https://www.gourmandsyndrome.com/bra/michelin/1-star/Recent content in 1-Star on Gourmand SyndromeHugoen-usTue, 10 Mar 2026 10:27:07 -0300https://www.gourmandsyndrome.com/bra/kanoe/Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:27:07 -0300https://www.gourmandsyndrome.com/bra/kanoe/<p> <figure><img data-pagefind-meta="image[src]" id="" src="https://pics.gourmandsyndrome.com/kanoe%2F0_front.webp" /></figure> </p> <p>Chef Tadashi names this restaurant after his grandmother, who was the first person to support him in his pursuit of cooking and traveling the world. He is Brazilian born chef of Japanese descent, but is fluent in English, Japanese, and Brazilian Portuguese. In addition to his very cultured background, he&rsquo;s led service at Hiden in Miami, and he has worked with famed chef Nobu Matsuhisa across Europe. Kanoe offers just 8 seatings per night. One of the most respectable and key reasons for this is Chef Tadashi values work and life balance for himself and his employees.</p>https://www.gourmandsyndrome.com/bra/mani/Sun, 16 Jun 2024 23:40:51 -0300https://www.gourmandsyndrome.com/bra/mani/<p> <figure><img data-pagefind-meta="image[src]" id="" src="https://pics.gourmandsyndrome.com/mani%2F0_front.webp" /></figure> </p> <p>Mani is a Michelin star Brazilian restaurant headed by chef Helena Rizzo and Willem Vandeven. My partner was adamant at getting reservations for this. Since the restaurant&rsquo;s reservation system was a little odd at the time, my partner was talking to them through WhatsApp. Since Chef Helena Rizzo wasn&rsquo;t going to be there during our reservation, she sent a birthday congratulations message thru Whatsapp to me, which I thought was very humble and extremely awesome.</p>