A moment to reflect on . . . food. Having mentioned the C Drink rather a lot I suppose one ought to give some typing space to the solid intake stuff. Okay, here goes . . . its very nice!
Okay, I suppose I´d better flesh it out a bit (ho ho). As you may imagine, this is not a 
vegetarian´s paradise, although, if you like beans (black, not the Heinz variety) you´ll be alright. Its carne all the way here. Last night we subscribed to a safer outing than those last reported - a meal and a show (yes, yes, I know, how terribly post-50s of us). Food in Brazil has consisted of some fairly expensive meals on the sea front up til now - filet mignon for two or one of the local moquecas (a sort of seafood casserole dish). Most of the menus are priced for two people so a decent meal with booze normally comes to around 60R$ (around£20). Of course, you can
get smaller snacks like an oyster soup or a meat skewer for a couple of quid. Last night we finally got round to trying the Rodizio - an all you can eat meatfest. The premise is you pay a fixed sum (don´t ask) and you load up the plate from the buffet bar as many times as you like and waiters come round your table in a constant stream with large skewers of meat carving off as much as you like for as long as you like. I´m not sure what all the pieces of dead animal were but remember having my share of rare beef, pepper steak, filet mignon, rolled pork and cheese, chicken hearts, thick sausages, lamb thighs, spare ribs, fried cheese (!) and fish in papaya sauce. Ginge, me old mate, I needed help out there!
vegetarian´s paradise, although, if you like beans (black, not the Heinz variety) you´ll be alright. Its carne all the way here. Last night we subscribed to a safer outing than those last reported - a meal and a show (yes, yes, I know, how terribly post-50s of us). Food in Brazil has consisted of some fairly expensive meals on the sea front up til now - filet mignon for two or one of the local moquecas (a sort of seafood casserole dish). Most of the menus are priced for two people so a decent meal with booze normally comes to around 60R$ (around£20). Of course, you can
get smaller snacks like an oyster soup or a meat skewer for a couple of quid. Last night we finally got round to trying the Rodizio - an all you can eat meatfest. The premise is you pay a fixed sum (don´t ask) and you load up the plate from the buffet bar as many times as you like and waiters come round your table in a constant stream with large skewers of meat carving off as much as you like for as long as you like. I´m not sure what all the pieces of dead animal were but remember having my share of rare beef, pepper steak, filet mignon, rolled pork and cheese, chicken hearts, thick sausages, lamb thighs, spare ribs, fried cheese (!) and fish in papaya sauce. Ginge, me old mate, I needed help out there!Okay, the show was interesting in a I´m-too-full-to-go-anywhere-else sorta way. Plenty of fit young things in colourful costumes rushing about energetically on stage against a backdrop of samba beat. Near the end most of the women stripped down to bare bikini level, which was nice. A bit like being by the pool bar except they were jiggling all their bits a bit more than the local sunbathers do. As a special treat to the ladies, the last act was a testosterone-filled martial arts cum fire swallowing act with lots of over-muscled youths in a very sweaty back flipping, high kicking, somersaulting display. As a casual observer I noticed a lot of screaming in the audience and all the women on the coach party seemed a little more flushed and wide eyed than they did when we arrived. So, I guess, a good night was had by all.
One piece of disappointing news yesterday. Just as we are about to return to Blighty recommending this holiday to all and sundry, we heard from the reps that Thompson had decided to pull out of this package tour. Despite having full planes every trip and despite a reasonably successful first three winters, they are not going to Brazil any more. As there are no other direct flights to Natal from the UK, we got in just in time. Sad, really.
Best make the most of our last few days then . . .
4 comments:
Vegitarians have got it wrong - if you aren't meant to eat animals how come they are made of meat?
Why is it you always manage to find these things right at the end!!! I thought you'd have had enough training to do justice to the small bar-b-que served up at this event,although I notice no mention of the other staple of the Lampen diet the famous South American tuber (The Potato). Anonymous has hit the nail on the head,but missed out A) tastes nice and B)You don't need teeth to eat Veg, although it helps when its sat next to said animal parts covered in gravy.
PS Any chance of a doggy bag please??
Yum yum and cor
yes, I am still reading the blog - just a tad busy to comment - and FREEZING COLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So its pretty much a veg free diet then, good job neither of you are vegans! I'm with Ginge in the question about potatoes - after all they are probably the greatest invention from the Americas.
I was going to congratulate you on your ground breaking trip to the Natal region and let you know that a UK based company is selling properties in a beach front development in Pipa from £55,000. The selling points are good climate and with the Thompson flight from London it is the closest part of Brazil to the UK (oops!). Still I'm sure that other UK airlines will be going to Natal soon because they are due to open a new super airport in the region with long runways and modern terminals - maybe you could go back again on one of those double decker super airliners with the other 566 passengers - probably not quite as much leg room as you got this time though!
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