Oh Yeah, Dinner....

We thought about driving to the Centre to a churriscarria (the Brazilian meat palace), but instead stayed local.

We started with a huge salad for the three of us to share--greens and water cress (!!!!), pickle, cucumber, olives. Excellent.

Then all three of us had picanha (a cut of beef that we don't have in the US)--it's from the shoulder area and is grilled so the juices don't drip out. Very flavorful and so delicious. That came with some batatas fritas (french fries) and rice.

Sobremessa (dessert)--I dream about passionfruit and you can't easily get it in San Francisco. There is one place that does make pastries with it in the little pastry, so it's available SOMEWHERE. I haven't been able to find it. The restaurant had passionfruit mousse, so Sergio and I had one. Monica had mousse de chocolat. The taste of passionfruit is hard to describe--very different and sort of tangy. The mousse softens out the tang just a bit. Passionfruit mousse and a cafe' preto. A terrific way to end the meal.