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Josimar Melo's São Paulo Perfection

By Kate Steiker-Ginzberg

Food critic Josimar Melo shares his ideal day of eating in Brazil’s largest city.

This article is adapted from AQ's print issue on transparency and the 2018 elections

When people say they are envious of my job, I always respond that I eat worse than all my friends,” chuckled Josimar Melo. Whenever the esteemed restaurant critic for Folha de S. Paulo has a less-than-stellar restaurant experience, he tries the fare repeatedly before he writes a review. “I’m the only person I know in the world who goes to a bad restaurant three times, to eat poorly.”

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