Dining at COP30: Check the restaurant list and payment systems

Following the contention that marked the aboriginal bidding process, with the exclusion and consequent authorization of emblematic Amazonian cooking ingredients successful the restaurants and kiosks of the bluish and greenish zones, a database of 12 restaurants was defined that volition run successful the authoritative COP30 spaces successful Belém.

In the Blue Zone, wherever entree is restricted, 7 companies person been confirmed to enactment successful the feeding areas and services passim the event: Iacitata Cultura Alimentar, Govinda Restaurante Vegetariano, Catering Food Ltda, Cervejaria Araguaia Comércio e Indústria Ltda., Delícias Quilombolas, Coffee Lovers Brasil Ltda and Consórcio CAM.

Among those, Consórcio CAM volition person the astir ample presence, acting successful 3 chiseled points of the Blue Zone. Catering Food Ltda, Cervejaria Araguaia, Delícias Quilombolas and Coffee Lovers Brasil Ltda volition beryllium successful 2 points each. The remaining companies volition run successful a azygous point.

In the Green Zone, 9 were selected. Four of them - Consórcio CAM, Catering Food Ltda, Cervejaria Araguaia Comércio e Indústria Ltda. and Delícias Quilombolas – volition beryllium successful some zones.

The remaining 5 were selected for the Green Zone, which has freer entree and little strict credential power Fábio R. Sicilia Com. Imp. Exp., de Produtos Alimentícios Ltda., Pães e Sorvetes Cairu, Govinda Restaurante Vegetariano, Iacitata Cultura Alimentar and Coffee Lovers Brasil Ltda.

Payment strategy volition beryllium prepaid

As published connected the authoritative COP30 website, successful some the Blue and Green zones, the entranceway of outer foodstuffs volition not beryllium allowed, owed to information concerns. As such, each depletion successful these authoritative spaces volition beryllium conducted lone done verified establishments.

The outgo strategy volition beryllium unified and cashless. According to the authoritative website, the “client volition beryllium capable to opt to complaint personalized cards oregon bracelets, which volition beryllium exclusive for depletion successful kiosks, cafes, and restaurants”.

As elaborate by the organization, each idiosyncratic with entree to the Blue Zone volition motion up and volition beryllium capable to adhd recognition done Pix, card, oregon cash, successful the carnal totems oregon done the online link.

Every income constituent volition usage the aforesaid system. In lawsuit recognition is leftover astatine the end, the worth volition beryllium reimbursed. This plan has reducing lines and streamlining work successful mind.

Restaurants inactive look barriers for emblematic dishes

According to Tainá Marajoara, from the edifice Iacitata Cultura Alimentar, from Belém, a caller technicality from the Municipal Health Secretariat (Sesma), from the municipality, has erstwhile much prohibited the usage of tucupi, açaí and different accepted gourds.

According to her, the usage of said gourds and of maniçoba is inactive being debated, and partially allowed successful definite occasions.

“This happens owed to a deficiency of operation and sensibility from the companies down COP and the enactment of the feeding service, which are not capable to section civilization and reality. The usage of frying pans was besides not allowed, which stops immoderate accepted practices specified arsenic açaí fried food and acarajé”, explains the concern owner.

To her, determination was besides a deficiency of dialog with section cooks and communities. “We transportation connected negotiating. And it is important to say: we ne'er refused to comply with sanitation rules, it is simply a structural problem, not made by us”, affirmed.

Still optimistic, Tainá continues to hole to bring Amazon's eating civilization to COP30. “Indigenous people, accepted communities and farmers volition beryllium contiguous to assistance the champion nutrient successful COP history, a nutrient escaped of pesticides, nary transgenics, filled with clime justice, wellbeing and culture”, she adds.

Another confirmed restaurant, Govinda Restaurante Vegetariano, besides from Belém, promises to instrumentality to COP30 a paper that unites ingredients from Pará’s cuisine with Indian-inspired flavors.

Founder and owner, Francisco Sridhara explains that the thought is to contiguous sustainable and originative gastronomy, keeping the Amazonian identity.

“As usual, we volition item determination cooking. For instance, our vegan maniçoba cannot beryllium absent”, helium explains.

Check beneath the implicit edifice database successful the Blue and Green COP 30 zones:

Blue Zone (restricted access)

1. Iacitata Cultura Alimentar (Belém)
2. Govinda Restaurante Vegetariano (Belém)
3. Catering Food Ltda
4. Cervejaria Araguaia Comércio e Indústria Ltda.
5. Delícias Quilombolas
6. Coffee Lovers Brasil Ltda
7. Consórcio CAM

Green Zone (free access)

1. Consórcio CAM
2. Catering Food Ltda
3. Cervejaria Araguaia Comércio e Indústria Ltda.
4. Delícias Quilombolas
5. Fábio R. Sicilia Com. Imp. Exp. de Produtos Alimentícios Ltda.
6. Pães e Sorvetes Cairu (Belém)
7. Govinda Restaurante Vegetariano (Belém)
8. Iacitatá Cultura Alimentar (Belém)
9. Coffee Lovers Brasil Ltda

Remember the contention astir açaí and different emblematic dishes

The supplier enactment process was marked by contention that mobilized entities linked to gastronomy and Amazonian production.

When published connected August 12th, the COP30 nutrient tender included a database of prohibited foods that included açaí, tucupi, and maniçoba—traditional dishes from the region.

The justification presented by the OEI (Organization of Ibero-American States) was based connected alleged sanitary risks: açaí could transmit Chagas illness if not pasteurized, portion tucupi and maniçoba would beryllium unsafe if prepared incorrectly.

The determination generated an contiguous reaction. Organizations specified arsenic Abrasel, Fiepa, Sebrae, Fecomércio-PA, Slow Food Brasil, and Instituto Regenera released a associated connection criticizing what they considered a taste prejudice against the region.

The entities argued that these products are natural, consumed regular by millions of people, and already person capable sanitary controls successful place.