I would…
After reading this and seeing the photos, I think you guys you as well… Here goes.
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At Niteroi city, next to Rio de Janeiro, there’s a restaurant called Verdanna.
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Its a buffet style restaurant that charges R$43 per head.
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Its one of the place to go if you are thinking of eating generous portions of sashimi, different types of barbeque beef, pork, lamb, chicken (think MEAT! MEAT! and MEAT!). The only 2 things you need to worry here are:-
a) eating too much, and still craving for more, coz there’s just too much food to satisfy your tastebud, but limited by size of stomach,
b) overspending on drinks and desserts, they are not included in the R$43 buffet (which covers only foods).
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Everyone here know Porção, which is more expensive and extensive in its menu compared to Verdanna, but Verdanna is good enough if you just want to eat barbeque meets and salmon sashimi, but don’t really crave for oysters. For oysters, go to Porção or Sunsaki, there’s none here.
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anyway, their wabsites are:-
Porção (http://www.porcao.com.br, pronounced as “POH-KAON” in Malay)
Verdanna Grill (http://www.verdannagrill.com.br)
Sunsaki (http://www.sunsaki.com.br)
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starters… clockwise from left lentao+lime, soy sauce, sashimi, and dried prunes.
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wide range of salads. All sorts of salad.
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sashimi : salmon, tuna or er… white fish that I don’t know its name
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salmon – like.
tuna – so-so
the white fish : no like
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from left, honey, cheese, and smoked pig leg (what the name.. can’t remmber).
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In portuguese we call it ‘palmito’.
Its pickled heart of a species of palm.
nice… tender.
don’t take the older one though, fiberous.
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in portuguese its called ‘capachio’
didnt want to search the net for more details yet, till now, what i know is its beef that is REALLY THINLY sliced, with olive oil and a kind of pickled flowr bud …
great for starters…
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loved it.
good ones are REALLY nice. They just melt in your mouth.
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cheese, crackers, and a type of vege pie (either onion or spinach)
hem… these are those i never try.
they are okay, but frankly I won’t come here to eat these…
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squil egg (puyuh egg), with various dressings
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rootbeet with tomatoes
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rootbeet – another delicious vege
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brinjals with dried tomatoes
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a type of cheese
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pickled onions
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dried tomatoes with olive oil
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one more delicacies… Tessaroro’s wife make a great one (have to learn from her !)
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can’t remember its name, but its cheese, with prawns.
liked it.
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taste a bit like lasagna but without the pasta
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fried rice, and crab meat in shells.
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yum.
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crab in shell. most probably this is baked.
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the fried rice.
we call it ‘risoto’ here for fried rice.
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brocolli rice, with potato ala portuguese
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nice. will do this back at home
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bacalhao with egg and onion slices.
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bacalhao is portuguese for ‘cod fish’. brazillian loves bacalhao to their bones.
here in Brazil, we only buy the cod fish as dried salted fish, never as fresh cod.
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japanese foods section….
this is still the same round table that you see at the second photo…
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prawns on rice.
sussy ting (or sushi king)
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close up of a salad.
this is cherry tomato, with green apple, with er… can’t remember…

well guys, this is just part one (the starters).