Where people like to eat grilled meat on Sunday

Join BBC travel writer Leigh Crandall in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and you’ll learn how to eat grilled meat like a local.

Enjoy barbecue on Sundays

Walking down the alleys of Porto Alegre city on Sunday, you will see charcoal smoke curling in the air, the smell of beef and pork on the grill wafting through the windows.

“In Rio Grande do Sul, eating meat is an indispensable part of us.

Barranco Restaurant, a restaurant always crowded with diners in Brazil.

What makes Rio Grande do Sul churrasco a famous delicacy is the quality of the beef.

Standing in the kitchen of Barranco restaurant on a Sunday afternoon, the busiest time of the week, you will see everyone joining in `the same dance`.

Enjoying churrasco, as Tasca says, is “like everyone’s main activity on Sundays” (like going to church to pray).

The meat grill (churrasqueira) in the kitchen of the Barranco restaurant.

Stories surrounding grilled meat

Grilled meat at Churrascaria Santo Antonio restaurant is a famous dish of this land.

It seems like everyone who has walked through the shop’s doors over the past 80 years has a story to tell.

A barbecue meal usually starts with polenta and a cold Brahma beer.

The origin of churrasco dates back to the 1800s, when it was a dish of South American cattle herders working on farms located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil.

Cowherd culture is still preserved in the southern region of Brazil, the phrase churrasco has become a characteristic to distinguish it from the indigenous people today in Rio Grande do Sul.

“My grandparents were invited to make churrasco, and after seeing the success of this dish, they decided to open a restaurant.

Huong Chi