Meat Orgy!

Saturday night Doc and I took advantage of Restaurant Week and went to Texas de Brazil with Brittney and Chris. I’d never been there nor to any churrascaria, so was not quite sure what to expect other than what friends have told me (large salad bar and guys walking around with meats on skewers, cutting and serving at your table).

Holy freaking shit. This was an absolute stuff-your-face experience, a shameless orgy of meat. I have never seen so much amazing food in one place in all my life (although my mom’s cocktail parties and holiday dinners come close, I must admit…)

Where to even begin?!

I am not, personally, a huge meat fan, so that was not really the main draw for me, but what I tried was absolutely excellent: Brazilian sausage, bacon-wrapped filet mignon, garlic sirloin steak. Other offerings that I was way too full to attempt included parmesan-crusted pork, bacon-wrapped chicken, pork tenderloin (I tried a bite of Doc’s; it was the best pork I’ve ever had), flank steak, lamb, and ribs.

The “salad bar” now… that was heaven on earth. Potatoes gratin, jasmine rice, black beans, lobster bisque, shaved Parmigiano-Reggiano, goat cheese and sun dried tomato strata, olives, prosciutto, grilled provolone, asparagus, green beans, carrots, a giant vat of crispy bacon, mozzarella balls, smoked salmon, grilled peppers, cheesy bread rolls, garlic mashed potatoes, a pasta dish with red sauce, little burgundy mushrooms, tabbouleh, sushi, artichokes, and, oh yeah, salad too!

I ate a light early lunch Saturday to try to be nice and hungry for dinner that night, but my plan seemed to backfire. I think I got past the point of hunger to where I wasn’t all that interested in eating anymore, by the time we got there. Or it could have been the fact that I wore my contacts for the first time in a week and a half and had a bit of a headache and dizziness going on. Anyway, I wasn’t able to eat very much, nowhere near what I was hoping for, to get my money’s worth!

I did, however, save a teeny bit of room for some key lime pie. Actually it was more like key lime cheesecake. Completely delicious, and included in the prix-fixe Restaurant Week price!

Now I know what to do next time. The meat was great, but I’m going to go for the salad bar-only option (half the price!)