Outra Caipirinha Por Favor

As the day went on, and the heat continued, we found ourselves looking for our next meal and also a nice cool drink. Brazil ended up filling both of those criteria, and it had a very short line. That was a little odd since there were so many Brazilian tourists, and it made us a little wary that it perhaps was not the best representation of the cuisine.


Brazil's menu:


The first thing we tried was the seared mahi mahi with steamed rice, hearts of palm and coconut lime sauce ($4.50):

The fish was a little overdone, but the hearts of palm salad was tasty. The tomato-based sauce that the salad came in added a nice acidity and a little sweetness as well. We thought the dish was pretty good.

The second snack was feijoada ($2.75):


Feijoada is Brazil's national dish - a stew that usually consists of black beans and pork. We haven't tried this at a Brazilian restaurant yet, so we have no real basis for comparison. This tasted like hot dogs in a thick black bean stew. It wasn't anything that amazing based upon what we ate, but we're hoping to try a real version at some point to compare. M liked this more than A, but she also just likes hot dogs.

We finished off our Brazilian snack with a Leblon frozen caipirinha cocktail ($7.50):


A caipirinha is a cocktail made with cachaca (a sugar cane rum), lime and sugar. M loves caipirinhas. She had one for the first time in law school, made by the Brazilian LLM students in a large pan, and it was excellent. A also loves caipirinhas, but perhaps not as much as M. This caipirinha was so good that we immediately wanted another one but we didn't know what drinks the other kiosks would bring. The drink was very refreshing, but we weren't here just for the alcohol like a lot of other people. We stopped at the one and moved on.

Favorite dishes at the Brazil kiosk:
A: Mahi mahi (although none of the dishes were anything special)
M: Feijoada (since drinks don't count)