Fresh BRAZILIAN SEAFOOD in the PARTY CAPITAL of BRAZIL!! Florianopolis, Brazil

So we just grab it like this. Fresh huh? That feels delicious. What's up everyone this is David Hoffman from David's Binhil, my boy Guilherme. Real for fun, real for food. We are leaving Blumenau, the beer capital of Brazil in the state of Santa Catarina and we're driving straight to Florianopolis. It's about a 90-minute drive. Florianopolis is basically like the Aviza of Brazil. Party capital. People come here. Yeah, it's called the magic island. Magic island. Yeah, Ilha da Magia. Okay. Yeah. So people come here in the summer to party. Summer actually starts like late December, January, February. Surfing. Surfing's good. Seafood. Seafood. Lots of amazing stuff. Man, amazing. Florianopolis is the place that you have to put on your wish list. Absolutely. Leading to Florianopolis is actually, yeah, hour and a half, two hours. Just jungle. Jungle, but in a few minutes a lot of waterfalls on our right-hand side and the ocean on the other side of the freeway, right? Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful scenery. So right now we're gonna drive straight to Florianopolis. When we get there we're gonna go to dinner. We're gonna eat some seafood. Hopefully, I mean that's what it's all about. Seafood. It's like a, it's an island and then we're gonna go to a hotel and check in and let's see what else happens. And then let's hit like one of the seafood restaurants in the city. All farmland. Farmland beyond the eye can see. You have hills, greenland, farmland, that's it. Lots of cows. People are selling basically pork and cows, right? Yeah, animals, right? Animals. Like horses, cows, yeah, and chicken. I mean this is gorgeous, bro. I feel like I'm in the middle of like Vietnam right now. Yes, it reminds a lot and also because of the the rice plantation. Exactly. Yes. And so we are about, it's still 90 minutes out. The sun is going down, so we're gonna get there at night. It's still gonna be cool. We're gonna find some food. I'm hungry. At this point, I'm starving. You gotta speed it up, man. But damn, man, very lush, huh? It's like all natural beauty. It's not like anything, the whole thing's like this, right? Man, the entire road. The entire road. Until almost like Porto Alegre, like really down south. Like just like this? Just like this. So it's not really developed? No. No, there's a few towns, a few cities and that's it. A lot of agriculture, right? Yeah. A lot of farms, yeah. So good cheese, good seafood, good meat. Yes. Everything you want. Exactly. We're now driving by Balneário Camboriú, which is well known, the Brazilian Ibiza. And that's where they build one of the most expensive properties, apartments in Brazil, like over 10 million dollars. And this place is crazy, man. It's like, it's a Balneário, right? Very crazy. And man, a lot of parties, a lot of clubs, you know? So if you like to party, man, that's the place to be, you know? So Florianópolis is not a place. This is like the South Beach. Exactly, yeah. Okay, wow. Look at the buildings, you know? Amazing. Just tall buildings, you know, like high buildings, look. So basically, just mad skyscrapers. It reminds me of Sunny Isles. Sunny Isles is like Billionaires Row in Miami. It's like North Miami, my Aventura. Very similar, just skyscrapers. Just beach, party and super luxurious apartments. That's it. Yeah, no graph. Five days in Brazil and I finally see the coast. Correct. Crazy. It's the Atlantic Ocean here on our left-hand side. And this looks similar to Rio or no? Uh, no, different. Different, more wild, I would say. More spread out and less urban. After a two-hour long drive, we're here in Florianópolis. Yes, long drive. Long drive. But we made it. Amazing. So if you're coming from Curitiba, it's a five-hour drive. From São Paulo to Rio, it's a 12-hour drive. Four and a half, São Paulo to Rio. São Paulo to Rio. Four and a half. But from Rio to here? About 12, but depends like, you know, how fast you drive, right? That's crazy. Some people make less than 12 hours. Don't drive too fast. There's a lot of cameras too, so you gotta be really careful. Wow, so I mean, this is it. What is this? Statue of Liberty? No, this uh, it's a mall and the guy has like, I don't know, a couple hundreds of shops like that. And now we're crossing the bridge to the island of Florianópolis, the magical island. Yes, Ilha da Magia. Ilha da Magia. And there's two bridges, so one way in. Oh, so one way in, so there's two different areas here. Yeah, different areas, exactly. Okay, so two main bridges going in and out. It's divided by like, south, north, you know. Okay, how big is the island? Huge, huh? It's quite big, man. I think 1.5 million, I'm not sure, but we'll check the information. But it's not a small city, right? It's all the lights. Yeah, it's big. Crazy. Yeah. And we're staying in the downtown area, right? Yeah, it's right here. Look, our hotel. Wow, right there. Yeah, right there. So we get a view of the water right here? Yeah, look. And here we go. Yes. At our hotel, finally. We're gonna check in, drop off all the bags, and go straight to eat. Exactly. I'm starving. Let's go. I'm hungry, hungry. Let's go. It's almost 9 at night, dude. Yes, it's late. Intercity, let's go. Check-in, the room, and then dinner, makes me hungry. I'm starving, dude. What's happening here? Yeah. Here we go. Seventh floor, Intercity Hotel, Florianopolis. That's it. After a long drive, we're here at the hotel, Intercity Florianopolis. This is my room. Beautiful, king-size bed. Spacious. Got a place to do my work. I have a TV. Clean bathroom. Perfect. Very beachy, right? Here we go. And then that view of the bridge. Can't wait. I'm excited. We have three nights here. It's gonna be epic. Let's get ready. Let's go to dinner right now. Let's go. We're going to Restaurante Gugu. And what's that? It's well known for like seafood. The name of the area, it's Sambaqui. Sambaqui. Sambaqui. I've never been, but locals recommend it, and they have good food, like good seafood, like fresh. And what's this? It's this main highway next to the... Yeah, this one called Beira Mar Avenue, which is kind of like one of the main avenues of Florianopolis that connects one side to the other side, right? Like south, north. It reminds me of Miami Beach. Yeah, yeah. Very similar. And look, all the, you know, the main hotels changed, right? All the main hotels are here on the right. On the left, you have the Bahia, which basically ends to the ocean. Yeah, the bay. And yeah, that's it. I mean, wow, look at that. So you have like a mix of like old school buildings and then brand new beautiful hotels like this, like super luxe, right? Right behind us, downtown Florianopolis. So we have the public market. Here reminds a lot, there is a place called Vinvenan. I can't remember now. It's the same, same thing. Huge tunnel. Thank god. Massive tunnel. Unfortunately, the restaurant we're going to go to is actually closed, so we're going to another one. Still really good. Lots of seafood. Hopefully, it's good. It is good, but the best ones will be for the other next two days that we have here in Florianopolis. Okay, small little like taverna, right? Like brazilian taverna. Italian place. Italian place with all seafood. Guys, it's 10 at night and I am really tired, but I'm hungry. My friend here is hungry too. Very hungry. We ordered like deep fried shrimp with fish and it comes with french fries. Just quick bites, not a meal. This restaurant is pretty funny. So they put these like, I don't even know what this is. It's like a plastic divider. Yeah, yeah. Between all the tables. Obviously, COVID times. Yes. This place is a little expensive. I mean, we got one plate that's like 20 bucks. Right. Everything is like 20 to 50 dollars. Correct. Obviously, seafood, but he was saying that it used to be... Man, I would say this town used to be a lot cheaper. Now things change. Yeah. Yeah. Again, this is like the hot spot. It's like the south beach of Brazil, so that's why it's gotten super exclusive financially. It is, you know, it's daunting for some people. You can't just walk around and get it for five bucks. It's like easily 20 bucks a person. Yeah, but you're eating seafood. So I believe, man, most of the countries, like when you eat seafood, not cheap, right? Never, never, never. Only in Thailand. Yeah. Like you eating like two kinds of shrimp plus fish and french fries, you know? So it's like, it's going to be like a huge portion, you know, quick bites. So. Good. Yeah. I'm starving. Me too. Saúde. Saúde. Sparkling water on the table. Yeah, we were drinking water. We had way too much beer at that. Well, I had too much beer over there. Yeah, man. We had a lot of beer. I'm joking. Didn't have it. Wow. Yeah. We have a, like a sort of a seafood, like deep fried fish, fish with garlic and deep fried shrimp with french fries and some sauce. My friend, I'm excited. And by the way, we are not in Florianopolis. We crossed the bridge. That's true. And we are in a town. Yeah, it's called San Jose. San Jose. San Jose, which is almost Florianopolis. Same thing, dude. It's right across the bridge. It's like Miami, Miami beach, right? Yeah. So we just Fresh, huh? That fish is delicious. Just dip it in this like mayo. Good. Deep fried, mayo, creamy, hot, hot, hot. And this is just shrimp, right? Shrimp. Oh yeah. Yeah. You know, Florianopolis, the man, the place, lots of shrimp. Shrimp. Oh wow. You can tell it's fresh. No, it's so much. And this one. This one just with garlic. Just garlic. Garlic. Wow. It's amazing. Let's go on a ham on this. I love dipping it in this mayo. No? Yes. Oh, it's like a shrimp cocktail. So it's habanero sauce? Wow. You'll like it. I know. But habanero is spicy. That's so bad. Yeah. It's more like flavor, huh? This is more flavor. Yeah. More flavor. This one. What is this? Homemade chili sauce. Homemade chili sauce. More oily, huh? Yeah. That means oil. The inside is full of chilies, right? Yeah. So you just drown. The best part is on the bottom. Oh my God. How much they give us for 20 bucks is amazing. Oh my God. Yeah. In fact, we were saying like it's kind of expensive, but like comparing to like Rio, Sao Paulo, you know, it's like good deal. We don't get that. That quality? No. Not that quality, not that this, you know, freshness and the price, you know? So it's really good deal. I mean, it's basically fried fish, fried shrimp and this shrimp with garlic, but it's good. It's good. It's a good deal. Whenever I go to like tavernas, I love the fried stuff. Yes. Fried calamari, fried fish. The only thing we're missing right now is a nice beer, but I'm good. You just ordered. I'm good right now. It's almost midnight. Oh man. Forever. For me? Yeah. Shrimp? Mussels? Scallops? Oysters? Yes. All the shellfish. Yes. Which one you like the most? The fresh shrimp? No, the garlic one. This one. Yeah, me too. Let's keep going. We don't even know what fish this is, huh? Hopefully it's not tilapia. No, I'm joking. There's no farm fish here. Here it's hard. They offer like tilapia. No, no one does. My first like seafood experience here in Brazil. Not bad, huh? I'm very happy we drove 40 minutes to get here. Definitely worth it. Yes. It's really hot. It's hot, right? Boiling. The shrimp is so good. My friend, let's do this. I'm going to mix the habanero and the chili sauce. Like that. Why not, right? Yes. Get some of this fish. Ready? Let's do this. Super fried shrimp with some habanero. Very good. Very good. But I feel like a lizard right now. Too hot. So the bill is $1.06. It was six for the two waters, so a dollar something, and then a hundred for this huge monster dish that we did not finish. That's roughly what, like $20. Yeah. It's not bad. So I'm going to give him a tip, right? So you have to give him at least 10%. So... Okay. All right, my friends, we had an amazing dinner. Yeah, very important in Brazil when you leave the tip, usually if you leave on the credit card, sometimes the owner don't give to them, so in a lot of places they require to leave the tip in cash. Go back. Yeah. So that's it, guys. We had a little journey from Blumenau over here. We didn't do that much. We just got here, saw a hotel, and came straight to dinner. A very relaxing night. I am so tired. My friend here, Rafa, is like literally falling on the floor. She's that tired. Right. Correct. Please give a thumbs up. Comment below. Comment below. Subscribe and turn on the notifications. We'll see you in the next Travel Food Adventure in Florianópolis. Peace. Obrigado. Obrigado. Obrigado. Obrigado. Obrigado.