Opinion – Marcelo Katsuki: Japan Festival and other gastronomy highlights in SP

The Japan Festival starts tomorrow, the 15th, and continues until Sunday, the 17th, at the SP Expo Exhibition & Convention Center, located on Rodovia dos Imigrantes, km 1.5. The event will offer musical shows, typical dances, exhibitions, martial arts, cosplay, workshops for all ages, ikebana, tea ceremony and lots of gastronomy.

Traditional regional cuisine from Japan’s 47 prefectures will be offered at Praça de Gastronomia, in 44 stands that will present family recipes, some little known to the general public. It will also be possible to taste wagyu for free, in demonstrations and lectures at Jetro’s stand, which will bring a specialist from Japan to present the product, and also learn a little more about Japanese rice, another theme of the organization for this event.

More information on the event’s website. To purchase tickets, click here.

Chá Dō, a curatorship specializing in teas, accessories and online courses, launched a subscription club to encourage the beverage culture in Brazil. This month’s Tea Box brings 45g of teas in three flavors: black tea blend Crème Brûlée (Tea Dō), black tea blend Exotic Fruits (Hyson Teas) and green tea Sencha (Yamamotoyama). The kit costs R$69.90 and shipping is free throughout Brazil. In addition to the teas, the member receives educational material with stories, particularities and preparation methods with exclusive recipes and benefits. For more information click here.

On the 28th of July, a Thursday, the event “One Night for Diversity” will take place, the second meeting of the series of benefit dinners in favor of the NGO Casa Chama. Chef Bel Coelho sponsors the project along with Eataly, and will welcome chefs José Barattino, Paola Carosella and Aline Guedes to create a five-course menu that will be paired with Italian wines. All proceeds will go to the organization. Dinner starts at 7pm and tickets, which cost R$485, can be purchased here.

The 10th edition of the Gastronomic Arraial of the Buscapé Project, which serves more than 170 children from the north coast of São Paulo, will take place from the 29th to the 31st of July in Camburi. Chefs Pier Paolo Picchi, Luiz Filipe Souza, Tássia Magalhães, Paulo Yoller, Carol Fiorentino, Lucas Corazza, among others, participate. Also present will be the houses La Guapa by Paola Carosella, Hot Pork by Jefferson and Janaína Rueda and Camélia Ododo by Bela Gil. The delicacies will be sold at prices between R$5 and R$20. Those who cannot attend can also help the project through the pix key for donations:[email protected]. The event always starts at 7pm and takes place at the Camburi Football Field, at Rua Olimpio Faustino, 42.

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Until tomorrow, the 15th, the Le Jazz brasserie will be donating 50% of the sale value of its famous Cassoulet (R$72), the French stew prepared with white beans, duck confit, sausage and carrots, to two charities. One of them is the Making History Institute, which supports children and young people separated from their families and the other is Casa Chama, which welcomes the transvestite population. The brasserie has four addresses: on Rua dos Pinheiros, on Melo Alves and in the Iguatemi and Higienópolis malls. @lejazzbrasserie.

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And it continues until the 17th, Sunday, the Giornata della Pizza in 12 pizzerias in the capital and in the interior of São Paulo. They are offering pizzas made with Italian flour and tomato and paired with wines. Some houses are opening from 12 pm, so that customers can enjoy the rounds already at lunch. Participating: Brace di Napoli Pizzeria Artigianale, Bráz Pizzaria, Come Pizza, Diavola, Gatto Figa Pizzeria, Leggera Pizzeria, Maremonti Trattoria & Pizza, Pasta & Pizza – Eataly, Foglia Forneria Artigianale, Rural Pizzeria Napoletana, Unica Pizzeria and Vinarium Antica Trattoria.