comida criolla can be seen or heard of in places like peru, ecuador, colombia, puerto rico, cuba, dominican republic, venezuela, bolivia, and other central american countries.

creole cuisine is used to label cusine from other regions such as the phillipines as well as the state of luoisiana from the united states - louisiana creole and cajun food references to the style of cooking which blends tastes from french, spanish, carribbean, african and american background - typical dishes include but are not limited to gumbo and jambalaya.

although rice and black beans, as well as the yuca fritas, which is fried yuca, are popular within rio de janeiro, cubans take pride in their own unique recipes - cuban population in brazil is slowly growing and like many others far from home, sometimes one is looking for some traditional cooking. 

many of the countries with criolla cuisine share a border with brazil, and over time, many immigrants have made their way across the border throughout the nineteenth century, and continued in waves up until present day.