- Rodizio
Rodízio (roo-DEE-zyoo or IPA2|xu'dʲizju/ IPA2|xo'dʒizju – BP – or IPA| [ʁu'dizju] – EP) is a style of restaurant service in
Brazil ian and Portuguese restaurants. One pays a fixed price (prix fixe ) and the waiters bring an offering of food to each customer at several times throughout the meal, until the customers signify that they have had enough. Inchurrascaria s servers come to the table with knives and askewer , on which are speared various kinds of meat, most commonly local cuts ofbeef ,pork , orchicken whereas in a Pizza rodizio varied pizzas are brought on trays.Foods served at a
churrascaria often include:*
Filet mignon chunks wrapped inbacon
*Turkey chunks wrapped in bacon (these two are usually two-bite sized)
*Sirloin steak (cut semicircular and served in slices)
*Roast beef (served like sirloin steak)
* Rump Cover (calledPicanha in Portuguese)
* Beefshort ribs
*Pork ribs
*Chorizo or some other spicy Iberianpork sausage
* Chicken hearts
* Grilled dark-meat chicken
* Grilledpineapple orbanana (meant as apalate cleanser between courses)
*Sushi (in rare occasion)Most rodizio courses are served right off the cooking skewer, and are sliced or plated right at the table. In some restaurants, they are accompanied with Spanish fried
potato es, friedbanana s,collard greens ,black bean s, andrice .In many places where churrascarias have been opened, such as the
United States (but much less common in Brazil), the diner is often provided with a colored card, red on one side and green on the other. According to the usual meaning of these colours, the servers will only bring more meat if the card is flipped to the green side.ee also
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Culinary art
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