Restaurante Salete has served empadas and shrimp risotto on Rua Afonso Pena in Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, since 1957, in a kitchen with Spanish influence.
OrderEmpadas with chicken, palm heart or shrimp, then the shrimp risotto, sized for two or three.
TipWeekend and holiday service ends at 20:00, and the room is shut on Mondays; the risotto portion feeds two or three.
Savor the flavors of Brazil on a walking and food tour in the charming Barra da Tijuca district of Rio de Janeiro. We venture to the picturesque Gigóia Islands, a hidd...