My sister's bin raving about this brazilian bar-b-q for the longest time. She tells me its a real treat and that we'll go there whenever I visit her in the US.... Unfortunately, I've bin stuck in Canada for one reason or another :P
This past weekend, she and the kids came to visit me while I was in in Toronto and she mentioned again this oh-so-amazing "carnivore heaven" where they live.... I made a mental note of trying to find a similar place asap nearby ... and find, I did :)
So this place is called the Copacabana on 150 Eglinton Ave. East, Toronto. And this place ROCKS. Its expensive and one needs to make a reservation on a weekend (not sure about the weekdays) trust me, it is worth the money and the wait.
It was a sunday and we tried to make a reservation online which did not work. So we called instead but ended up with the busy ringtone that went on and on. We decided to go there and see if we cud be accomodated and if not, then act on plan "B". Plan B being any other decent place nearby :).
We reached around 6ish to a very crowded restaurant and asked for a table for two. We were asked if we had a reservation... on hearing that we did not, she said that we would have to wait. We would have to wait for 1.5-2 hours. My husband looked at me with a questioning looking, "wanna wait that long"? and I was like 'Hell Yeah!'. So she wrote our name down and we went out for a stroll... found this really great place selling discounted books and spend something close to an hour over there. Then it was time so we headed back and sure enough there was this really big party (20 or so) people leaving the restaurant.. we got seated immediately. I went to check out the salad bar... and cud not resist trying some of the stuff. There was a huge variety of salads from green leafy ones to tuna, crab, mushroom, potato, etc etc.. there was soup, there were different kinds of pasta and there was different kinds of bread. I tried a couple of salads... tasted pretty good. Back on the table, we were give this card (photo insert) the flames one meant: "bring it on" and the smoke one meant: "time out" :P
So the food started pouring in, one after the other. The guys would bring bar-b-qued meat still on a metal skewer, out to the tables and ask if you wanted some.... and then they would cut out as much as you wanted and then move on to the next table.
They had all kinds of meats.... Beef, chicken, shrimp ... tender, succulent different parts of the meat in different sauces. Among other yummy goodnesses :) It was Amazing :) Seriously :) The Service was excellent as well :) Besides the food, the entertainment was pretty good as well... there was live music, salsa dancing and singing.
It was wonderful combination of great food, great entertainment and great service.
Perfect night out :)
