On a corner with typical bar tables in Rua dos Pinheiros in São Paulo, in the greatest atmosphere of an old-fashioned bar in the cities of the previous one, is the new TanTin the chef’s newly opened restaurant Marcus Aurelius Sena.
Sena, which has passed through houses of different cuisines, such as the Korean Komah O Marakuthai of Thai inspiration, and Spanish go me this time bet on brazilian gastronomy : at TanTin, what reigns is Brazilianness.
From the music in the background to the decor, from the drinks to the dishes, references come from all over the country.
“I went to get a little bit from every place in Brazil. A reference, a custom, something simple they have in Brazilian dishes. The result is a simple menu, but full of flavor, precisely to combine almost perfectly with the drinks”, comments the chef to CNN .
At the executive lunch, served from Monday to Friday (R$ 35), there are two options of dishes, which arrive at the table in hearty and well-executed dishes.
On Mondays, there is the roasted chicken with potato salad with eggs, garlic farofa and vinaigrette; on tuesdays, the chicken stroganoff with rice and potato straw. On Wednesday, complete feijoada, of course; on Thursdays, baião de dois with redneck egg in butter; and on Fridays, fried fish, vatapá, rice and vinaigrette.
For those who don’t want any of that, the parmigiana with rice, served with roasted potatoes with paprika, or the mincemeat with sun-dried meat with rice, beans, cabbage, farofa, vinaigrette and poached egg, are available every day.
The executive menu also includes a salad, pineapple with honey and lemon zest and brewed coffee to finish.
There is also the snack and main menu. It is worth starting with the pumpkin and cuia cheese cake (R$ 24) – with each bite, the “puxa-puxa” cheese explodes in your mouth, delicious.
There is also a crispy shrimp pastry with a creamy filling (R$ 26 – two units); the “PQP que Moela”, which is cooked with onions, tomatoes and secret ingredients (R$ 32); the chicken heart with olive oil and garlic (R$ 38), and the preserves from Dona Ruth, Marco’s mother, with potatoes, olives, onions and colored quail eggs (R$ 28 – with 100g).
On the main menu, there is the Assado do Rei with manioc in bottle butter, garlic farofa and vinaigrette (R$ 60); Pantanal pasta with dried meat, cured sausage, beer, tomato and green smell (R$ 54); Maria Isabel rice with sun dried meat, curd cheese, bottled butter, chili peppers, tomato, red onion, green smell of redneck egg (R$ 56), among others.
Good desserts could not be missing, such as the creamy cocada with lemon sorbet (R$ 22), the milk pudding with dehydrated orange, pé de moleque and fleur de sel (R$ 18); and the dulce de leche mousse with honey and peanut bread (R$26).
The drinks menu were thought and created by Vina Apolinário a bartender who left the busy life of São Paulo to work in Caraíva, Bahia, and who received the following request from Sena: a letter that was very Brazilian and that was inclusive.
The result comes in 12 signature drinks, in addition to 4 caipirinhas, such as tangerine with pennyroyal, cashew lemon and basil and passion fruit and lychee.
Among the options is the booze , a reference to the Birita de Caraíva neighborhood, where cachaça infusions are common, and which takes Gabriela da casa (cachaça infused with cloves and cinnamon), red vermouth, lemon juice and Angostura Laranja (R$ 32); The mule (a reference to the way that potiguares drink cachaça where it is garnished with a slice of cashew and salt) with cachaça, ginger syrup, lemon juice, ginger concentrate and salted cashew foam (R$ 29); O royal melissa , refreshing drink with gin, lemon balm, sparkling wine, sugar syrup and lemon juice (R$ 33); O elis, a Brazilianized version of penicillin and a reference to the singer’s fondness for whiskey, with whiskey, pineapple juice, ginger concentrate, sassafras cinnamon syrup and finished with smoked whiskey (R$29); O purple pickle bittersweet drink, with tequila, beetroot pickles, lime juice and sugar syrup (R$ 28), and the aridan a version of rabo de galo, with cachaça infused with aridan bean – used in candomblé – with red vermouth and Cynar (R$ 29).
TanTin
Rua dos Pinheiros, 987, Pinheiros, São Paulo – SP / Opening hours: Monday, from 12:00 to 15:00, Tuesday and Wednesday, from 12:00 to 23:00, Thursday to Saturday, from 12:00 to 1:00, and Sunday, from 12:00 to 18:00.
Source: CNN Brasil
