Food and a funny conversation

I'd visited both brazil churrascaria at sixth ave and carnivore at chijmes/vivo before, and enjoyed both experiences tremendously. I mean, who wouldn't like various cuts of beef, chicken, pork, fish, etc grilled to perfection and on tap?

So last week I had a craving for meat - a lot of meat. I'd forgotten the number of both places so I yum-ed (like google-d) brazilian restaurants and I found Rio Brazilian Restaurant.

Feeling adventurous, I decided to just give it a try.

Located next to Queenstown remand prison (they should shoot their fengshui guy) you immediately feel like you have somehow crossed the border into Malaysia when you drive (must drive, very ulu) into the stone-gravel entrance to the open car park.

Other establishments in the vicinity include a chin chong Chinese seafood place you suspect is frequented by the golfers who visit the neighbouring driving range.

Once you walk into Rio, however, the atmosphere shifts to a distinctively (and I must admit, pleasantly) modern interior. The service staff are extremely helpful and courteous - which probably stemmed from the fact that the place was close to empty.

Now, empty seats are hardly a good sign, but hey, we'd travelled all the way here, might as well give it a go.

As it turns out, Rio is not too far away from the standard of the other two brazilian restaurants. The salad bar was piss, but who goes to a meat buffet to stuff themselves with greens anyway.

They served an okay variety of meat - beef rump, chicken drumstick, bacon-wrapped chicken breast, sausages, fish, etc. The stand-out item, as with the other two brazilian restaurants, is the cinnamon-dusted pineapple slices.

Each sliver of pineapple was liberally coated with a mixture of cinnamon and sugar - and it was gooooooood. We also ordered capirinhas, which tasted every bit as good as the ones in the other two.

The best surprise though, was saved for last. Apparently, in a bid to attract customers, the restaurant was offering 1-for-1 discounts! So two persons can dine for $36.90++!!

Overall, I'd say the quality and variety of the meats are slightly poorer than the other two brazilian restaurants, but for those on a budget and want a quiet place to indulge in secret carnivorous sin, then this is the place to be. Yum!

Rio Brazilian Restaurant
Taste: 3/5
Value: 5/5
Ambience: 4/5

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I had a hilarious conversation with my dad in the car on the way to lunch from church:

Him: Hey Danny, ask you ah, what do you think I should do with my hair?

Me: Huh.

Him: I've not used any hair cream for almost one year already, save a lot of money you know.

Me: Uh huh.

Him: Save on shampoo, save on detergent...

Me: Huh, why save on detergent??

Him: At night you sleep the pillow case won't get oily mah, no need wash so often.

Me: "..."

Him: Or maybe I should just shave bald...

Me: -.-