Acarajé
Street food.
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The Largo da Mariquita is one of the main gathering spots of Salvador's seaside Rio Vermelho district, with its cafés and restaurants and often some music playing. The district itself is an old fishing village whose story goes back to the 16th century. The square is known for one of the city's most famous acarajé stalls, Cira's, now run by her daughter Juçara, who learned the trade from her renowned mother; Cira's has another stall in Itapuã. Acarajé, Bahia's best-known street food, comes from West African tradition: balls of black-eyed pea batter fried in the local dendê palm oil and filled. The square makes an evening in Salvador away from the historic centre, to taste acarajé, stroll the nearby Rio Vermelho shore and enjoy the district's popular atmosphere.
Street food.
Cafés and music.
Rio Vermelho.
Rio Vermelho, Salvador
Black-eyed pea fritters fried in palm oil and filled, from West African tradition.
