Showing posts with label Goiania Eating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Goiania Eating. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Where should we eat Wednesday? Goiania

When some friends asked us to join them for Japanese food in Goiania  I wondered what we would find.  Would it be Brazilianized Japanese?  But how would that be?  Intrigued we decided to join them one evening.

Down a regular residential street lies a home that has been transformed into a quaint Japanese Restaurant called Himitsu.  We may have missed it if it had not been for the parking attendant and the few cars parked outside the front gate.  Well,  our friend who had eaten there before was along with us so I could be exaggerating a little.



As we walked through the door into what used to be the front yard.  I was please by our surroundings as the waterfall feature added great atmosphere and it looked as if we were in store for an upscale dining experience. For me I prefer upscale when eating sushi, it just makes me more comfortable. The wait staff were dressed with Japanese headgear and led us to the back air conditioned room where we were seated at a table draped in black linen.   I notice a couple of spots on the linen but the rest of the place looks nice so I decide to ignore this minor detail for now.

Overall the wait staff was attentive and the menu is on an iPad which makes ordering sushi easy.  After they showed us how to place our order using the iPad the waiters go about their business of attending to the other guests.  We simply order what we want and soon they bring it from the kitchen.  Our friend who had ate here before suggests that we order the Japanesa festival for adults so we follow her suggestion.  The costs seems a little on the high end but we are in Brazil and if I convert it to dollars it really is not that bad for sushi.


Soon our first wave of food, a plate of bite size  morsels arrives. Cheese filled egg roles, flavored broccoli, fried shrimp,  just to name a few of the items on the plate.  This is followed by a beautiful plate of sushi which comes automatically with the Japanesa festival.   All the tastes are wonderful as we share the platter and afterwards order a couple more things.  The service is excellent and the only glitch for us was we did not understand how the ordering worked.  If you get the Japonesa festival you can order many more items from the menu without any additional cost.  Had we known this we would have ate a little bit more but then again maybe it was good we didn't know it.

The food was so good, we ended up going there as second time and enjoyed the experience as much as the first visit.  Definitely a nice place to eat if you are looking for sushi in Goiania.

Himitsu Culinaria Japonesa e Contemporanea
Rua Dublim N 122 Jd Europa
62 3251-3597

Website: http://www.himitsurestaurante.com.br/







Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Where should we eat Wednesday? Goiania

Yes a new posting about the different restaurants in Goiania and the cities I travel to.  Sometimes I will be able to direct you to some of the best places I have found and keep you from some of those that just didn't add up to me.  Hope you enjoy this new adventure as my blog continues to expand. Oh, and I am posting these on Wednesday so you have time to make plans for the weekend.

The first review:

Casa Sao Paulo Pizzaria - this is one of my favorite places to go for a bite of pizza in Goiania.  I know,  I know,  pizza is not a very Brazilian place to start,  but then again the toppings they include on their pizzas are quite different then what I am used to.  Eggs,  heart of palm,  peach and banana,  just to name a few and I love it when Casa Sao Paulo Pizzaria is where we discuss going.  They have thin and thick crust options which are both good depending on the kind you prefer.  There is not a ton of cheese but plenty of other toppings and traditionally Brazilian pizza is not as heavy on the mozzarella.   If you end up there try the Portaguesa and Margherita for dinner and a small sweet California for dessert.  Located in a restaurant rich area,  the pricing is a little on the high end but the service and food are truly excellent.

Alameda Dom Emanoel Gomes nº335, Setor Marista, Goiânia-GO

CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE AND MENU - CLICK HERE