Tábua de Carne

Perched on a cliff top overlooking the beach on the Via Costeira, Tabua offers carnivorous dining at its lip-smacking best. The menu includes treats such as lamb and pork chops and even fish (though for seafood you really should go elsewhere) as well as the traditional favorites of carne de sol (salted sun-dried beef, a specialty of Northeastern Brazil) and chicken and good old Brazilian picanha (sirloin steak). For the decision-shy, there's the Tábua, a wood platter containing picanha, sausage, chicken, and carne de sol. Dishes here are made for two and would easily feed three. The picanha melts delicately on the tongue. The wine list is of minimal length and questionable quality. Stick to beer or fruit juice by the half-liter earthenware jug. Tábua has a second location in Ponta Negra, Av. Engenheiro Roberto Freire 3241 (tel. 084/3642-1236), though on a viewless stretch of the road.

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