Fogo De Chao

Kim & James treated us for a night out at Fogo De Chao tonight for Brian's Birthday. It was a great night. We haven't gone out with them like that for a long time. At least not just the 4 of us. It was nice spending time with them away from the kids.

As far as the actual dining experience.... well... Brian was in hog heaven! For those of you that don't know, Fogo De Chao is basically an all you can eat Brazilian BBQ. Of course, it was nice to start out with pulling up at valet parking, walk in the door and to be seated immediately (friday night, down town austin.... does not happen often!). They had an exquisite salad bar with too die for smoked salmon and all kinds of cheeses and artichokes and mushrooms and other things that you probably don't try very often. (I tried the spicy basil dressing on my salad, the bamboo shoots, sun dried tomatoes, sauteed mushrooms, artichokes and more. It was really good.)

Then you have a cirlce card that is green on one side and red on the other. As soon as you flip it to green, these guys start coming with all kinds of BBQ'd meat. We had filet mignon, lamb chop, ribs, sirloin, chicken, parmesan pork, sausage, ribeye, and something they called the special which we believe was a prime rib and sooo much more. They offer it and slice off small pieces right there. You can try as much as you like. The special we all agreed was the best by far. Especially the fat which I never eat! It just melted in your mouth! Everything was so tender. They would just keep coming till you flipped the card back over to red. Then when you were ready for more you flipped it back to green and here they come again.

Then of course you had to have desert. And the deserts were so pretty and decorated with orchids. We all ate so much! Wow! When Brian first told me about it a year ago, I did not think I would ever like it not being a huge meat eater... but oh it was so good! And as I said, Brian enjoyed himself in heaven immensely! Unfortunately, due to the price we probably won't be back again any time soon, but I am sure someday....