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Brazilliant
Dreaming of Corcovado

I've always been a bit peripatetic when it comes to tourism.

Yep, tick, been there, done that, didn't buy the T-shirt.

Even as a child I wondered why some people holidayed in the same places, year after year. It just seemed so frightfully boring. Besides, however cosmopolitan I perceive myself as being, I've always been rather attached to London. Six continents, too many countries to count, still never found anywhere to usurp it.

I thought that was the way I'd always be, keeping on trucking, until I found my baby, Brazil. I can't explain enough why I love that country. It's the only place in the world in which I find myself delighted when connections are delayed (because it's all about the people, ya know). It's the only country in which I am consistently mistaken for a native and, should you be that way inclined, a shaman friend says that the West is destined to fall and in its place South America will rise.

Oliver Peyton may have turned his sights to galleries and parks, but Isola's pain is Knightsbridge's gain. I was delighted to hear that, after some substantial delays, Mocoto, London's first Brazilian style restaurant, opens on the 24th. Predictions are that it will be very, very good - knock-out caiprinhas and unbeatable service are just a couple of my lady's assets, you see.

Mocoto Bar e Restaurante
145 Knightsbridge, SW1
Opens January 24
Now taking bookings on 020 7225 2300

by VG
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