Texas de Brasil...

[j2sgam]

...anybody ever eat there? Im down in Orlando for work and the Bossman took us there for dinner last night. Flat out awesome..Had to be the best salad bar I have ever seen, had a bunch of items you dont usually see -sun-dried tomatoes, proscuitto, 5 kinds of olive, a Brazilian vinaigrette, some phenomenal salsas, just great all the way around. Then for the meal there are a couple of kinds of sauteed mushrooms, some au gratin potatoes, 2 kinds of rice to compliment the meat. On the table they give you a boat of mashed potatoes, some carmelized bananas "to clear your palette" between meats.

Now, the meat...Each person at the table gets a disc, green on 1 side, red the other. When you want meat show green, when you want to hold off, show red. These guys walk around with a skewer of meat about 3 feet long, and ask if you would like a piece of what they have. They then cut you a piece/chunk of whatever tasty meat they are carrying. Now, I am no amateur at the dinner table, I get my money's worth at a buffet, make no bones about it. I must have had 12 different kinds of super tasty, grilled beef or pork. There were 3 or 4 different kinds of chicken that I declined, and I was too full when the guy came around with the leg of lamb. Surprisingly they did not serve veal. I know its primarily served in Italian dishes, but having Italian roots I love me some baby cow. So here is what I remember having, in no particular order:

Sirloin

Garlic Sirloin

Bacon wrapped Sirloin

Brazilian sausage

Pork tenderloin

Parmesan encrusted Pork Loin

Lamb chop

Flank Steak

Filet Mignon

Brazilian Pork Ribs

...and there are a few I dont remember at this point. Anyway, I just wanted to share this awesome dining experience. If yous have a chance to go, I highly recommend it. But if you do go, bring your appetite, pace yourself, and try as much as you can. It was like $50 a head, but it was well worth it.

[Ja Rhule]

I've been in similar one down in Minneapolis "Fogo de Chao". Charlotte has Chimas but its not as good.

[Hawk]

yup...been to Fogo in Houston as well...incredibly good

[Darth Biscuit]

I've eaten at a similar place in Raleigh, really good. A meat buffet!

[Hawk]

A meat buffet!

sounds like a huddle tailgate

[davos]

Yeah! Brazilian Steakhouses are the greatest type of restaurant evah!!

[TheSaint]

yes, the one in Memphis.

very nice. the "salad" bar is enough for meal in itself

[charlottenian]

Yes... when I was in Northern Va I frequented that place.... Here in Charlotte I enjoy Chima's on an almost once a month basis