This week SLAPSSoc (Spanish, Latin American and Portuguese Society) had their very last social - a society I've been President/Social Sec for for the last academic year. So what better way to end the year/ get a taste for my year abroad than an all-you-can-eat Brazilian lunch buffet?! It was stunning!!
First you sit at the table and the waiter gives you a double-sided card, one side is green and says "Sim, por favor/ Yes please" and the other is red and says "Nao obrigado/No thank you". You then go to the buffet and have your fill of pasta, salad, chips/potato wedges, beans (very popular in Brazil!) and then you return to your table, turn the card to the green side and the waiters then begin bringing round about six different types of meat individually and you have your fill. You can keep refilling on the buffet and they keep bringing round meat until you've had enough, in which you then flip the card over to the red side, and they stop bringing it out. For uni students this was of course heaven! Although I definitely could've done with a nap afterwards...
I also sampled my first Caiparinha ("kai-pah-reen-ya"), a trademark alcoholic drink in Brazil (consisting of cachaca, sugar, lime and lots of crushed ice), it tasted like a strong mojito (no doubt due to the Cachaca).
Stupidly I forgot to take my memory card out of my laptop so I couldn't take any pictures of the food & drinks, so I'm relying on internet pics to demonstrate a Caiparinha to you instead (see below)... "Yay disposable camera pics instead!"
Personally I would highly recommend this restaurant, particularly for meat lovers - although a couple of veggies joined us and had their fill at the buffet - and students of course, it's definitely worth the price!! I'm excited to make my own Caiparinhas and dishes!!
I'm not gonna lie, I am even more hyped up for my year abroad now and next month could not come soon enough!!
*Caiparinha: a refreshing alcoholic delicacy (if you can describe a drink as a delicacy?!)
First you sit at the table and the waiter gives you a double-sided card, one side is green and says "Sim, por favor/ Yes please" and the other is red and says "Nao obrigado/No thank you". You then go to the buffet and have your fill of pasta, salad, chips/potato wedges, beans (very popular in Brazil!) and then you return to your table, turn the card to the green side and the waiters then begin bringing round about six different types of meat individually and you have your fill. You can keep refilling on the buffet and they keep bringing round meat until you've had enough, in which you then flip the card over to the red side, and they stop bringing it out. For uni students this was of course heaven! Although I definitely could've done with a nap afterwards...
I also sampled my first Caiparinha ("kai-pah-reen-ya"), a trademark alcoholic drink in Brazil (consisting of cachaca, sugar, lime and lots of crushed ice), it tasted like a strong mojito (no doubt due to the Cachaca).
Stupidly I forgot to take my memory card out of my laptop so I couldn't take any pictures of the food & drinks, so I'm relying on internet pics to demonstrate a Caiparinha to you instead (see below)... "Yay disposable camera pics instead!"
Personally I would highly recommend this restaurant, particularly for meat lovers - although a couple of veggies joined us and had their fill at the buffet - and students of course, it's definitely worth the price!! I'm excited to make my own Caiparinhas and dishes!!
I'm not gonna lie, I am even more hyped up for my year abroad now and next month could not come soon enough!!
*Caiparinha: a refreshing alcoholic delicacy (if you can describe a drink as a delicacy?!)