Homemade pasta to die for!! We had the strozzapreti (thick round pasta that looks like worms!) ao…read morepomodoro basilico, which had a little spiciness to it and the most flavorful, thin slices of sausage. We also tried the gnocchi de batata ao pomodoro basilico, which had chunks of brie, a combination which was completely delightful that we had never seen together before. We also had a wonderful Spanish rosé wine to accompany the meal since it was a hot summer day, which was super reasonably priced, smooth and full- bodied and atypical to most rosés. We started with the chicken caesar salad. It hit the spot, but only had iceberg lettuce so I might skip that next time. Service was impeccable, the music was Ella Fitzgerald and others from her genre and time period, and the space was super charming. What a wonderful place for a date and delicious dining experience!

OMG. I had lived in Sao Paul for some years in the past but never knew this great izakaya exists…read moreright next to the ramen shop I used to go. Well I do not have to talk about menu because everything they have on the day is in the display. Only some 10 seats are available so you might have to wait. But foods are really great and so homemade and you can talk forever with other people in the counter.

O Lamen Açu é um restaurante de lamen perto do metrô Praça da Árvore, tem uma equipe simpático e um…read moresalão pequeno. Fomos na semana que abriu, no horário de almoço (por volta das 13h de sábado). Não havia fila, então sentamos rápido, perto do caixa. Pedimos diferentes tipos de lamen, todos vieram em características tigelas de lamen com caldo. Porém a maioria dos pedidos deixou a desejar. O 'shoyu lamen' era quase transparente e não tinha sabor de shoyu, tanto que colocamos mais shoyu para dar sabor. O 'misso lamen' também veio quase transparente e não tinha gosto de shoyu, tanto que meu amigo precisou colocar muita pimenta para dar gosto ao caldo. O único satisfatório foi o 'amazon lamen', mais caro, porém com sabor melhor e mais recheio. A massa do lamen não era ruim, mas não é das melhores que já comi. A carne de porco e nori também não eram grande coisa, a carne estava com uma boa textura, bem mole, mas o sabor era fraco. No 'amazon lamen', nas palavras do meu amigo: "Os camarões salvaram o lamen, porque o resto estava sem graça.". Pelo preço, ambiente e staff, eu tinha expectativas melhores. Talvez não estivesse bom porque fomos na primeira semana a cozinha ainda não estava 100% acertada, quem sabe eles já melhoraram? / The 'Lamen Açu' is a restaurant near Praça da Árvore subway station. Their staff is nice and the restaurant have a small hall. We went there in their opening week, for lunch. There was no line, so we seated as soon we got there. We ordered four kinds of ramen, but all of them failed. The 'shoyu ramen' was almost transparent e we didn't taste the shoyu in the soup, so we add more shoyu so we can taste it. The 'misso ramen' also was almost transparent, so my friend add pepper on it. The only 'ok' ramen was the 'amazon ramen', because of the shrimps. As my friend said "The shrimps saved the ramen, because the rest was boring." The ramen noodle was neither good or bad. The pork and seaweed were 'ok'... Considered the price, ambience and staff, we were hoping a better ramen :/ Maybe the food was bad because we went in their first week, hope it's better now...