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RAIZES RESTAURANT, LONDON – REVIEW

Raizes restaurant and bar is on Hackney Road in London’s East End. The name is
Portuguese and means ‘roots’ and certainly attracts crowds of Brazilian ex-pats
wanting a taste of home. Raizes is not just a restaurant, it’s also a petiscos
bar. Petiscos are the Portuguese cousin of Spanish tapas that are popular served
with well priced caipirinhas, Brazil’s national cocktail, made with cachaça,
sugar and lime.

Raizes is a popular and well reviewed restaurant. Though busy at the weekends
when Brazilian music is played live, the service is excellent and friendly. This
review is based on a number of visits to Raizes, but for this particular review,
myself and five friends decided to try some of the main courses on the menu of
this London based restaurant.


PESTISCOS

Torresmo is a Brazilian snack of chunky pieces of pork belly fried slowly with
spices until crisp. It is time consuming and messy to prepare but made well,
they taste delicious. Raízes’ version does not disappoint. Also recommended is
the deep-fried Mandioca, freshly cooked as fat chips.

Raizes’ calabresa is a smoky flavoured Brazilian sausage cut into thin slices
and fried with plenty of onions and served with farofa (toasted manioc flour).
We also ordered a portion of Polenta Frita, polenta deep-fried like potato chips
that goes well with a meal or just with a beer. Other options that we reviewed
on Raizes’ petiscos menu are coxinha (‘little thigh’), shredded chicken and
potato purée, shaped like a voluptuous thigh and covered in golden breadcrumbs.
The gluten free Pão de Queijo is a cheese bread that is crispy on the outside,
soft and chewy on the inside and made with tapioca flour, eggs and grated queijo
Minas (a cow’s milk cheese from the state of Minas Gerais) rolled into small
balls. There’s also Coração de Galinha, fried chicken hearts. All of these are
beautifully made and delicious, giving a true taste of Rio in London.


RAIZES’ MAIN DISHES MENU

Raizes’ main dishes you will find in many Brazilian homes and throughout
Brazil’s bars, restaurants and cafés. Raizes’ Contra Filé á Cavalo is a grilled
Brazilian sirloin steak that is both tender and full of flavour, served with
rice, well cooked and seasoned beans and fried egg.

The Feijoada, one of the few dishes eaten the length and breadth of Brazil and
the country’s national dish, is a hearty stew of black beans, sausages and cuts
of pork. A labour of love, feijoada done the old fashioned way takes up to 24
hours to make, between soaking beans and desalting pork, which is why most
Brazilians go out to restaurants and bars to eat it. Served with rice, kale,
orange slices and farofa the flavours are good and rich for our review. The
perfect compliment to Brazil’s national dish is cachaça, Brazil’s national
cocktail made from fermented sugar-cane juice, best known as the fiery kick in
caipirinhas.

Espeto Misto is a simple but well-executed barbecued skewer of juicy chicken
breast, sausage and rump steak served with rice, chips and farofa.

Raizes’ Vaca Atolada are slow-cooked beef ribs cooked with cassava, served with
rice and a potato salad. Filé á Parmegiana is oven baked Brazilian rump steak in
breadcrumbs topped with a rich tomato sauce and cheese, served with rice, salad
and chips.


DRINKS

Beer is the drink of choice in Brazil and in Raizes is served very cold. Pilsner
beers on offer include Brazil’s famous Brahma, Antarctica, Bohemia and Skol
brands.

For a non-alcoholic drink, try the Limonada suíça prepared with lime pieces, ice
cubes, sugar and water.

Brazil is the fifth-largest wine producer in the southern hemisphere, behind
Argentina, Australia, South Africa and Chile, yet have been slow to appear in
London restaurants. At Raizes you can try some award-winning wines including
several European varieties, Casa Valduga’s Merlot and Chardonnay, Aurora’s Brut
Chardonnay. Or try Vinicola Guaspari and Vinicola Salton for an elegant fizz
with a refreshing finish.

Summary review: Raizes’ food and drinks menu is well priced for London. They
have an excellent range of home-cooked style dishes, a good selection of well
made petiscos, lively ambiance and friendly staff for a taste of Rio in London.
In addition, we found out that the restaurant offers a special menu for
Valentine’s Day like hear-shaped pizzas, oyster specials, red velvet cake,
strawberry ice cream and more. Also for more romantic atmosphere, the tables in
the restaurant are decorated with red or pink details, heart-shaped elements,
and in the center of the table there is a beautiful and unique rose from
Eternity Rose which if you want, you can gift to your beloved.

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UNIQUE LONDON WEDDING VENUES

If you want your wedding to be special and different, consider some of these
Unique London wedding venues:


The Gherkin

Cafe de Paris


THE GHERKIN

With breath-taking 360 degree views over London this is one of the unique venues
to say ‘I do’. The Gherkin is usually a private members’ club, but offers
wedding ceremonies with sweeping views of St Paul’s Cathedral and the rest of
the cityscape. Champagne under the glass dome at sunset is incredibly romantic.
Licensed to hold ceremonies, elegant dinners for up to 140 people or 260 guests
for stylish standing receptions. There is also a contemporary private dining
rooms or members lounge to host a 30 for a seated wedding breakfast to 70 for a
standing reception.


CAFE DE PARIS

Cafe de Paris opened in 1924 and is a dazzling and opulent wedding venue that
will leave a lasting impression on guests. With many original features including
the uniquely grand sweeping staircases, glittering chandeliers and stunning
ballroom floor, Cafe de Paris makes for the perfect central London venue with a
capacity from 180 to 715 depending on the areas booked.


THE MARRIAGE EN MASSE

Started in 2014 to celebrate the legalisation of same-sex weddings, the
Southbank Centre has made mass wedding weekends an annual event to mark the
finale of Festival of Love over the August bank holiday weekend. There are four
ceremonies on the day, with each couple saying their vows separately (shown on
the big screen) while their guests sit in the audience before all couples are
simultaneously pronounced married and exchange rings. Packages are for 40
guests, including bubbly and a disco.

See the full list of London wedding venues here.


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