| rev:text
| - Came here to THIS location for the first time, during this years Restaurant Week :D I had once had Fogo de Chao for the first time, a few years ago, when it was participated in Restaurant week. We had liked it so much, we had looked forward to it the coming years... but for 1-2 years, they did not participate. BUT ! It came back ! woo !
We had a 12:30P reservation. Upon arrival, we were promptly seated by the window. Service was amazing. The waitress was super nice. Our waters were never empty and quickly refilled with any sort of depletion.
We were told to check out the salad bar while waiting for drinks and the meats to come out. Salad bar had a wide selection of fruits, veggies, cheeses, cured meats and a few hot dishes (didnt really look but looks like brunch items). As their flyer states "Fresh seasonal salads, exotic vegetables, imported cheeses, smoked salmon, cured meats, and more. Fogo feijoada (traditional black bean stew with sausage) served with rice, fresh orange and farofa (baked yucca flour with bacon), seasonal soup, and more. Visit as often as you like."
The main course seems a bit more "reduced" than we had originally experienced before. The flyer online states:
-----------------------------------------------
Continuous tableside service of signature cuts of meat. Prepared, fire-roasted, and served by our gaucho chefs. Choices include:
Picanha* (Sirloin) - Prime part of the top sirloin, seasoned with sea salt or garlic
Alcatra* (Top Sirloin) - One of our largest steaks, tender and thinly sliced
Fraldinha* (Bottom Sirloin) - Flavorful cut, with strong marbling
Cordeiro* (Lamb) - Fresh leg of lamb
Lombo (Pork) - Parmesan-encrusted pork loin filets
Costela de Porco (Pork Ribs) - Marinated and slow-roasted for tenderness
Linguiça (Pork Sausage) - Slow-roasted and savory
Frango (Chicken) - Bacon-wrapped breast or tender legs
Traditional Brazilian Sides - Warm pão de queijo (cheese bread), crispy polenta, mashed potatoes, and caramelized bananas. Served throughout the meal.
Dessert - Choice of chocolate mousse cake, key lime pie, or tres leches cake.
-----------------------------------------------
When we were sat at our table, the waitress had asked us if we were dining normally or part of Restaurant Week. Originally we did not know there was a difference. She had swapped the cards you use to show if you had more interest in more meat or not from a regular round one to a heart shaped one.
Later we had looked at the flyer and had realized selections like lamb chops, filet mignon, rib eye, etc were not available to the "restaurant week diners".
We had seen the rib eye brought to us but the guy quickly realized it was not part of ours and walked away saying hed return. Another had brought lamb chops to us like he didnt care. The lamb chops was flavorful but quite overcooked to point where some end pieces of the bone would break off easily and the meat be overcooked a bit.
Aside from that, the picanha, alcatra, leg of lamb were delicious ! my favorite cuts of the day. We never saw the pork ribs or pork sausage. Chicken leg was pretty decent. Crispy outside, juicy tender inside. Friend noted his was a little on the dry side.
Warm cheese bread with a side of herb sauce was delicious. The herb sauce reminded me of this cilantro herb sauce my friend had introduced to me. Worked wonderfully with almost anything. Brightness from lemon with a nice, fresh herb flavor, and olive oil.
Dessert, 2 of us got the mousse cake, 2 got the tres leches, and i got the key lime pie. Mousse was nice and chocolatey. Really rich if you add the frosting and what not on top. But the cake base itself was nice and moist. Really the "regretful" cake. As for the tres leches. Super sweet, moist, but definitely sweet. "diabetes on a plate" as we nicknamed this. The key lime pie was the "healthiest" of the 3 but only by a little. Still a dessert in the end. Nice bright tart flavor from the key lime without the whipped cream top being too heavy.
Overall, still a pretty good meal and to a good cause. Worth the price for lunch and the yearly meal. xD Service was amazing as said previously.
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)