Restaurant & Drinks
Caipirinha & Brazilian Food!
Weekend... I love it! It is a time to relax, eating out and having a drink with friends, without thinking about getting up for work the next day.
This weekend I went eating out in Brasil, a Brazilian restaurant in my hometown Ghent.
It is a small restaurant in an old cellar, right in the city center. Not very modern, but cosy. Brazilian music playing on the background and pictures on the wall give it the Brazilian feeling. On the menu you can choose from various traditional meat or fish dishes. After starting with a caipirinha I chose the fillet of lamb with goat cheese and rosemary, a really nice combination. My girlfriend chose the traditional mixed grill with black beans. The food was really well prepared. The serving felt a bit old-fashioned, as was the presentation of the dishes, but hey... nothing wrong with that. After our main course we had a "Bahia" desert mix which consisted of two types of coconut mousse, chocolate mousse, fresh fruit and 100% belgian "speculoos" ice cream.
In general we had a good diner and we were satisfied. Although it's not a place I would weekly go to, I recommend to try it out sometime.
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| Lamb with goat cheese and rosemary |
After our diner we met some friend for a drink at Ghent's most known cocktail bar, "De Limonada". A nice bar with a sleek and modern interior. The menu offers loads of different cocktails varying from classics such as the Long island ice tea to experimental cocktails such as alcoholic popsicles. This is a bar you must have been to during your visit to Ghent.
My personal favorite is the Mai Tiki Thai, just try it! Last night I got a Desperados beer topped with a shot of Margarita and a Hotlix popsicle, with worm!
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| Limonada, Cocktailbar |
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| Hotlix popsicle |
Being a cocktail lover I would like to share the recipe for a Caipirinha, the traditional Brazilian cocktail. A perfect drink for a hot summer afternoon! This cocktail is also perfect as aperitif. But don't drink to many, because you'll be dancing samba before you know it!
Caipirinha
Ingredients:
- Cachaça (A Brazilian liquor made from sugar cane, similar to white rum)
- cane sugar
- limes
- ice
Preparation:
Roll a lime on your table or between your hands, this loosens the juice. Cut 1/2 lime in 4 parts, put them in an old fashioned glass with 1 or 2 teaspoons of sugar (depending on how sour the lime is) and crush with a muddler. Fill the glass with ice (crushed or cubes) and add 6ml of cachaça. Garnish with a slice of lime.
Enjoy!
Simple Food
Beef wraps... so good!
Beef wraps
Ingredients:- 4 tortilla wraps
- 1 red onion (red onions are sweeter than regular onions)
- 500gr steak
- paprika powder
- salt & peper
- 1 avocado
- 2 hands full of rocket salad
- 3 tsp sour cream
- 1 tsp horseradish cream
- cilantro
Preparation:
Sprinkle some paprika powder, salt & pepper on your steak, put aside and let it rest. Cut your avocado in to long strips. I cut it in half lengthwise, and each half I cut into 4 slices. Cut your onion into thin strips. Mix one teaspoon of horseradish cream with 3 teaspoons of sour cream.
You steak will have absorbed some of the paprika powder. Grill it in some corn or peanut oil according to taste. When ready let it rest for 2 minutes while you spread one teaspoon of horseradish & sour cream mix on a tortilla wrap. Cut your beef into thin slices and spread on the wrap. Add some avocado (about 1/4 avocado per wrap), some onion strips, some rocket salad, some cilantro and sprinkle with paprika powder. fold the rap into a roll.
If you like you can also add tomatoes, cheese, or use chicken instead of beef.
April 05, 2013
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