Meat, Meat and More MEAT!

For those of you who don't know, we are now living in the Brazilian equivalent to the U.S. state of Texas. From attitudes, to history, cowboys (or Gauchos) and food you could compare the two and come up with the same thing in every category. If you ask someone from around here if they are Brazilian, they will probably say, no I'm Gaucho. Ever asked a Texan where they are from??

One of the big things here is obviously cattle ranching and with that, lots and lots of meat! A very nice change from India for those of use who enjoy a good steak. (Don't get me wrong, we love and miss the spice and flavor of Indian food too!) This means they BBQ a lot, or Churrasco.

Like anything else that is loved, you will find a variety of different types from quick/possibly low quality, to "the real" Churrasco. We've already experienced three different kinds, but I'll just go into the first two, as the third requires a post of it's own.

The first few days we were here, exploring the streets, relearning to cook for ourselves :-), we found a little Chuurasqueria just a few blocks down the road. There we had two skewers with Filet Mignon, and a piece a garlic bread also heated over the BBQ. Simple and delicious.

Our second type of Churrasco was the larger "steakhouse" variety. A few coworkers were getting together at a popular resturant near by and invited us a long. It also happened to be our anniversary, so it was a great way to celebrate.

This style of Churrasco, is like an all you can eat buffett, including a sushi bar, salad bar, pasta station and other typical Brazilian foods like rice and beans.

Salad Buffet

Once you are sitting down with a plate, the servers walk around with giant skewers of all kinds of meat, including different types of beef, pork and chicken.

Delicious meat!

They slice pieces off for you and your grab them will a little pair of tongs to enjoy! It was a great evening out, a chance to get to know some of the other teachers a bit better and celebrate our anniversary, including enjoying the desert buffet at the end!

Mmmmm, chocolate fondue. :-)

We look forward to a slew of visitors in the next few years, as many of you have promised to come to Brazil, and we will be sure to enjoy lots of good steak!

Thanks to Jenn Longmuir for providing some much needed photos! (See buffet and meat above) We really do need to get better at taking photos of every day life!

um abraço,
K&E