Palm Beach Real Estate and Loans

When it came time for Thanksgiving last week, I couldn't bear the thought of turkey AGAIN.

I had to do something different - I had heard of restaurants like Amazonia before, but I'd never been to one.

It's a 'Churrascaria' - which is Portuguese for steakhouse, but this is no ordinary steakhouse.

First of all there is no menu - there's a Wine List if you want one but the food is served in a completely different way then most people are used to.

You start with the 40+ item salad bar.  Very high quality - Lobster Bisque, prosciutto, jumbo asparagus, portobello mushrooms - and you can go back as many times as you want.  BUT the trick is not to overdo it because the best is yet to come!

There is a small block on each table - you start with the red side up.  But when you are ready to move on to the main course you turn it over to the green side and the Gauchos (carvers) start to come to your table.

One by one they bring out large skewers of beef, lamb, pork, chicken and sausage and individually carve as much or as little as each person at the table wants.

I suggest starting out slow if you want to sample everything because they will have up to 15 different cuts to serve to you.

Everything we had was fantastic - my favorite was a garlic-crusted pork filet   and the filet mignon and....

While the meats are being brought out, sides of Brazilian cheese bread, fried bananas with cinnamon & sugar, garlic mashed potatoes and fried polenta are delivered to the table.

After all of this they actually brought out a dessert menu - my Mom went for the cheesecake, no big surprise!  Actually, my Stepfather ordered the cheesecake, my Mom just said 'Nothing for me - I'll just have a bite of his'.  (Uh, yeah - anybody heard THAT one before?)

The whole experience was fantastic - the food was some of the best I've had in a long time and the customer service was tops.

There certainly are a ton of restaurants for Palm Beach real estate owners to pick from - Amazonia should definitely be at the top of the list.

Amazonia is located @ 11300 Legacy Avenue - just off of PGA Blvd.

It's open daily from 4 til 'late' - reservations are suggested, just call (561)-694-9400.

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