Camacho Watcho

A few weeks ago, I visited Brasa, a new NE Minneapolis restaurant that specializes in rotisserie chicken, pulled pork and southern/caribbean sides and wrote a review. To sum it up…Brasa is fantastic.

Sooooo, why am I writing about this again? I’ll tell you why. Kyle and I went for a late dinner tonight and decided that Brasa, a fantastic near-standby was just the place. I was starving from after a long workout and Spanish class and Kyle was slightly tipsy from a happy hour; in short, we needed a solid meal that both of us would like.

We walked into the familiar restaurant and sat down, assuming we would put in our favorite order: quarter chicken, quarter pulled pork, one corn muffin and a side of yams with andouille sausage, but right away we noticed a change…a new menu. Actually, I was just coming back from Spanish class, so I pointed it out by saying “una carta nueva!” Regardless of the language, the format was changed. Okay, that’s cool, we thought.

But then, upon closer look we realized…there’s a new menu item, too. And not a run of the mill new side order menu item, rather they now have THREE main dishes instead of two. That’s right…they added braised beef to their menu that is so fantastic, I would consider going back and having another order right now if I didn’t realize how ridiculous of a notion that is! This beef is so tender, falling apart with the slightest touch of the fork, and the flavor is amazing. While the chicken is solid and the pork is not to be missed, the beef has a blend of sweet spice that is down right addicting.

I didn’t think Brasa could get any better…but it just did. Bravo!

Tags: Food, restaurants, rotisserie, twin cities

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