In recent years, Japanese cuisine has definitely become more popular and has fallen in love with São Paulo. However, most restaurants don’t go much further than the basic sushi, sashimi and temaki, failing to serve many typical Japanese delicacies. This is the case with yakiniku the famous Japanese barbecue, and that’s why we’ve selected a few places that serve this delicacy in São Paulo.
Quite different from what we do here, with skewers, smoke and lots of samba, the yakiniku proposes that dinner participants sit around a grill, where each person prepares their own meat (usually thin slices of beef, pork, chicken and seafood). After that, you just have to choose one of the available sauces (many based on the famous shoyu) to pair with it.
Where to eat yakiniku in São Paulo?
Dotombori Street Food
Are you in the mood? Here in São Paulo, Dotombori Street Food has yakiniku on its menu. Located in Aclimação, the house also offers the option of grilling vegetables alongside the meat.
Where: Rua Basílio da Cunha 438 – Aclimação
Ueda Yakiniku
Family-run Japanese restaurant in the heart of Liberdade. Here, yakiniku includes different types of meat and vegetables. What’s more, it’s just the way we like it: a little hidden and it’s good, tasty and cheap.
Where: Rua da Glória, 111 – 2nd Floor – Liberdade