INDICATION A STAR

by Camila Cesar (Brazil)

I didn't expect to find Brazil

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As a child I always went to the beach with my parents on vacation and this habit continued for a long time, or we had lunch there or asked for something in the surroundings, sometimes we and my grandfather asked for a marmitex in a restaurant ( where you put the food in an aluminum container for a quick locomotion to your home, work wherever you want). Well, but on that day we wanted something different, like going to a restaurant and enjoying the sunny day, in an open place. I thought about going to that same spot on the marmitex and eating there but my parents said they didn't remember that place and they wanted to go to a nice, different place.. But where are we going? My father had the idea to talk to Souza, the doorman of the building. My father: Souza must have a good indication of where to go, let's go to him! Souza: There's a nice place to indicate, food at will and for a good price, it's not far, I explain it to you. And so we remembered the guidelines.. Turn left turns right, moves on and swims.. Lunchtime, weekday, around 12:00, strong sun, and us walking there... until we saw the place "A fazendinha I", with small wooden fences, with a friendly appearance, my mother says it looks cool, let's go in. I'll reserve our table. It was important to say that the place of the tables was narrow and yet there was one on the left and two in the background. Ok, I went to see the options of the "Self Service", rice, a bean that looked more like water of so drain and beige, I went to ask what was what looked like rice cake, but the cook said it was breaded fish! As soon as I enter I see the sign " Excess food on the plate, pays if 5 R $! I thought it was an exaggeration to have such a rule, but then I understood the reason "serve the will and only pay 10 reais", of course they are not all but I saw many people there making a rainbow on the plate! I had everything , rice with noodles, beans, meats, fish and such "dumplings" i swear! could jump off the plate at any time.. Okay, we were already there and we were hungry. We decided to stay. Here it is important to open a parentheses: My mother, who is not very attentive, did not see the waste plate and did not suspect the food that at this time was no longer friendly, and took some "rice cakes", for me and my father , she said she thought will that they did not see i will take since they like it so much. I was in a mixture of laughter and despair, the food was not very good, the bad music seemed more like those games, with hidden camera and as the soundtrack only classics of Brazilian brega music, De Odair José, "Stop taking the pill" for the Trio Parada Dura with "Fuscão Preto", very funny. And the decoration of the table? It was a can of peas already used (at least it looked clean) that served as a support for the napkins! I was distracted by the table next to it, where I noticed that there were some guys who, with plates full that looked like a 'little hill', i impressed until one of them looked with a terrible expression. like who says what you have to do with it? At least I was comforted by not having to pay the food waste fee lol, my mom pushed the rice balls that my dad and I obviously didn't accept for my plate, so I laughed a lot ... In the end, , there we went in a Habibs, which was reliable, clean and the tasty food, we ordered esfiha, beer and orange juice and left satisfied. Then we found out that there were still several "A Fazendinha" restaurants out there! Ah! And to this day, we have not asked Porteiro Souza for any further indication!