Where most people eat by suprit1
In Rio you will always find the longest queues for food in the grill restaurants where you help yourself to a plate of food from the buffet and then take it to the counter to be weighed. Most of these restaurants charge around 1.40 to 1.90 reals for 100 grams of food and they are all over the city. The assitant hands you a ticket at the door and then they add a sticker showing the weight and what you owe after you have made your selection. You then pay at the end and they give you your ticket back to hand to the person on the door as you go out. You can choose from a good selection of fish, cooked meats, vegetables, salads, sushi, sweets, ice-creams and cakes. A big bowl of vegetable soup for instance can be had for about £1.00. Drinks are cheap too. The system works really well and because of the fast turnover, the food is freshly cooked. The other restaurants that are really cheap are the Spoletti pasta restaurants. You choose your pasta and up to 8 ingredients which they then cook for you for about 12 reals. These meals are really filling.