Yesterday i had to cancel my evening hangouts with the guys, reason being ive had a tiring afternoon after all that walking in the mall...
I got back home and Uncle Rob brought me out for dinner...It happened that this flyer/leaflet (i can nv tell the diff..) caught my attention being stuck in the middle of the gate...
Out of curiosity, i checked out the content (it rarely happens, as i nv paid any attention to this kinda advertisement)...So this piece of paper features this brazillian restaurant across the street where im staying...and i thought: why dun we give it a try? it would save me the hassle of thinking where to dine and all that fuss...
As a matter of fact, i was tempted to 'try out' this new restaurant was due to the fact that i had always wanted to savour brazillian cuisine, after watching Anthony Bourdain on 'A Cook's Tour'. In that particular episode, celebrity chef AB has gone to Rio De Janeiro to attempt the exotic food, and he had liked it immensely (or so it seemed, we can nv know for sure)...
I was never one who would go around venturing into new restaurant unless recommended by friends or trusted food reviews from magazines...so this time i was taking my risk...as it is, this brazillian restaurant by the name of Carnaval Churrascaria is one of the few (2 to 3) brazillian restaurants in town. And we found out later that Churrascaria means Brazillian Barbeque, portuguese style....(what do these two nations have in common?)...
Upon seated, we were told that they dun serve A La Carte...i was quite dismayed as i wasnt in the mood of having buffet, i wasnt even HUNGRY...But Uncle seemed interested in the spread, so we stayed in the end...
The Garcons at the restaurant dun converse well in English, so dun attempt to ask any tough questions...By tough, i meant, do u serve Ostrich meat, deer meat, etc...(Uncle asked, not me..).
The catch is that while you have to self-serve at the vege bar, the chef (brazillian) will bring you the grilled meat, skillfully sliced it before you using this sharp knife (uncle was quite concerned that he wont accidentally cut us with that sharp blade)...they have a total of 12 diff cuts of meat, which include beef, lamb, chicken, fish, turkey...and some 18 varieties of local and western vegetables like pasta, salad, maize, glass noodles, beans, potatoes...to name jz a few...cooked the brazillian way, of coz...
To be honest, i only like one quarter of the dozen meat offered, and i must justify that meat like Beef Liver, brissomething, chicken heart, and other internal organs are not in my consumption list....they tasted gross, if u must know...On the other hand, i love the beef, upper part, sirloin, and ribs, turkey, and the lamb shank...
The vege bar was fine, or ordinary...Hmm, not my kinda taste...It was claimed that the food there is healthier than normal cooking...apparently the chef has marinated the meat with his very own 'Copacabana' marinade....well whatever...
I would give a rating of 4 out of 10, in other words, this would be my 1st and the last time in this restaurant...It was kinda pricey too, 45+ per person, excluding my cappucino and Uncle's Earl Grey...
No Offence, chef, you have tried, but we dun share the same taste buds, keep it up nevertheless....:)
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