Have you tried everything in Manaus?

Eat tucumã, fried banana, and melted queijo coalho folded into a tapioca pancake for breakfast.

Order açaí with fried fish and farinha, no sugar in sight, the way Manauaras actually eat it.

Arrive before 8 AM at Mercado Adolpho Lisboa to see pirarucu and tambaqui you won't find anywhere else.

Grab a plastic chair on the sand as the black Rio Negro turns gold and Brahma bottles sweat.

Walk the neighborhood's parallel streets Thursday through Saturday until a boteco pulls you in.

Wander past the Teatro Amazonas and rubber boom facades while it's still a working commercial district.

Watch the floating port rise and fall with the river, boats loading fish and fruit at odd hours.

Sit at a floating riverside restaurant while your table gently rocks with the current, Sunday-family-style.

Check the Secretaria de Cultura schedule for a concert or exhibition in this rubber boom-era building.

Feel the room split over Atlético Rio Negro versus Nacional, a rivalry dating back to 1912.

Bring up the term and expect a proud, quick correction that Amazon culture isn't just 'Brazilian.'

Ask a local about the opera house and get the deadpan line about jungle wealth gone broke.

Say "manauara" (mah-now-AH-rah) to a local from Manaus and watch their face light up.