oui oui, rio

This place has a really nice atmosphere. It is a sister restaurant to Miam Miam also in a beautiful Botafogo house. It is a little like tapas with small dishes for 20 to 30 reais. We tried almost all of them i think as we were six people and had 2 dishes each that we shared. The best for everyone was the filet with lemongrass. We also really liked the moqueca, the prawns with palm heart, the polvo, the trio d'arroz and the ribs with pumpkin. We did try the cheese, the cod, the pancake wraps and the baked potato too which were very good but not as good as the first list!! Highly recommended place. Not too many staff as a lot of restaurants seem to have but still good service. They had an international selection of wines too. Funnily they refridgerate the red wine! Like the sake in the Mok bar/ restaurant we went to on Sunday.

brasil..brasill...brasillll

Finally made it to brasil!! It is good to come in low season, and thankfully with British Airways.......it must be a very difficult time for the families of the Air France flight and my heart goes out to them.

We also managed to rent an apartment after a long trawl through various websites, with www.rioapartments.com . So far so great! I hate to say it but they do have some of the european efficiency that could help Brasil a little. There is so much potential here but also much relaxed attitude!

We found a great new restaurant at our friends suggestion called OUI OUI. Though its not actually French food exactly but i will do a separate review.