Birthday Boy!

Yesterday we celebrated Scott's 28th birthday at Chima Brazilian Restaurant in Uptown Charlotte. Brazilian steakhouse restaurants are quiet a unique experience. You pay one price and get all of the food you want. If you are picturing a buffet don't, because it isn't at all like a buffet. As my sweet husband tried to explain to his parents it was like a buffet:/

First, you start at the salad bar which has salads, soups, cheeses, antipastos, smoked salmon and anything else you can like of. At your table each diner has a card that says "No, thank you," and "Yes, please." Once you are ready to tackle the meat selection you flip your card over to "yes, please." There are servers walking around with any type of meat you can think of. Each server has their own skewer with a specific type of meat. If they see your orange card then they stop by the table. You have the option to decline the meat if it is not something you want, if you want to try what they offer you they cut you off a piece and add it to your plate. If it is a red meat they will cut you a piece just the way you like it cooked. The food was cooked to perfection and had the most amazing flavor.

Some of the meats we had last night were: flank steak, filet mignon, swordfish, salmon, bbq ribs, chicken, rack of lamb, meatballs, top sirlion, and sausage. At one point Scott had 4 different types of animals on his plate, a carnivores dream come true. At on point we forgot to turn our cards over which meant we had 4 servers at our table offering us 4 different types of meat, we quickly learned we had to flip our card to "No, thank you."

After dinner we came back to the house for birthday cake with Scott's parents. We had a Papa's toasted almond cake from Nona's bakery. If you live in or near Charlotte you must make it to the University area for some of Nona's cakes, cookies, pastries, fudge, or chocolates.

DeLiCiOUs:)

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you..."

Tastes just as good as it looks.