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So I went to my 1st Brazilian churrascaria at the Fogo de Chao in Chicago back in 2009. It was awesome. Probably one of the greatest eating experiences I have ever had. Since then I've ventured to many other churrascarias (read my Texas de Brazil review) and always compared them to my 1st time. Well, what a delight when I was visiting Vegas and saw that a Fogo de Chao finally opened up a location here. So I invited my friend Angela to eat here. And she's never been to a churrascaria so I was pretty excited.
I book a reservations online for opening dinner time, 1700. Was really easy and no issues with booking. We actually got there early and sat at the bar. We took a look at their special menu of caipirinhas and asked the bartender what his recommendations were. He was pretty awesome because he actually told us not to order certain drinks because he thought they didn't mix well and recommended their premium caipirinha. We decided to order one of these and the melon flavored one. They both weren't bad but honestly I didn't think they were amazing. If you've never had one, give it a shot. Myself, I think I'll pass on it for the future.
We didn't sit long before they told us our table was ready. We sat down and the 1st thing I noticed was how dimly lit the lights were. Almost like a strip club, it was a little strange. I like to clearly see the food I'm eating. Well, the meat ensemble started in. 16 different meats served tonight. Admittedly some of the meats is really salty and left me thirsting for water pretty bad afterwards but still pretty outstanding overall. Some of the meats definitely better than others.
You also get served three sides on the table. Garlic mashed potatoes, fried banana, and fried yucca I think. They're pretty outstanding. The yucca is super crunchy, the potatoes garlicky and the banana really sweet. The only problem with the sides is that you're so focused on eating the meats, the sides tend to get cold and definitely just don't taste as good.
So this is really the start of the beginning for me. I think I've finally hit the wall. I'm 39 years old now and my body's really starting to fight me back. What do I mean? I ate a ton of food that night and a massive amount of meat. I thought I was going to die from meat poisoning. That meat really stuck hard in my mid-section (stomach?) and was crazy heavy the rest of the night. I honestly just don't think I can do this anymore. Just done with eating soooooooooooooo much meat. Yep, I've over the hill. Sigh.
So, what's the solution? Why even mention all this? Because if you're not a carnivore and get invited to come eat here, you can order just the salad bar for $20. It's a great deal. If I lived/worked close by, I would probably do this at least 1/month. Maybe even for lunch. The salad bar is awesome. Something like 30+ selections on the bar. Bar is like 20 feet long and different selections on both sides. Really outstanding selections of food and all really good. There was even a plate of just fried bacon! Was salad topping. Kinda crazy, I almost wanted to grab the entire plate it looked so good.
Finally for dessert we ordere the papaya cream and the flan. The flan was outstanding. Flan is usually too dense or too drippy and really hard to balance the two to make the perfect flan. This was it. Really just perfect. Amazing. The papaya cream? Wow, it's almost like eating ice cream except it's not. It's pretty awesome. Definitely give it a try.
So finally at the end, for the two of us, about $150. Oh, and they give military discounts! So I paid less than that. Though they actually messed up my discount. It's suppose to be 10% off and my bill went from $152 to $147. Oh well.
So if you still haven't tried a churrascaria yet and you live in Vegas, you've now two outstanding choices to choose from. Here or Texas de Brazil.
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