The French Fry King Of Rio de Janeiro | Street Food Icons

Ademar de Barros Moreira owns the legendary french fry stand Batata de Marcehal in Rio de Janeiro. He’s been selling his famous fries for over 30 years, taking enormous pride in selecting the best potatoes and delivering the highest quality food. Ademar worked his way up as a vendor over many years, selling different foods across the city. He can sense the quality of a potato before he even touches it, going through several tons each week. Working with his family, Ademar is a pillar of the neighborhood.

NOTE: This was filmed before the existence of COVID-19.

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[gabrielarruda]

I studied at a school close to Mr Ademar potato stand. Me and my friends eat this potatoes almost everyday, and everyday Mr Ademar gave us a extra portions. That guy deserves all the success that he earned.

[fnfnc]

"you'll never be poor giving to someone" is the definition of this man and his fries stand

[joelcervantes]

Saludos mis hermanos de Brazil 🇧🇷 from a Mexican 🇲🇽 can’t wait to visit your beautiful country one day

[greg_]

Making something people like. Producing a quality product. Selling that product at a fair price. He will never get insanely rich, but he will always be in business.

[blacknapalm]

They come in 3 sizes, *Huge, Massive and Enormous*

[bacalhauzin]

Ademar é aquelas pessoas que te dá orgulho de ser brasileiro

[waifung]

you can tell from just his voice that he is a nice guy.
I don't speak nor understand Portuguese, but I feel a soft vibe from his voice, he is soft with his tone, yet very continuous.
To me this translate as a man who work hard and are very nice.
I know a voice is not the ultimate deciding factor of people personality, but his gentle manner transform into his voice too.

[rebelnet]

Interest things to notice:
1-He changes oil every day;
2-He lets the chicken marinate for 24h; It is delicious!
So its not only quantity and price.

[rayyanel-nafaty]

"I'm not charging abusive prices" for that comment alone, I hope I can someday buy his fries when I go to brazil

[Ozzyorcborne]

Bless this man. We need more people like him in the world. Honest, hardworking, humble.

[melvz]

The work ethic of this man is absolutely amazing 🙂

[monteirojuanito]

I love how he is selling his bag of fries not as " a bunch of food for you" but as "a whole meal for your family"
Kinda says a lot about his character

[pr]

As a carioca guy who lives near Marechal Hermes, where Ademar sells his fries, and have eaten A LOT of those, I'm very happy for him having this space in such a big channel like Munchies. The TV channels in Brazil and, most specifically, Rio, NEVER made such a complete interview with him. It's realy nice to finally see something about Ademar aside the fries, such as his life story, and how humble the man is. Thank you Munchies.

[Bingus_Bangus]

I was a gigolo in Rio for about 5 years. These potatoes gave me the stamina I needed to perform.

[MrWardy]

Honesty and simplicity are always the best business runners, what a lovely guy

[Sakai_Jin]

He fills the whole BAG, now that's what I respect and I would fly to Brazil just to eat their fries.

[Qubrs]

If you can make a living for 30 years selling fries, you must be doing something right.

[Letdomi]

Um brasileiro digno que lutou arduamente pra conquistar seu sustento, você merece muito sucesso sr. Ademar!

[sirmanni]

Wow this is AMAZING. I would’ve never thought to combine the sausage and bacon with fries like that. Much success to this man and family and employees

[RockShowVideos]

Man, that guy must sell like a brazilian fries a day