Taming the Meat Dragon
My latest adventure found me in Sin City for work. Since I have eschewed a life of vice and hedonism over the past few years, and frankly wasn't that good at it when I did try, finding suitable places for me to partake in suitable overindulgence can be taxing.
Fortunately for me, Vegas has it all and I found a heavenly place known as a Churrascaria, which I am fairly certain is Portuguese for "Meat Palace". Tis a magical place filled with the savory aroma of charred meat and a buffet of utterly useless non-meat edible items such as broccoli or beans or ruffage of some kind. But then...then there are the Meat Fairies...
These glorious creatures glide from table to table with offerings of filet mignon, top sirloin, chicken legs, bacon-wrapped filets, roasted leg of lamb, parmesan-crusted pork chops and so on...These folks just keep coming around and around in an endless loop of ever-changing meat skewers and slice heavenly morsels onto your plate.
That brings us to the "Glutton Button". This mind-blowing device resembles a simple cardboard coaster, but it is so much more, my friend. It is a gateway to endless, exotic and beautifully charred meats...And also probably to hypertension...but like a super-delicious hypertension. The gist of it is that you just flip the coaster to green side up and you will be visited by endless meat fairies touting their meaty wares...which now that I think about it sounds like a different kind of indulgence altogether.
Anywho, this particular restaurant was called Fogo de Chao and apparently there are locations all over the country...like a network of Meat Palaces dispersed throughout the land.
Fortunately for me, Vegas has it all and I found a heavenly place known as a Churrascaria, which I am fairly certain is Portuguese for "Meat Palace". Tis a magical place filled with the savory aroma of charred meat and a buffet of utterly useless non-meat edible items such as broccoli or beans or ruffage of some kind. But then...then there are the Meat Fairies...
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BEHOLD! The Meat Fairies in action! I am not insinuating anything
about their lifestyles, I'm just saying they bring magic to your table!
Photo Credit : Reuters/Paulo Whitaker
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Its basically a coaster.
Don't get too excited...or do, I did!
Photo Credit : gaslamp.org
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Anywho, this particular restaurant was called Fogo de Chao and apparently there are locations all over the country...like a network of Meat Palaces dispersed throughout the land.
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It was so good and even though I totally OD'd on red meat, it was a glorious, gluttonous and wondrous experience and I can't say enough good things about the food and service...mostly because if you keep bringing me food, I'll be yours forever...Damn you Meat Fairies! JF
Oh Wow. If you send this to them, they will probably give you a job in PR. Made even my mouth water, though tonight I'm eating vegetarian!
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