MAM Cafe: Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo
Museum restaurants are either really good or downright awful. The MAM Cafe in São Paulo is certainly in the former.
The cafe offers a fabulous buffet full of very interesting foods. It was so good in fact, that after my first visit, I had to come back a second day in a row.
Over the course of my two lunches, I sampled a variety of choices: fillet kabobs, potato cake, asparagus casserole, a broccoli and cauliflower casserole, chicken stew, cod wrapped in something that was ALMOST a puff pastry – but wasn't, rice and beans, and more!
But here were my favorite: the chili con carne (a lush chili with tiny strips of meat and just a hint of beans, lightly seasoned and delicious), and deep fried leek wrapped in cheese. I'm not really sure how to describe this one, is it deep fried cheese wrapped around a leek? Or vice-versa? In either case, though it looked like an egg roll at first, on first bite, you had crispy cheesy goodness and then the hard resistance of the just done leek. You needed to work a bit, but then got a great taste of leak plus the wonderful taste of the cheese!
Service for drinks is fast and friendly; and though not cheap (about US$25 for the buffet and a water), it's worth it!
Meal: Lunch
Date Visited: 11 & 12 February 2010
Rating: *****
Address: MAM Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Av. Pedro Álvares Cabral, São Paulo, SP, 04094-050
Website: http://mam.org.br
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