Siri Mole & Cia

Siri Mole & Cia Review

For seafood served Bahian style (from the northeast), this is the place. The restaurant takes its name from a soft-shell crab native to Brazil, and the signature dish here is the moqueca—a Bahian stew combining dendê oil and coconut milk with seafood. (Beware, this dish is delicious but very high in saturated fat. It can have disastrous effects on the digestion if you're not used to it.) You can take your pick from squid, lobster, fish, or, of course, siri mole crab. There's also a branch in Centro, or, to sample Siri Mole's northeastern cuisine in a less formal environment, you can visit the offshoot beach kiosk, right on the sands at Copacabana.