A few years ago at a dinner party with friends, the food served by the caterers caught everyone's attention for both its quality and originality. It had been made by a young chef and served by her friend, both recently arrived in São Paulo from the Southern state of Rio Grande do Sul.
They were Helena Rizzo and Fernanda Lima, the former currently the world's best woman chef according to "Restaurant" magazine, the latter a Globo TV presenter —and business partners in Maní.
Helena has not lost the simplicity of those early days, nor the originality of her cuisine. From the parmesan on a stick to the lobster fideuá (Valencian paella) and "O Ovo" dessert (egg yolk ice cream, coconut meringue and crunchy coconut), everything is very good, very frequently. The lines are always long, but a sister restaurant is promised for the Iguatemi shopping mall.
