Churrasco is a Brazilian barbecue method where juicy pieces, slices, steaks, and chops of beef, veal, lamb, pork, and chicken are placed on big skewers and grilled over wood fire. It started in the early 1800s when the Gauchos (European immigrants that settled in the Rio Grade do Sul area) would get together and start a fire, adding large portions of meat on skewers and slowly grilling the meat.

In the restaurants, known as churrascarias, the skewers are paraded across the restaurant in a flashy manner, and the waiters circulate among the tables in order to show off the succulent meat to hungry diners. After the customers have chosen their preferred type of meat, it is sliced off the skewers to the dining plates. 

Sagu is an unusual Brazilian alcohol-infused dessert made with cassava, one of the oldest starch sources found in South America. This sweet concoction is made with tapioca pearls – round-shaped, chewy ingredients gained from tapioca starch.

To prepare sagu, the pearls are cooked in wine until all of the liquid is absorbed and the pearls turn dark red. Occasionally, wine is mixed with an equal amount of grape juice, which makes this interesting dessert sweeter and less alcoholic. The wine is usually infused with cinnamon and cloves in order to add extra flavor to the dish.

Most commonly, sagu is consumed plain and served in individual portions. 

Salada de maionese is a Brazilian salad that's traditionally served with churrasco barbecue. It's also known as Gaúcho potato salad since it was invented by Gaúchos, Brazilian cowboys. The salad is made with a combination of potatoes, carrots, peas, corn on the cob, thinly sliced green apples, raisins, and mayonnaise.

The potatoes, carrots, and corn are cooked until soft, yet firm. The carrots and potatoes are cut into cubes, while the corn kernels are sliced from the cob and the peas are simply blanched in boiling water. The ingredients are mixed with apples, raisins, and mayonnaise until well combined, and the salad is ready to be served alongside nicely barbecued pieces of churrasco meat.

A true Brazilian classic, Bauru is a sandwich consisting of a crusty bread roll without the soft bread inside, stuffed with melted cheese, tomatoes, sliced pickles, and roast beef. Bauru was invented in the 1930s by Casemiro Pinto Neto, also known as Bauru (after his hometown), a law student and a customer at the Ponte Chic restaurant in São Paulo who told the cook to make a special sandwich just for him.

Because the restaurant was frequented by politicians and footballers who loved the new sandwich, its popularity quickly grew and it became the restaurant's best selling item. Today, the sandwich still has an army of fans and numerous variations, for instance, using sliced ham instead of roast beef, or using sliced bread instead of the traditional French roll.