Curitiba restaurants showcase inventive soups as Brazil endures cold snap

Four Curitiba eateries are offering unconventional soups this winter. At O Famoso Brigadeiro in Hugo Lange, chef Leandro Blazkowski serves a chocolate brigadeiro‑flavored soup for R$ 28.90, with optional sweet accompaniments. Cantina Bavera on Alameda Augusto Stellfeld presents a caramelized onion soup priced between R$ 55 and R$ 72, available as starter or main. The historic Acrótona on Rua Cruz Machado offers a seafood soup with fish, shrimp, eggs and cassava on Fridays for R$ 58. Dona Ambrosina in Jardim Social serves a bacalhau soup with potato cream, fish and tomato on a request basis, costing R$ 59.90.

A personal essay reflects on the unusually cold weather that has seen temperatures drop below zero in more than 40 Brazilian cities. The writer advises against cheap processed foods, recommending fresh beans, meat, and hearty soups to stay warm, while recalling a 1990s anecdote about a noisy early‑morning encounter at a São Paulo newspaper office. The piece underscores the cultural importance of warm, traditional meals during the cold spell.