Carnivore's @ Dempsey Hill

The day had finally arrived and we met Jen and Kai Ee at Carnivore's in Dempsey Hill Saturday evening for the long anticipated pig out and meat festival. Carnivore's is a Churrascaria (Portuguese for BBQ restaurant) which originated in Brazil. We have been fortunate enough to actually visit this traditional eating place in Rio de Janeiro while on holiday and also back home in South Africa so it was going to be interesting to see how this one would compare. No disappointment there.

The restaurant in modern with an atmosphere that is fun, relaxed and simple. The evening buffet consists of 14 churrasco (meat) items served by the knife wielding Passadors (meat waiters) , a salad bar with 15 hot and cold salads and enough condiments to make your head spin. The salad bar is help yourself style and once you are ready you action the meat waiters by turning (in this case) a small round disk next to your plate which is green on one side (Por Favor, Yes Please) and red on the flip side (Obrigado, No Thanks). As long as you display green the waiters will deliver fresh BBQ meat carved with huge knifes to your hearts content.

The biggest challenge with this eating experience is to hold back and not stuff yourself with the first few offerings and salads for that matter. The range of food on offer is amazing and everything is delicious which makes it so difficult to maintain. You can flip the disk and take a breather but in the end even that does not help.

Tried some new dishes in the process, chicken hearts (been there done that) and Feijoada (Brazilian National Dish), stew made with black beans, pig's tail and spare ribs served with rice. Yummie!


 I have been to Carnivore's with friends, groups and family and no matter what you there always has to be a winner, the one that eats the most and I regretfully have to divulge that the "Little" Singapore chick was the Last Woman Standing with Kai Ee a close second. I still can not comprehend how she actually manage to eat so much. The "Big" boerseun lost this round.

After we stuffed ourselves and the evening drew to an end, Jen suggested we go for a coffee at Ben & Jerry's up the road so we can walk of some of the "Fat". And what does she and Kai Ee order? Waffle with two scoops of ice cream and Caffe Latte. Unbelievable.

Great evening and a highly recommended experience if you are a "Carnivore".