/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.7873924]

I may be going to a churrasco place for the first time on my birthday this friday, which are the best meats to get and which ones to pass up? i already know to ignore the salad bar and whatnot

[Anonymous No.7873963]

Judging by your pic, OP, I'm gonna say you are going to a Brazilian churrascaria, right? if so

Go for:
>Picanha (rump cap)
>Filet Mignon
>Alcatra/maminha (top/bottom sirloin;bottom sirloin/flank)
>Contrafilé (tenderloin)
>Fraldinha (flank and bottom sirloin)
You should also try the Costela if they have it there. But be careful, if the churrasqueiro doesn't know how to cut or he didn't cook it properly, you'll have more fat than beef on your plate.

Avoid:
>Coxão duro
>Coxão mole
>Cupim
>Lagarto
>Paleta
All of these are low tier cuts, you won't see these cuts being served on a high end churrascaria in Brazil. Don't know how if the same applies to the churrascarias in your country tho.

For the pork and lamb part of the churrasco, get a small portion of any cuts they have, just to taste it. Don't forget that the 'main event' in churrascarias are always the bovine meat cuts.
Hope you have a great one, OP.

[Anonymous No.7873971]

>>7873924
don't shy away from chicken hearts, they're good as fuck

[Anonymous No.7873976]

>>7873963
Thanks
>>7873971
oh i'm well aware, best thing my grandmother ever did for me was force me to eat fried chicken heart when i was a youngin.

[Anonymous No.7874742]

Don't completely ignore the salad bar, then cheese bread nuggets are great.

[Anonymous No.7875288]

>>7873963
OP, this guy is 99% right, but don't dismiss cupim right away. It might be "low tier" meat, but a properly grilled piece is delicious and tender, give it a try at the very least.

[Anonymous No.7875293]

>>7873924
Meat is obvious but most people don't realize how incredibly good the grilled pineapple is with a dash of cinnamon on top. Most places don't out right offer it, but if you ask for it they will give you it since thats how its actually supposed to be served

[Anonymous No.7875304]

>i already know

Apparently you don't know shit. You get to try all the meats, and passing up the salad bar out of principle is retarded as fuck.

[Anonymous No.7875340]

>>7873924
>ignoring the salad bar
some of the stuff you can get in the salad bar is more expensive than the meat.

[Anonymous No.7875909]

>>7875340
such as?

[Anonymous No.7875949]

porra corhio

[Anonymous No.7875955]

porra caralho

[Anonymous No.7875959]

>>7873963
fucking' screencaped