I am sure that I have the right....
Since I have been in Recife for a whopping three months, I am sure that I must have earned the right to say that things just aren't like they used to be. One of the advantages of not having had a kitchen for the first five weeks after arrival was the ability to take the Best Of list for Recife and work our way down one restaurant at a time. Although the joys of eating out do (and did) wear off, it gave us a good opportunity to sample the Recifensen wares and get to know the city.
One place that we happened upon quite early in the move was Boteco, a lively bar / restaurant just off the beach, voted this year for the best draught beer and service. Indeed, we were not disappointed. As luck would have it, we also managed to discover two amazing dishes for which we would return time and again -- shrimp in a pineapple and cheese sauce cooked in the carved out pineapple [kind of like the pumpkin version, except with a pineapple] and a warm seafood salad. It was great!
In subsequent visits though, things started to change. First the seafood salad changed. Instead of finding wonderful pieces of warm shrimp, calamari, scallops, and fish on top of lettuce, we found pieces of breaded and fried fish. Thinking that maybe it was a one-time mistake, we ordered the dish on another occassion only to find that no, this seemed to be the new standard. And now, I have discovered that the shrimp and pineapple dish has also changed. It now comes with a cheese gratinée on top. It's still really good and I will still recommend it to all visitors, but really, things just aren't the way they used to be. ;-)
One place that we happened upon quite early in the move was Boteco, a lively bar / restaurant just off the beach, voted this year for the best draught beer and service. Indeed, we were not disappointed. As luck would have it, we also managed to discover two amazing dishes for which we would return time and again -- shrimp in a pineapple and cheese sauce cooked in the carved out pineapple [kind of like the pumpkin version, except with a pineapple] and a warm seafood salad. It was great!
In subsequent visits though, things started to change. First the seafood salad changed. Instead of finding wonderful pieces of warm shrimp, calamari, scallops, and fish on top of lettuce, we found pieces of breaded and fried fish. Thinking that maybe it was a one-time mistake, we ordered the dish on another occassion only to find that no, this seemed to be the new standard. And now, I have discovered that the shrimp and pineapple dish has also changed. It now comes with a cheese gratinée on top. It's still really good and I will still recommend it to all visitors, but really, things just aren't the way they used to be. ;-)
posted by Karen @ 6:52 p.m.
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