Ilê Dùn
Sometimes it's worth crossing the city to discover new people and places. That's the case with Ilê Dùn, which invites you to taste Afro-diasporic cuisine in a big old house with a backyard in Barro, a neighbourhood better known for everyday life than for its food scene. The menu brings together ingredients, techniques and recipes that crossed the Atlantic and are still present across different regions of Africa and Brazil. There are familiar flavours, like bean caldinho, acarajé and shrimp bobó, alongside chef Tayná Maísa's own creations. Inspired by those same traditions, the Afro-Pernambucan feijoada is made with cooked peanuts, charque, sausage, paio, collard farofa and an olive vinaigrette.
Restaurant
Foodie
World Cuisine
Avenida Doutor José Rufino, 1577, Barro, Recife
We'd both crossed the city for the same lunch.
Barro isn't exactly on the way for either of us, so we laughed when we realised we'd both come all this distance for the acarajé. Shared a table in the backyard, talked about where the recipes travelled from. Worth the trip.
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