dark chocolate), Baianada (lime, rapadura and coconut) - a must-try! Try acerola or maracuja!

As its name suggests, this shop offers bowls of iced acai, with or without fruit and cereals. It's fresh, cheap and healthy!

Situated on the edge of the bay, the Feira de Sao Joaquim is an authentic folk market. You'll find meat, fruit, vegetables... as well as everyday objects, handicrafts and candomblé-related artifacts. In a joyful hubbub, with a wealth of smells and flavors, it offers an immersion into the daily life of the Bahian people. It was restored in 2016, but the magic of the place still works. There's a special charm to this market, where Salvador's Afro-Brazilian roots are fully expressed, far from the artifice of modernity.

Well, it's not the most glamorous address in Salvador, since the shops and cafés are in the Barra and Graça shopping areas, but it's a good place to go if you're feeling peckish or if you want to buy food. The Perini is also a delicatessen that has been open for almost 50 years. In the Barra shop, in addition to gourmet products (cold cuts, cheeses, wines...), there is a wide range of snacks and cakes to be enjoyed on the spot with a cafezinho . We come here for the quality of the products.

La Casa de Noca is both a shop and a pleasant café. You can find greedy and regional products: small cakes, typical biscuits, fruit jellies and many others. The decoration of the "café" part is very pleasant, with its wooden tables and its busy decoration, nicely kitsch. The "café da manha" is very pleasant. The buffet features cakes, pasteis de Belém, but also small savoury dishes, pizza, scrambled eggs. During the big crowds in the shop part, it is a pity that it is a bit too crowded.

In Salvador, some ice cream parlors are very popular for cooling off in the hot Bahian summer. "A Cubana" is one of these "happy few". It is Salvador's oldest ice cream parlour, established in the 1930s, and has successfully survived the decades. A Cubana claims to be part of the Bahian heritage. This ice-cream brand offers many of its own flavours, including tapioca and caramel banana. Milkshakes are also available. Good pastries and salgados are available in all four stores.

Walking around Praia do Forte always makes you hungry and the visitor is then delighted to find the "panaderia do tango". This bakery is a very good choice to buy your rolls during your stay, but also for a snack during the day or to taste a delicacy with dulce de leche. For almost twenty years in Brazil, the owner (Argentinian, as you may have guessed) still couldn't do without this ingredient, almost sacred in his home country, in his kitchen!

The Passarela do Descobrimento, known locally as Passarela do Alcool, is a must-see meeting point. During the day, it is a real open-air shopping area. You can find just about anything here: restaurants serving regional cuisine, cafes and bars, but also clothing and souvenir stores, handicraft stores and, at nightfall, "batidas" stands. It is a place to gather "before night".

Since 1931, this has been one of Salvador's traditional ice cream parlors. The shop is located in the lower town, in a traditional district where time seems to have stood still. Ribeaira is the beach where fishing boats and saveiros rest at low tide. A typical Bahia spot, ideal for rest and relaxation. It's hard to choose from over sixty fragrances! Caipiroska (vodka and lime), suingue bom (wine and pineapple), agua de côco (coconut water) are just some of the options. Today, the ice cream shop has 6 outlets.