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Migration and neighborhood geography explain the city's food culture better than a stale restaurant directory. It is not common to leave handbags on the floor; local superstition says your money can go away (specially in open air bars). The waiters may even offer an extra chair for you to leave your belongings whilst you have your meal. If you want a snack to enjoy with your beer and don't know what to order in a Brazilian bar, look up for Mandioca (Portuguese for manioc or cassava root) on the menu. Most likely they'll have it, deep-fried and sprinkled with salt (great alternative to chips!), or cooked and seasoned with melted butter. Other great snacks are Pastéizinhos (literally "little pastéis, thin, deep-fried, and crunchy salted pastries), or "Bolinhos de carne-seca" (a portion of delicious fried "dry-meat" rolls). If you are up to a more conservative choice, french fries are spelled batata frita in Brazilian Portuguese.