One of the most marvellous lunch-good concepts in Brazil is a type of restaurant called ‘Kilos’. Cheap and filling, they work on a buffet-esque premise whereby you take a plate when you enter the establishment, and fill it up with as many different food groups as you wish – meat, salads, stews, deserts etc, from all the different stations. The only difference is that it is not all you can eat, you only get one shot…which is a pain in the ass if you miss out an entire section by mistake, and only see it after you have paid, as you then take the now laden plate to another station, and get your plate weighed, so they know how much to charge you. Being Brazil, you then have to go to yet another station to pay, but that is another story. Considering a kilo is rarely ever priced at more than 30 Reals, it is generally known far and wide to be a bargain lunch. Especially when you take into consideration the strength of the Real these days, the intense crappiness of the Pound, and the obvious fact that a whole kilo of food is more than a sensible person can eat in one sitting…..
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