Sedale Threatt wrote:Yup, that's it. Holy sht that stuff is good. I love stews but I find a lot of American "meat-and-potatoes" varieties to be exceedingly bland. So the beans and spices are right up my alley. We're overrun by Brazilian steakhouses but I haven't looked for anything with a broader menu. I'll see if I can track some down.
Indeed, it's amazing.
It has a very interesting origin story: when slaves came into the south american continent, after a day's work they usually made their food with whatever was left of what the owners ate, so they simply put all the leftovers together, added black beans and that's it.
American food is definitely bland for my taste, brazilian food is similar to mexican in this sense.
I looked up on Google and you have a restaurant called "Fogo de Chão" (Fire in the Ground, lol) there. This is a very famous chain restaurant, they are like the brazilian McDonald's, except only with amazing food, rodízio (when you pay a fee, get served any meats you want, and they keep feeding you until you pass out), and certainly feijoada.
Don't miss feijoada... and, most importantly, get the whole she-bang that usually goes along with it (white rice, couve, torresmo, vinagrete, farofa, fried mandioca, fried polenta)... that will make the experience A LOT better.
When I was living in Canada, we once took a japanese guy to eat feijoada... he ate 5 plates, plus 2 portions of mandioca, plus 4 bottles of guaraná soft drink. He must have gained 5 kg in the experience, lol.