October 24th 2008
Manu's for dinner again? again?
Yeah we are lazy creatures of habit, and growing into disgusting fat Americans, or so it seems when we order food at Manu's. Manu's is the simplest we can do for dinner. It is such a short walk, and the prices are inexpensive comparative to other options available for us. This is so out of character for us, as we would never allow so much junk food at home, not just because of the cost and wasted money, but the nutritional value of the food is borderline nil.
Here is what we bought:
1 Large Tigela de Açai Completa R$7.50 = US$3.26
2 Coxinha de Frango (small Chicken Bomb) R$1.70 = US$0.74 EACH
1 Coxão (large Chicken Bomb) R$3.00 = US$1.30
1 Cheese Burger R$3.00 = US$1.30
1 Pizza Portuguesa (small plate size - single serving) R$3.60 = US$1.56
It is depressing to see people looking for food in trash when you are going out to eat. I asked Laura if she would mind if I bought the guy some food, and she said, you never know if the person is crazy or not, so I didn't invite him to join us, that was last time. This time, while walking there, we saw teams of people looking through the trash. Kids and parents, and double mule cart teams. When we sat down, some local kids and adult teams were pan handling. Laura always get attention with the baby, and they use that to start talking to you. I didn't understand much of what they said, but understood that they wanted food or money to buy food. We didn't have to do much, as the waiter and a customer who overheard the girls English, mention to them that we don't speak or understand Portuguese. After an awkward 5 minutes or so of them hovering around our table, they finally left. But ordering all that food for 4 people, which the girls devoured, left me feeling like a spoiled fat and lazy American. The total was R$20.50 = US$8.91.
I would have loved to photograph some of these food items, the location, the experience and place, but we don't dare take the camera out and attract attention, especially at night, which is a shame, as there is so much to experience and document.
Here is what we bought:
1 Large Tigela de Açai Completa R$7.50 = US$3.26
2 Coxinha de Frango (small Chicken Bomb) R$1.70 = US$0.74 EACH
1 Coxão (large Chicken Bomb) R$3.00 = US$1.30
1 Cheese Burger R$3.00 = US$1.30
1 Pizza Portuguesa (small plate size - single serving) R$3.60 = US$1.56
It is depressing to see people looking for food in trash when you are going out to eat. I asked Laura if she would mind if I bought the guy some food, and she said, you never know if the person is crazy or not, so I didn't invite him to join us, that was last time. This time, while walking there, we saw teams of people looking through the trash. Kids and parents, and double mule cart teams. When we sat down, some local kids and adult teams were pan handling. Laura always get attention with the baby, and they use that to start talking to you. I didn't understand much of what they said, but understood that they wanted food or money to buy food. We didn't have to do much, as the waiter and a customer who overheard the girls English, mention to them that we don't speak or understand Portuguese. After an awkward 5 minutes or so of them hovering around our table, they finally left. But ordering all that food for 4 people, which the girls devoured, left me feeling like a spoiled fat and lazy American. The total was R$20.50 = US$8.91.
I would have loved to photograph some of these food items, the location, the experience and place, but we don't dare take the camera out and attract attention, especially at night, which is a shame, as there is so much to experience and document.
Abby @ 4 years, 10 months, 9 days
Zoë @ 4 years, 10 months, 9 days
Enzo @ 1 month
News posted by christopher at 6:49 PM | 
Comments ( 1 )
Comments:
You are going to miss all your eating outs when you get back.....more green smoothies coming up!!
