Went to this restaurant last night after spending the day at the FL state fair;
good time there, but the guy with the clearance books wasn't there this year.
Bummer. Anyway, went to dinner at a `churrascaria', which does not sell churros,
interestingly enough. What it is, is a Brazilian style steakhouse, but nothing like you've
ever seen unless you've actually been to one. For a single price meal, we got a soup
(Lobster bisque-ugh!), a salad with only olive oil (not very tasty)and a bunch of side dishes;
mashed potatoes, black beans, white & yellow rice,fried plantains (very yummy), fried yucca
(almost like a french fry, but not), some green chimichurri sauce (that Phyl said was the
best part of the meal) anda salsa and some other kind of sauce. Then, they put you in rotation,
and every coupleof minutes a carver with meat on a sword comes and slices you off one (Yes-1) piece
of various meats, probably 9 or 10 altogether,Two kinds of steak, 2 kinds of chicken, 2 kinds
of lamb, 2 kinds of ribs, a sausage, and possibly more. Very odd, you held the piece
with ice tongs as the slicer finished slicing. And you had a little coaster, red one one side,green
on the other; green meant slice away, red was time out to breathe. So an interesting concept,
but the flavors of much of the foods were strange; an altogether strange experience,
but at least we don't have to wonder what it is anymore. And the steak was rare and very tasty,
but not for Phyl, who likes charcoal steak. And of course, they had Brahma beer(Brazilian), so that
was nice. But just to piss me off, on the way out we picked up a copy of `tbt '(newspaper)
and as I looked at it today, there was a coupon for a free drink at the very place we'd eaten.
Go figure!!
So if you're feeling adventurous, try a churrascaria, but don't expect what you probably think
of when you think of steakhouse...
...And no churros...
ps:Rodizio is the style of meal, the preset dinner as explained above...
...And still no churros...
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