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Shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, ♪ ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪ [ whistle blows ] ♪ >> anthony: chances are you have never been here. in fact, it is likely that you may never have even heard of this place. tourists don't really come here. there are few hotels, no major attractions. [ man speaking portuguese ] >> anthony: the state of minas gerais, brazil.

It's about the size of france, covered by farmland, mountains, and savannah. belo horizonte is the capital, a center for the brazilian banking and tech industry. a planned city. built in the late 1800s. five million people live in the metropolitan area. it's one of the fastest growing cities in brazil, in the world in fact, yet it's still relatively unknown in the outside world. but if you travel through brazil and you talk about food, which i have and i do, you hear about this place. you hear about it seemingly a lot. i've been told time and again, this is where the best chefs come from. the ...

"what the hell is this doing here?" >> beatriz: this museum has put minas gerais in the world art map. everybody that is in contemporary art today knows this place or have heard about this place. >> anthony: wow. >> beatriz: wow. >> anthony: beatriz lemos de sa is an art dealer who represents brazilian artists based in belo. >> beatriz: this is tunga pavilion. tunga is one of the major contemporary artists in brazil. he started his work in the '70s, and he has also this revolutionary side. he likes the transgression, so that's why he uses all kinds of materials -- things that can be very stran...

Buteco, an annual competition for botecos. it's a big deal here and it raised botecos from male-dominated, dirty glass joints to the centerpiece of the minera social scene. so what's on the menu? >> eduardo maya: boteco in minas is a bit like the italians. we eat a lot of pork here. an important thing about the boteco in minas is that they serve real food -- food from minas gerais. >> anthony: so what are we having tonight? >> eduardo maya: i think we are having tongue, of course. ox tongue. >> anthony: right, uh, i'm intrigued what -- >> eduardo maya: would you like some tripe as well? >> ant...

Over to the botecos. they're basically neighborhood joints found all over brazil serving beers, cachaca, and a few homemade dishes. places like this one -- bar do careca. what are the requirements that define a boteco? >> eduardo maya: it's a place where the family is. behind the counter full-time. >> anthony: mom and pop. >> eduardo maya: mom and papa, yeah. >> anthony: eduardo maya is a self-taught gastronome and paterfamilias of the boteco scene here. luiz otavio, a beverage tycoon who specializes in the legendary cachaca of minas gerais. >> eduardo maya: if the boteco is good, people come ...