This time, it's a tour of different countries' cuisines.
2025 GGW 大垣プチ遠征編。
This is a Brazilian restaurant that exists precisely because there are many Japanese-Brazilians in Okaya.
Located right next to IoMall, this restaurant operates alongside a Brazilian supermarket.
As the name suggests, the main dish here is Brazilian-style “donburi”. In addition, there are set meals and hamburgers available.
Brazilian cuisine's greatness lies, above all, in its massive portion size.
I have experienced Brazilian-style meals with incredibly large portions before, but even the sizes of the bowls here are truly impressive…
This donburi offers a high degree of flexibility, allowing you to add toppings according to your preference to enhance the experience. What's more impressive is that it features rare ingredients such as Biaou de Dóis, Bakaljau, Dobraljina, and Pikajinho, which are quite hard to find elsewhere.
There are also buffet-style meals that serve national dishes, such as feijoada. It seems that places with such comprehensive offerings are quite limited.
It's a small restaurant, but I think it's a really amazing place.
The item ordered on this day was,
・ピカジーニョ丼（税込1,089円）
・チーズトッピング（税込220円）
・ブラジル風の豆をトッピングした料理（税込220円）
Yes.
Picanjino is a Brazilian dish of stewed meat and vegetables. Here, it is described as "Hayaishi Rice," likely referring to the serving dish used for this dish.
◯料理と味…ブラジル料理は本当に美味しく、量も豊富で、満足感と満腹感を与えてくれました。
The construction is excellent, and this restaurant cannot be underestimated.
・ピカジーニョ丼
It's more of a beef stew rather than a Hayaishi-style restaurant.
The meat was mushy and soft, with no notable taste characteristics.
The taste and quality are just as normal as those offered in proper Western-style restaurants.
The rice contains long-grain rice mixed in. Normally, Brazilian restaurants use only Japanese rice, but this is really impressive.
・チーズ
This is surprising. How much cheese is there in total!?
Covered in cheese, it’s so dense that you can’t see anything below at all.
It was so abundant that I thought it was some kind of cheese sauce or something, but when I tasted it, it turned out to be pure cheese.
I hope Japanese restaurants can learn from those Japanese places that simply add a little bit of cheese to their pizza.
・ブラジルの豆
When visiting a Brazilian restaurant, this bean soup (feijoada) is an essential dish.
220円なのに、量はスープ皿いっぱいです。
A simple taste, eaten with beans, salt, and garlic. This dish really goes well with rice.
○서비스… 접객은 브라질인 어머니가 담당합니다. 일본어를 할 줄 알기 때문에 아무런 문제 없이 대응할 수 있습니다.
On the table, it was written “Orders can be made by scanning the QR code”. But when I tried to do so, an error occurred, and in the end, I had to place my order verbally.
○雰囲気…テーブル数席ほどの小さな食堂。
There doesn’t seem to be much emphasis on the atmosphere; it’s quite simple.
○コスパ…定食系よりも、コスパを重視するならやはり丼がおすすめですね。
Ordering a "donburi" and a bean soup costs only around 1300 yen, which is a reasonable price for a Brazilian restaurant.
◎総合的に見て…他の店にはない珍しい食べ物や、気軽に注文できる丼ものがあります。また、料理の質が良く、ボリュームも素晴らしいです。数少ないブラジル料理店の中でも、非常に優れた店です！
