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| - I'm going to have to agree with Daniel H on this one. If you have had the US Brazilian steakhouse experience this will be Very disappointing. After my first "Fogo De Chao" http://www.fogodechao.com \ Texas De Brazil http://www.texasdebrazil.com experience (both Brazilian Chains) in the states, I had high hopes for the Red Violin in Toronto. Took my girlfriend (now wife) there and I came out extremely disappointed...but she came out super impressed. It is certainly an experience , but once you have done it up right in the states it is on the terrible side in comparison.
As Daniel mentioned, in the US when the carvers come to the table, you tell them your preferred doneness (Well Done, Medium, Rare and everything in between). They then carve off from different areas on the skewer to get you what you want. Not so at Red Violin, you get what you get.
The selection in the US Chains is a lot larger as well. Places like Red Violin don't have as many cuts of meat, and places like Copacabana has a lot of meats advertised but only serve some of them each night.
I do have to say that Red Violin had an amazing pineapple dessert. Skewer a whole pineapple (peeled of course), Roll it in Cinnamon Sugar, then put it over the flame. Crispy caramelized sugar on the outside, sweet warm pineapple on the inside. I've tried to replicate on the BBQ but you need to do it over the wood flames to get it right. It is amazing there.
So Red Violin was nice, but it's just no where near others out there.
Now there is hope. If you want to try something really close to the US chains there is a new Brazilian Steakhouse in Niagara Falls called Brasa. It's inside of the Hilton that is attached to Fallsview Casino. http://www.brasaniagara.com Go there for sure if you haven't done Brazilian Steakhouse and want to try it out...and then hit the slots at the casino. This is a lot closer to what you get in the US and you will like the experience a lot more.
Hope this helps!!
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