They invited me to see the Lake
Catholic hockey team play in the
semi finals. Lake
Catholic is the school Jimmy attends. The hockey playoffs were played in the
Nationwide Arena the home of the professional hockey team the Columbus Blue
Jackets.
The arena is top notch so it was exciting for the high
schoolers to be playing in a major league arena. Unfortunately the Lake Catholic Cougars lost
badly, 7 to nothing, a complete wipe out.
After the game the weather was very mild so we walked around
the arena district of Columbus. It’s not
that large of an area but well laid out and clean. From there we checked out the North Market a
place you should see.
We also quietly looked in the magnificently decored
church the Annunciation Greek Orthodox on N. High.
America
has some beautiful churches that go unrecognized. The Annunciation Greek Orthodox is just awesome inside. This is the website
for the church.
Our walk back to our car concluded with eating at the Rodizio
Grill which is billed according to their website as the first authentic Brazilian Steakhouse restaurant or Churrascaria in
the United
States.
Jimmy picked this place out and he hit it right.
It
is a franchise and as you know I never give reviews of corporate, chain, or
franchise places of business but this restaurant deserves one.
Our waitress explained how things worked but
I didn’t grasp it.
Starting
the meal off instead of the usual basket of bread or rolls were Pão de Queijo Brazilian cheese bread made with yucca flour
and cheese and Banana Frita banana poppers. That followed by a trip to the salad bar that
had more than just salad. Quail eggs,
different kinds of rice, pasta and things I didn’t know what it was but I tried
it anyways and one almost glued my mouth shut permanently.
I saw this granular stuff so put a pile in my
dish. At the table I took a big spoon of
it and I couldn’t talk. It became like
paste. I found out it was Yucca flour
that is not suppose to be eaten but usually just sprinkled on your rice and
beans. Now they tell me.
During
our salad a waiter with a skewer of meat came over. I don’t know what it was but when he said
would you like some of course I said yes.
I thought it was a sample to help you choose your main course. But it was followed by another waiter with
another type of meat on a skewer. I got
some of that and thought if this is how we will eat we will starve as the
portions given to us were so small.
But then I caught on after the third waiter with yet another
type of meat. It dawned on me you
could eat as much as you want and eat which ever meat you like. I think they said there are 30 different
meats to choose from. Included in the 30
is lamb, different types of chicken, pork including longanisa, fish and grilled
pineapple. I lost track of how many we
tried. We left not trying all of the varieties as
you just can’t, way to much food, those little portions add up to a lot.
It is pricey but fine for a dress or casual affair and because of the way the meat is served the different personalities
of the waiters that come to you table makes it a fun time. You gotta try it.
On the drive back we stopped at Buckeye Donuts probably the
best I have had. Columbus has
really boomed and flew past Cleveland.
So there you have it. Now back to Dayton…..
