# The best traditional foods of São Paulo state

Virado à paulista, cuscuz and coxinha: the country and city dishes listed in Wikipedia's article on São Paulo cuisine.

- 31 votes · 16 items
- Nov 22, 2019 · o_saudavel
- https://even.best/en/l/2203/the-best-traditional-foods-of-sao-paulo-state

## Top 16

1. **Cuscuz paulista** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Moulded cornmeal couscous with sardines and vegetables.
2. **Virado à paulista** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Beans with flour, pork chop, egg, kale, crackling and banana.
3. **Bauru sandwich** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Sandwich of roast beef, melted cheese and tomato.
4. **Mortadella sandwich** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The giant mortadella sandwich.
5. **Feijão tropeiro** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Beans with flour, sausage, crackling and eggs.
6. **Quentão** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Hot spiced cachaça with ginger for June festivals.
7. **Coxinha** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Drumstick-shaped chicken snack.
8. **Steak parmigiana** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Breaded steak with tomato sauce and cheese.
9. **Vaca atolada** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Beef ribs stewed with cassava.
10. **Ant farofa** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Toasted flour with queen ants.
11. **Afogado (beef stew)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Beef stew served at Paraíba Valley festivals.
12. **Pururuca suckling pig** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Suckling pig with crackled skin.
13. **Caipirinha** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cachaça, lime and sugar drink, born around Piracicaba.
14. **Pé de moleque** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — Peanut brittle.
15. **Bolinho caipira** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Cornmeal fritter with meat, from the Paraíba Valley.
16. **Dutch pie** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Chilled cream pie with biscuits and chocolate, created in Campinas.

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