Market Stall · Mortadella Sandwich
Sanduíche de Mortadela do Mercadão
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The classic version at São Paulo's Mercado Municipal piles close to half a kilo of sliced mortadella into a single bun — a portion so large it's become a bragging-rights photo op for visitors.
Warm French bread stuffed with a towering stack of thinly sliced mortadella, topped with pickled peppers, sold from a handful of counter stalls inside São Paulo's historic Mercado Municipal (the 'Mercadão'). Lines form specifically for this sandwich, not the market in general.
Why it's made this way: The dish is tied to one specific building — the Mercadão — making it as much a São Paulo landmark food as a citywide one, unlike more broadly distributed Brazilian sandwiches.
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