Minas Brazilian Steakhouse

Lanre Ajayi enjoys rodizio at Minas Brazilian Steakhouse
Jose Montes serves Lanre Ajayi at Minas Brazilian Steakhouse | Still: Courtesy of My City Speaks To Me

Minas Brazilian Steakhouse

Food is always an important touchstone in cultural identity, so Lanre Ajayi swung by Minas Brazilian Steakhouse to talk about flavours of home and a sense of belonging.

With traditional cuisine from the heart of Southeast Brazil, master head chef Jose Montes offers Calgarians a taste of this Brazilian open barbecue cuisine known as rodizio.

“We’re a family owned business and we wanted to share that community feeling,” says business co-owner Carolina Lopez. “But mostly we wanted to bring a little bit of Brazil to Calgary for the people who are so far away from home to have this meal that [will allow them] to remember being in Brazil.”

Go behind-the-scenes of this unique business in the next episode of My City Speaks To Me.


About My City Speaks To Me

A Nigerian artist and fashion designer based in Calgary, Lanre Ajayi is driven to develop and launch an ethical fashion line in Canada.

Shared as part of The Storytelling Project, My City Speaks To Me. The Calgary Edition. is his web series that documents the people, places, and events that make Calgary a spectacular place to live.

Follow him on Twitter at @lanreajayii and on Instagram at @lanreajayi1.

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