noteworthy is the importance of fusion cuisine in this region of the world - this tendency to mix several traditions in the same restaurants led many chefs to innovate and create new dishes.

brazil has large asian communities and the interest in these cuisines is very widespread, so it comes as no surprise the fact that they can be found in rio de janeiro.

we listed our sushi restaurants in the sushi section, so here we focused on restaurants offering aother traditional cuisines from the continent as well as fusion of asian foods.

opium  is a very chic and trendy restaurant conveniently located on rua farme de amoedo in ipanema - this asian-fusion restaurant offers chinese, thai, vietnamese, and indian delicacies, with a japanese twist.

the establishment is part of the ipanema plaza hotel, with its own separate entrance so visitors do not have to walk through the hotel  in order to dine.               ● more ●