Pantanal flavors shine during Lent at Bacuri

During Lent and Holy Week, Bacuri Cozinha Regional celebrates Pantanal cuisine with fish like pintado, dourado, and piraputanga.Lent, a time of reflection and preparation for Easter, traditionally calls for abstaining from red meat. In Bonito (MS), Bacuri Cozinha Regional honors this moment with a culinary journey through the Pantanal, featuring local fish from the Paraguay Basin.Chef Sylvio Trujillo presents refined options such as grilled pintado with plantain purée, oven-roasted dourado with moqueca farofa (serves four), and grilled pintado in olive oil with mushrooms and capers.The menu also highlights the piraputanga corumbaense, boneless and stuffed with a moqueca farofa, and the chef’s signature dish, pintado do corixo, featuring 400 g of fish grilled in clarified butter, topped with Parmesan and served with rice, farinha, and the house’s signature fish sauce. For a comforting finale, the mojica de pintado — a cassava-based fish stew with cheese-stuffed pastries — is a local favorite.More than a restaurant, Bacuri is a tribute to the ancestral gastronomy of the Pantanal, celebrating local producers and regional ingredients. In just two years, it has earned the Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice award, ranking among the top 10% of restaurants worldwide.Service:Bacuri Cozinha RegionalRua Vinte e Quatro de Fevereiro, 2286, Centro – Bonito/MSHours: Monday and Wednesday to Saturday, 5 p.m.–11 p.m. / Sunday, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. and 6 p.m.–10:30 p.m.Phone: +55 (67) 9140-0299More info: https://bacuricozinharegional.com.br / @bacuricozinharegionalPhoto: Courtesy