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18.04.09
Finally! Accomplished one of my long sought after dream, to dine in a Churrascaria style; basically Brazilian barbecue meat buffet but with passadors or “meat waiters” who goes around everyone’s table, served the meat in a skewer & slice diner's desired portion onto his/her plates.
I been eyeing to go to Casa Do Churrasco Brazil in Katong Village ever since I read about them in todayonline Weekend Today in Dec’08. After some persuading, my friends were willing to join me.
Therefore, we met up at Parkway Parade, shopped & proceed to venture the unknown ... Three petite gals (the guys could not made it), churrascari dinner & first timers. After the walking through the Roxy Square, we bumped into this - the back door of the Casa Do Churrasco Brazil. Yeah right, how to enter?
Thanks to my ingenious idea of following the car turning right, we ended up walking to a dead end. The driver was just looking for parking area. Uh-oh. Have a bad feeling that my gal friends may be skeptical about the whole thing now. No choice, we have to make a left detour toward the main entrance. Finally, we found the Katong Village. Whoa, this place packed with restaurants like Waruku, Hong Kong Tea House, Samy's Curry and more. Ta-da! Mission accomplished. We finally reached our destination at the right end corner.
Hmm, it seems we are a bit too early, 6pm in the evening. Ya, we are 15 minutes earlier than my reservation, but we are the only ones sitting there. Initially, we thought it might be a good idea with mix wine & meat as wine do compliment with meat. However, the idea was aborted, as we do not want to take the chance of us fallen asleep in the cinema at Iluma afterward. Beverages actually have the selection of Digestive drinks (Perhaps it helps to digest the food faster) like Cherry Brandy, Kahlua Coffee Liquer, Tia Maria. Coey was tempted to try international cocktails - Magarita (Lime, Mango, Strawberry) or Pina Colada. In the end, all of us chose the Guarana - Brazilian Soft Drink. It taste like normal soft drink but not as gassy & sweet. We also ordered Chicken Croquettes ( Coxinha de Frango )& Cheese Bread ( Pão de Queijo ). Quite crunchy. The waitress even checked with us whether all of us eat beef. Kelly & I do not. It is very professional of them as all the three chefs checked with us as well.
We proceed toward the salad buffet with the plate in our hand as we helped ourselves to variety of salads, stews & pasta. They have Pasta with mushrooms & ham, Ladies fingers with garlic, French beans with cherry tomatos, smoked salmon, Brazilian Rice (Arroz), Stew from black beans sliced pork sausages and pork trimmings (Feijoada). Mmm, good appetizers for us before the arrival of the meat buffet. Of course, these will work well as side dish.
The first chef cum passador, Antonio Barbosa Guimaraes, Brazilian, that came to us. When he walked toward to Kelly & approached her with the meat on a skewer (since she was seated nearest to the kitchen), she was startled for a minute. As I said earlier, we were currently the only ones sitting there. However, the aroma of barbecue meat was in the air before his arrival. In this picture, he is serving pork ribs (Costelinha de Porco). Not bad, but it is salty for my taste bud. I believe the marinade is lime, black pepper, rock salt, and garlic. As we enjoying our food as time & passadors passed us by, the place started to filled up with crowd.
Jerome Vasquez from the Philippines is one of the youngest chefs. I think he is serving Chicken Wrapped with Bacon; Frango com Bacon in this picture (The first "meat choice" that Antonio was serving us). It just taste sooo good.
Personally, I love the Chicken Heart (Coração de Galinha). It looked almost like big sized red bean, taste is chewy yet tender. The thought of the Home made pork sausage (Lingüiça de Porco Fresca) made me drool as I recalled the oozed savory juices from yummy sausage as I chewed in my mouth. I think that Coey's favorite is beef - Rump Cap with Garlic (Picanha com Alho). I cannot comment on its taste, but the look on Coey’s face tells it all. Furthermore, it is very tender as she could cut it with ease.
Marcos Viega dos Santos,from Brazil as well serving (above) Jerome’s specialty :Churrasco’s signature grilled pineapple(coated with sugar and cinnamon); Abacaxi Grelhado which is every one's favorite. Well, almost everyone. I am just not into pineapple. Nevertheless, it is really sweet & smooth. It just melts in yr tongue. No tangy taste that pineapple usually gives. By the time Marcos walked back to the kitchen, the skewer is empty. Coey & Kelly like it so much, they requested for a second serving.
Would you believe with all the barbecue meat buffet & endless round of salad buffet only cost $39++? In the end of the day, each of us spent less than $50, thank to the Citibank card promotion 15% discount on the buffet. Quite worth well, I think.
Looking back now, I really enjoy the new experience, especially the food. Really kept our stomach filled. I even joked with one of the crews that I am going for vegetarian diet for a month. However, I would prefer if were more variety of meat rather than focused on beef. After all, the icon of Casa Do Churrasco Brazil is a bull, guess I cant complain that much, right?
Best of all, I really enjoy the company. The Chef cum passadors may have some language barrier or limited time in their hand to converse with us, but you can see that they served with the passion in their eyes. Though, there were always "Ahem..ahem" from the other passadors when any one of them is having his picture taken. The waiter & the waitress..they really make sure that they made our day . We even got to know they are holding birthday party for one of them. Hopefully, we made the his day as well by wishing him happy birthday. The surprised look on his face is simply priceless. It is a pity I forgotten to take a picture with them, especially the Aries birthday boy. I hope that I did not crush their party. With Good food, Nice atmosphere & Fun company the night could not get any better.
If you would like to know more ,just click on the tittle ,it will lead to the offical website of Casa Do Churrasco Brazil.
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