Rodízio heaven

Jenna's birthday was yesterday, and she had a blow-out party at Le Brants in Flamengo. She spoke highly of it and did some good promo for them in telling us about it. It's a creperia and pizzeria. You can order pizza, crepes, and pasta, but the best deal they offer is a rodízio for R$20,90 (with the dollar the way it is these days that's about U$13) of pizza, pasta, and crepes. They also have what they call "refill" (all you can drink -- usually drinks are ordered, served, and paid for by the can or bottle) for R$6,50.

On to the dinner portion of our event (and a little bit of explanation): a rodízio is a style of serving where you don't have to get up to go to the buffet. The waiters bring it to you! So, the waiters bring around pizza and pasta. I wasn't sure how the crepe part was going to work. Turns out, you order whatever kind of crepe you want and they bring it to you -- made right when you order it! They have at least 100 different options for dinner crepes (I had one filled with chicken, corn, heart of palm, and catupiry cheese, and another filled with chicken and heart of palm). Oh -- they have quiche also. Cheese, palm heart, mushroom, codfish, etc. The best part of the evening was the dessert portion. Pizzas and crepes. Crepes are still special order. They have everything from doce de leite (my American readers are probably more familiar with the Spanish spelling, "dulce de leche") to coconut to banana, honey, and cinnamon, to NUTELLA. Have I mentioned that I love this place? Doce de leite with coconut was one of my options, and Nutella with sweetened condensed milk (Eagle Brand milk for those of you truly from the south) was the other. They almost had to roll me to the metro station.

I will definitely be going back. Here's to hoping it's sooner rather than later.