meat lovers celebrate the brazilian steakhouse, especially in houston. sea salt seasoned fire roasted beef, pork, lamb and poultry are the main courses at fogo de chão. with 15 different skewered meats to choose from, vegetarians and those with small appetites are not welcome.
first up was the open salad bar, which obviously is a big waste of space. however, feeling the need to at least put something on my empty plate, i grabbed a slice of prosciutto ham and a couple gerkin pickles to whet the appetite. i scarfed that immediately and it was time to flip to green light for meat. fyi, they give customers a coaster with a red color on one side and a green color on the other. red means stop meat, green means go meat. as soon as the card was flipped over, the assualt of meat was fast and unabated. arriving on large skewers, each waiter cut off a piece of meat and my plate was full within 30 seconds. my favorites were the glorious pichana (house special), the juicy fraldinha (bottom sirloin), the bold cordiero (lamb chops), and the fried bananas (is it even meat?!?).
i must have eaten close to 9 different meats before i hit the wall. i decided to pause for a 5 minute water break before powering on for an encore to bring the tally up to 13. then suddenly it hit me: the overeating meat stress sweats. smartly, i had asked our waitress earlier if she knew cpr and obviously her responding chuckle meant yes. at this point, i stopped eating completely and begrudgenly threw my napkin on the table. (note that this was not the end of my pain, as afterwards, my dinner companion decided to do donuts in the parking lot with our rented dodge charger).i suspect we will be seeing this style of restaurant in our fair city in the very near future (wink, wink). calgary is a perfect place to have a churrascaria since albertans pride themselves on their beef. nonetheless, i did come out of my houston experience with one learning: i now know why americans are so fat.
-YLee
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